Yard moles and gophers can be extremely frustrating if they're taking over your landscape.
Gophers will eat through the root balls of your favorite vegetable and garden plants completely destroying them.
Moles on the other hand will leave piles of dirt (molehills) which can cover your entire yard.
Both of these critters create massive underground tunneling systems which can potentially damage drainage systems, damage PVC piping, and destroy underground cabling systems.
Here are a few different methods to eradicate moles and gophers from your yard: Baiting - Many people use poison to bait these critters.
Poison is often used in the form of strychnine-laced barley.
These pellets are placed into the underground tunnels for the yard moles and gophers to eat.
Trapping - Trapping is a very common way to catch gophers and yard moles.
It can be quite time consuming but well worth it in the long run.
It is also nice to be able to see your results and know that you have caught the little pests.
Traps are also fairly inexpensive.
Fumigating - Gas bombs are also very common ways to get rid of gophers and yard moles.
Holes are dug into the tunneling systems and small ignitable gas bombs are placed into the tunnel.
The hole to the tunnel is then covered up again with dirt.
Flooding - To use this method, a hole is dug down into the tunneling system and a hose is pushed through.
The water is then turned on and left on for at least 15 minutes to hopefully flood out the yard moles and gophers.