This is the best trap ever invented to catch moles and gophers. It catches them close to 100% of the time. Please read the testimonials below from happy users of this Original Blackhole Trap.
Blackhole For Gophers, Rats, and Moles.
Testimonials:
These traps do work!, May 12, 2008
By Judy "Judy K" (Colorado Springs, CO)
We can attest to these traps working great on gophers. We have caught over 220 on our 5-1/2 acres in the last 3 years. We just bought two more to have as back-up when parts fail on the other 5 traps we own. We use to have 6 traps until the hubby ran over one with the garden tractor so please mark them with flags if you have a lot of property for ease of locating the traps again (and to keep running them over with the mower).
This is the one!, June 30, 2007
By dennisb (Colorado)
This thing works, period. And nothing else does. I know, I've tried. Take care to make sure there are no light leaks, and it should work like a gem. Here's a really valuable trick: place them in pairs, back-to-back. Since I started doing that, my success rate has gone to about 95%! I've even caught two gophers at a time this way.
There's nothing like the thrill of your first gopher kill, after they've run amok tearing up your yard. I actually took a picture of his lifeless corpse so I could keep the memory.
Excellent Product, September 4, 2006
By David H. (Yakima, WA)
I had used gas, poisoned bait, water, all without any success. I then used scizzor style gopher traps for several years and they had worked fairly successfully, but I was getting a kill for about one in ten pairs of traps set. Of recent I was facing several "smart" gophers that I could not catch at all even after several hundred efforts. The black hole trap (when set according to the instructions) killed my smartest gopher the first setting. Now I get a kill for every pair I set on the first and seldom worse than the third setting.
The Black Hole works!, August 23, 2008
By Sieben "movie & music guy" (Colorado, USA)
I have been battling pocket gophers in my yard for several years. Poisons didn't work, smoke bombs didn't work, gassing them didn't work, hiring professional pest control companies didn't work. The foxes who lived in a nearby culvert this spring worked but I couldn't convince them to stay around all summer. A neighbor told me about the Black Hole and I bought two to give it a try. So far I've caught 6 gophers and the amount of activity in my lawn has decreased dramatically. These work! Find a fresh dig, set the trap and you'll get them.
For Gophers and Moles:
Occasionally bending of spring bar (with pliers) may be necessary to maintain maximum sensitivity.
Find a Fresh Gopher or Mole Mound:
1. Lightly "prime" black hole trap with loose soil to conceal cable noose and floor of trap.
2. Find a fresh gopher or mole mound. Dig up and expose open tunnel. In lawns, carefully spade up a rectangular piece of sod and save to cover hole once rodent is caught.
3. Install blackhole trap in tunnel opening and seal all cracks with loose soil to insure no light enters.
4. Keep vent hole in the back end of the trap clear of soil to allow air to enter.
Why Gophers Pack Dirt in Trap:
a. Trap improperly set in tunnel.
b. Light leakage into trap.
c. Trap too "stiff." Readjust trigger for tripping with just a slight touch.
d. Maybe you have a smart gopher. If packing persists, stick a carrot in the vent hole and reset trap.
Let's see how smart he is!
1. Lay blackhole trap on flat surface.
2. With left hand, depress spring down flush with top of trap and hold down.
3. With tight hand, lay "spring bar" across spring and insert end in "trigger bar" across spring and insert end in "trigger" hold. Gently release.
4. The trap is now set and ready to install in gopher tunnel.
A Few Extra Trapping Tips:
1. Trap evening and early morning.
2. Cover gopher & mole trap with loose soil, sealing all light except vent hole on end.
3. Wash black hole trap with water after use.
4. Set gopher & mole trap in fresh tunnel only. If no activity in a few hours, move trap.
For Rats:
1. Set trap as per gopher instructions.
2. Drop bait through vent hole in rear of trap, keeping bait behind trigger grid. Sprinkle a small amount of bait at the mouth of the trap to entice rats. For bait, use corn, nuts, seeds, grain, bread crumbs, peanut butter, etc.
3. Set the rat trap in areas where rats are active-under sinks, behind appliances, in storage areas, etc.
This is the number 1 selling gopher and mole trap in the USA
