Yard Butler Gopher/Mole Bait Applicator - Gardening Tool for Safe & Easy Pest Control - No Digging Needed - Durable & Sturdy Bait Applicator - Mole, Vole & Gopher Killer

I'm struggling to control the pocket gophers on my 5 acres and this tool appears to be working, used in concert with the Victor gopher seeds.I actually bent the rod due to the pressure used in pressing this into the clay soil. Be careful and just press down, not an angle.

Very easy to use against those pesky little voles/moles! Does not come with the bait. Makes sure you do your research and buy very small bait to fit through the small opening.

Jamming problems? Get a wooden pole about same width as tool. Carve a point on it. Find the tunnel with that and (Not) the tool. Then once hole is made use the tool with the correct size poison seeds or whatever. Put rock or something over hole. Don't put dirt in hole.

I am so excited the gophers are gone (for now). I know new ones will come but when that happens I'll be ready.Some history: I had pocket gophers destroying one of my garden beds, digging underneath and eating the roots of the plants from below, then emerging on the surface at night to eat the plants from the top, completely destroyed my plants. I tried other methods like smoke bombs and traps not wanting to use poison. But after the bed was completely decimated, I finally broke down and purchased this Yard Butler Gopher Bait Applicator and the Go Die gopher bait (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L3MPCL1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) to make sure I do the job right.Using this applicator, I was able to poke around the mounds until I found the den. It was over 2 feet down and huge! I made sure I dispense plenty of the bait. Then I dug open several of the surface tunnels. If the gophers are alive, they will usually repair the damage the very next day. Well, it's been a week they are as I left them. There is no more gopher activity. I have even replanted the bed... and so far, so good. Additionally, I feel good about delivering the poisonous bait so deep in the ground that the bait pellets themselves and the dead poisoned gophers cannot be accidentally be eaten by other animals, or come to the surface when I put plants down.I have to say that this applicator in combination with the bait was SUPERBLY effective. This applicator seems like it will be around as long as me. And I have bait for years in case a new family of gophers decides to take up residence in my beds again. Looking back, I should have done this sooner. I might have been able to save some of the garden before it was destroyed.TLDR: I highly recommend this applicator and get some Go Die bait while you're at it. Sometimes you need to just spend some money to make sure you're getting effective tools for the job at hand!

Used with Tomcat pellets and finally rid of the darn moles that I've been plagued with for years.

Gets the job done but the design could be better. I felt like I was turning that little thing forever per hole.

Why waste time, I've used these for years. I don't like to dig to find tunnels, especially on this level. We're farmers and ranchers, This thing is the best thing since sliced bread. "Martins" Gopher bait 50 has the least callbacks. Close to 95% success rate and works well with this product. I carry it in the truck in case I see a gopher mound.

It's great and it works !