However, a new gopher trap, the cinch trap, has now joined the traditional Macabee gopher trap, which generally required some training to set properly.

Using a cinch trap, which is placed in the gopher hole opening, farmworkers — or homeowners — can quickly set traps. For large operations, such as farms, traps can be just as efficient as ...

For California gophers, you’ll want to buy the small-size Cinch trap, which has a 2.25-inch jaw opening. UC Regents Q: I have gophers, but don’t want to use bait because of my dogs. What else ...

The key to trapping with this trap is to make sure that you set a trap facing each way in the gopher’s tunnel and that you find the main tunnel.

Following the lecture, Wittman will demonstrate the use of Cinch traps, the easiest and most effective way to control gophers and moles with a trap. Traps and plant protection baskets will be ...

Alder enthuses that “the Cinch simply catches gophers more often” than other traps. 3. You can plant almost anything at this time of year as long as you make watering your top priority.

The Hungry Owl Project will present the informational demonstration “Got Gophers?” by pest control expert Thomas Wittman from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 12 at the Marin Art & Garden Center.