{"id":11454,"date":"2026-01-19T21:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/?p=11454"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:06:30","slug":"how-to-use-a-gopherhawk-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/19\/how-to-use-a-gopherhawk-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use a Gopherhawk trap"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I first notice gopher holes, I get a rake and smooth them over. The next day, I go out and look for new, fresh holes. I use the gopherhawk probe (just a 2′ long metal stick) to find the tunnel under the ground; I stick the probe into the ground looking for it being really easy to push through. When I’ve found it, I use the wedge tool to open the hole a bit, stick the trap into the ground, arm it, and walk away.<\/p>\n

If I don’t catch the gopher in a day, I start the process anew.<\/p>\n

There’s a zillion videos of the Gopherhawk in action online. Here’s one.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I first notice gopher holes, I get a rake and smooth them over. The next day, I go out and look for new, fresh holes. I use the gopherhawk probe (just a 2′ long metal stick) to find the tunnel under the ground; I stick the probe into the ground looking for it being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11455,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11454\/revisions\/11455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}