Category Archives: Slick the gopher

Remember Slick?

Posted on January 12, 2012 by farm2011

As I was walking through the yard yesterday, I saw something that the dogs drug up to the house. Now this could have been just about anything. For some reason they love to bring home ‘dead treasures’ from the neighbors … Continue reading →

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Cows & Gophers

Posted on June 21, 2011 by farm2011

We knew that we were going to have to sell one of our cows because he was born from our mother cow that we still have and for some reason he missed being castrated. So we needed to sell him … Continue reading →

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Slick – back from vacation

Posted on June 18, 2011 by farm2011

I’m not sure where Slick went this past week,  but today when I was mowing I saw a couple of new gopher mounds. When I stopped and counted – there was 7 more! One of them still had an open … Continue reading →

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On the hunt again

Posted on June 8, 2011 by farm2011

I decided to change my strategy with Slick the gopher. I pulled the trap up a couple of days ago and what I would guess he was thinking is that I gave up. No way!  I pulled it up to … Continue reading →

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Let the Games Begin

Posted on May 29, 2011 by farm2011

Slick (I named our gopher) is back! It’s kinda rainy today but tomorrow I’m going to set the trap again. I’m not so scared of it so this time I think I’ll do a better job. He’s got three mounds … Continue reading →

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The gopher lives!

Posted on May 25, 2011 by farm2011

The gopher gets another chance to be free. Nothing in my trap yesterday and since I was mowing the lawn I pulled it up. Of course I took the dirt away and pounded the ground to let him know who … Continue reading →

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Gopher trouble

Posted on May 24, 2011 by farm2011

We have a gopher that is causing all kinds of trouble. I tried to see if I can get rid of him by taking away all his dirt and pounding on the ground for the last couple of weeks but … Continue reading →

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