GopherHawk® Trapping Set, Includes Wedge and Probe Tool

Like so many of you, I have spent years spending hundreds of dollars trying to deal with the moles tearing up my yard. Nothing worked (well, the $200+ spent for a mole trapping guy worked a bit, temporarily), until the gopherhawk!In my attempts, I have tried 3 different types of traps, and I caught zero moles. With the gopherhawk, I have now caught 3! All in about 2 weeks. You can too! Make sure you get the one with the probe. Follow instructions. When you have a yellow show on your trap, I say, dig around it and carefully remove the trap- as all three of mine have only been caught by a paw, and two were still alive. They are tough skinned buggers, so be prepared to use a sharp instrument to finish them off. ALSO, CAREFULLY FOLLOW DIRECTIONS REGARDING SETTING THE TRAP! WHEN YOU HAVE INSERTED IT IN THE HOLE, DO NOT NOT NOT PUSH DOWN! HOLD THE TOP FIRM, AND PULL UP THE SLEEVE BOTTOM! IF YOU PUSH DOWN, YOU JUST MANGLE THE TRAP PART. (although you can rebend those metal pieces, and still use them successfully- yeah, that was me)

I was skeptical at first with this because of all my other failed trap attempts. But I saw other great reviews so I chanced it.It seems pricey, but it has replaced my other traps.It’s so easy to set up, doesn’t take any muscle to pull the trap up to set. I’ve had mine a couple years now and it is still going strong. I set it, and within minutes, not even exaggerating, I get a gopher. No digging as long as the ground is soft enough. It comes with the tool to push in the ground to access the gopher tunnel, and makes a perfect hole for the trap to slide into. Then set the trap and sit back with a beer.

I have been battling subterranean demons for 2 years now. I've used poison, smoke, propane, flooding, literally nothing worked. I stumbled on this and the reviews looked promising so I figured what's the worst that could happen, nothing? Not the case here, this tool is amazing, set up in about 30 seconds and left it alone, within an hour it has popped. Sure enough, one mole down! It's rare to find a tool that actually works better than promised. 100% recommend.

Bought this a week or two ago. Caught 4 gophers so far after some trial and error getting it setup in the correct area/tunnel locations so the gophers would come through it.2 out of 4 of those so far were caught ALIVE and in pain and I had to end their suffering myself. Be prepared for mistakes. I believe they backed into the trap at least once.

After years of trapping moles + pocket gophers ( and now needing to trap ground squirrels, which is a whole other subject ) ... and after taking a free lesson from a nursery to do so using the CINCH traps... FINALLY now a nearly PERFECT TRAP for the tunnelers...no lessons needed and more success!1) It's NOT TERRIFYING to set + I can't see any possible way you could crush, break, bruise, cut or otherwise hurt your fingers with this trap! (CINCH was always a tad scary for me + more strength is needed)2) It's unbelievably EASY and FAST to set (once you have estimated the active tunnel location)3) It's unbelievably EASY to know when it's been activated + to remove the vermin4) If you watch some Youtube videos or read about being careful w the straps, you'll be better informed about how to handle it. And the straps are replaceable.5) You don't need much strength to set this.The secret to success (after learning how to NOT damage the straps) is to position it properly in an active tunnel. I believe if you are NOT catching these guys, you are not positioning the trap properly or in the right location. Practice makes perfect. You kinda have to mentally process the positioning...Our vermin seem to have the IQ of a rocket scientist. A pocket gopher actually detoured a new tunnel AROUND the straps. Oops... new hole nearby + unsprung trap! That was okay... I put my gloved fingers into the new hole ( as far as I could, since my vermin now twist + turn their active tunnels... it can be a real challenge, I insert a thin rod sometimes to follow the curve ) And within minutes, we had the bugger.Being in the high desert, we have areas that are sandy, + areas that have great soil. In areas where the ground is very soft and inconsistent, it's more difficult to find the right place + sometimes to keep the trap upright. In sandy soil, when I reach the bottom of the tunnel, I raise the trap ever so slightly to keep the straps free, + sometimes I use a couple of large rocks to hold it upright + to keep it from sinking too much into the ground of the tunnel (I don't want the straps to get "stuck" in the sand, but I don't know if that's even possible,)Additionally, we have the following challenges: vermin invading our bumpy berm that is covered w Wooley Thyme + other delicacies that make it hard to detect runs PLUS vermin that now make turns in their active tunnels, sometimes within a foot or less, and sometimes several times, making it difficult to know where to position the trap.In spite of this challenges, I AM catching them, AND6) This trap causes MUCH LESS DAMAGE TO LANDSCAPING!!! Thanks for such a nearly perfect trap !!!And thank you to AMAZON for your patience regarding a trap that I returned because I lacked the strength to set it, or being too nervous to handle another one safely, or a trap that the ground squirrels avoided like the plague. THANK YOU AMAZONPreviously, we had only been using CINCH very successfully for the last few years, but even those are a little bit scary to set. However now our vermin seem to know how to avoid them. After having caught many, I literally couldn't catch a single one anymore with CINCH, which has also been a great trap for us until it wasn't!

There’s no perfect trap out there, but this is by far one of the safest I’ve used while still being effective. The trick for me has been finding a main tunnel, which is not where the dirt is pushed up. It’s always running 90 degrees and 4-5 inches back from where they pop up. Also if you don’t get it within 48 hours, move the trap. Within a day of seeing fresh dirt pushed up, I catch them within a day. If the dirt is dry they are not active there and you should find the new pile of dirt. I’ve killed 2 so far and it makes disposal easy too. Very happy with this trap.