GOT GOPHERS? WE'VE BEEN GETTING 'EM, SINCE 1966
Five generations of hands-on research, trapping expertise, and a single mission: eliminate pocket gophers the right way — the only way that actually works.
With trapping, you see a dead gopher — not a promise that "it ran off to die somewhere" after poison. Pocket gophers are herbivores; they will not eat grains, seeds, or baits. They are an entirely different species from omnivores, which is exactly why those products fail. Don't hire someone untrained in this species. Hire the oldest, most experienced name in pocket gopher trapping — the team that knows how to track, outsmart, and locate them under structures and inside homes, and how to remove, remediate, and prevent new gophers from migrating in from neighboring properties.
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 — nearly every day — working directly with pocket gophers. We've trapped them nationwide, coast to coast across the mainland U.S. 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.
Gophers don't stop in the yard —
they tunnel into walls and create real biohazard conditions inside homes.
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're not taught tunnel behavior, breeding cycles, colony structure, or species-specific removal. Instead, gophers are lumped into the generic category of "rodent," which authorizes the use of products designed for omnivores — an entirely different species. Those products do not work on pocket gophers. The EPA's own labeling confirms this.
A critical public safety issue: Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases used in fumigation 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 — because concrete is porous and gophers tunnel under homes following pipes. We are not aware of a single competitor who holds OSHA certification, 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.
We have already completed the research so you don't have to. Poisons, baits, water, gum, noise devices, vibration stakes, concrete barriers, chicken wire, rabbit fencing — none of it eliminates pocket gophers. Trapping does. Every time. A specifically designated group of farmers across the nation confirmed this through documented studies conducted from the 1960s through the late 1970s. These farmers were selected by U.S. agricultural agencies running test farms and state research farms — and, like our own farm, became a testing ground where the state and private companies requested our family conduct trials for them.
Since those years, new agencies — like state pest control boards funded in part by chemical and poison manufacturers — have continued pushing products herbivores simply won't eat. Selling ineffective products keeps the gopher population growing, which keeps the public calling back, while the underlying facts go unmentioned.
Our family has always believed in being honest with the public. We've logged thousands of hours of hands-on research, documenting hundreds of pocket gophers refusing and avoiding poison, seed, bait, and gum, choosing starvation instead. It's a scientific fact that pocket gophers are herbivores — they eat plants and roots. Other rodents that are omnivores — mice, rats, voles — eat seeds. Pocket gophers do not.
Documented on camera —
a pocket gopher refusing poison, bait, and seed, choosing starvation instead.
One test made the point unmistakable: offered ordinary, non-toxic grain, a gopher did not eat it. It packed the seed into its cheek pouches, carried it below ground, planted it, and waited — then ate the sprouts once they grew.
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.
Dad started in the 1950s on the farm — but both he and our grandfather Lawrence had been trapping as young boys. Five generations of knowledge passed down and built upon. The full story of how that work shaped an industry.
Whitepapers and scientific documentation conducted on 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, livestreamed field requirements, and certification — then 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 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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