"Box Trap" Bags More Gophers

Box Trap Bags More Gophers MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous “It’s easy to use easy to set and catches lots of gophers ” says Caysi Mendoza Wilco Distributors Inc about her company’s new pocket gopher trap Called the Box Trap it’s a wooden box measuring 6 3/4 in long by 3 3/4 in wide by 3 in high with the bottom portion and back end of the trap left completely open To set the trap you press a spring bar into the trap place a hold-down bar across the spring bar and then slide the trigger wire over the hold-down bar To use the trap find a fresh gopher mound and find an entrance to the tunnel Dig a large enough area to place the trap below the ground surface about 4 in or as close as you can get to the main tunnel You should only be able to see the label on the trap from the surface “Pocket gophers don’t like air flowing through their tunnel As soon as the gopher senses the airflow it’ll quickly go to the area to backfill ” says Mendoza “Air flows in through a vent on the upper end and into the tunnel As the gopher comes to backfill the airflow it trips a trigger which releases 2 springs that catch the gopher no matter how big or small it is ” The Box Trap sells for $16 63 plus tax and S&H Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Wilco Distributors Inc P O Box 291 Lompoc Calif 93438 ph 800 769-5040; williewilc@aol com; www wilcodistributors com

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