PROUD TO BE 100% POISON FREE!
Five generations of hands-on research, trapping expertise, and a single mission: eliminate pocket gophers the right way — the only way that actually works.
Trapping is acknowledged, by the U.S. Federal Government for over 100 years,
as the most effective method for permanently eliminating pocket gophers.
We have spent nearly 60 years — every single day — working directly with Arizona pocket gophers on our own land and across the state and nation. We know how they tunnel, how deep, how far, how often they breed, how large their litters are, how they push and remove dirt, how they den beneath buildings, enter homes through plumbing chases, and create biohazard conditions inside walls and under bathtubs. This is not textbook knowledge. It is a lifetime of field research that no certification program teaches — outside of our own.
Our competitors are handed a study manual that mentions the word "gopher" twice — once noting it is an herbivore, once that it eats plants. They are not taught tunnel behavior, breeding cycles, colony structure, health & safety, or species-specific removal. Instead, gophers are lumped into the generic category of "rodent," which authorizes the use of deadly products designed and labeled for omnivores — an entirely different species. Those products do not work on pocket gophers. The manufacturer's EPA's own labeling confirms this. By using these product on an Herbivore, outside of the EPA label, they are in violation of Federal law.
A critical public safety issue: Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases are used by forcing poisonous, odorless, colorless and tasteless gases into handpicked, hidden underground tunnel systems they have had no training on. This unregulated and unmonitored service is being carried out by individuals that have no training in pocket gophers tunneling systems, and we have not found one carrying OSHA Certification for the safe usage of these deadly gases. The EPA has regulated this practice to protect the public from incorrect applications that can carry severe consequences when used near homes and structures. The EPA explicitly states these gases "must not be used within 100 feet of any structure where living beings are present or will return to" — because concrete is porous and gophers tunnel under homes following pipes. We are not aware of a single applicator who holds OSHA certification for the usage of Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide or any flammable gases, uses air monitoring equipment, or has undergone species-specific safety training for this application. Yet some are advising customers it is safe to remain inside their homes during treatment. It is not, especially when there is no monitoring of the flow, saturation, and interior seepage into the home.
We have already completed the research so you don't have to. Poisons, zero baits, water, gum, noise devices, vibration stakes, concrete barriers, chicken wire, rabbit fencing — none eliminates pocket gophers. Trapping does. Every time. Tens of thousands of farmers across the nation confirmed this through documented studies throughout the 1920's to the 1970's. We were part of that work.
Our mission has never changed in five generations: trap them quickly, don't make them suffer, don't harm other species, leave the property better than we found it, and give clients the honest facts so they don't waste their time, money, or patience on solutions that will never work.
Text your name, address, and phone number to 480-489-1729 and we will call you back within minutes.
Our ringers remain off while trapping for safety reasons. Texting is always the fastest path to a callback.
Our social media pages feature videos and photos of the types of gopher problems we handle — including gophers found inside home walls, beneath bathtubs, and the serious health situations they create. Search The Gopher Getters to find us.
Our mission has never changed in five generations —
trap them quickly, don't make them suffer, don't harm other species,
leave the property better than we found it.
From before 1966 and forward, my father's decades of unpaid research and testing for the state of Arizona, and the full story of how that work was ultimately destroyed.
White-papers and scientific documentation conducted at multiple farm locations with multiple crops and conditions to provide a range of scenarios — facts, not theories, backed by decades of field research.
The only certified training program specific to pocket gophers. Complete coursework, live-streamed field requirements, and certification — allowing you to join our national network.
Biology and reproduction, structural risk assessment, biohazard documentation, and what gophers inside your home's walls actually mean for your family's health and safety.
Everything you must know before you start — so your project succeeds the first time.
Call in, text, or email your situation live. Hear a real-time inspection and get step-by-step guidance on your specific problem.
Professional equipment, field gear, and everything needed to get started — including our own top-rated cooling products for working in Arizona heat.
From management to trappers, we have something for everyone. Women are encouraged to apply.
They don't stop at your lawn —
gophers follow pipes into your foundation, your walls, and your home.
We've documented it all.
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