On May 17,2009, The Wildlife Pro Network will be hosting a podcast with special guests, Gregg Crawford and Nancy Cunnion, better known as the Gopher Guy and Gal of Santa Rosa, California. They promise a night of fresh and enlightening perspective on the art of mole and gopher trapping. They will share their last nine years experiences of trapping in California’s Vineyards, Golf Courses, Parks , Recreational Areas and saving homeowners gardens. The podcast begins at 8:00 PM EST or 5 PM PST and anyone with a sincere interest in gopher or mole trapping is encouraged to call in Live and ask questions 1-724-444-7444 Call ID 16456 or listen to the show live on the internet at http://talkshoe.com/tc/16456. If you missed the show it will be made available for listening later in our archives on www.wildlifepro.net or http://talkshoe.com/tc/16456.
Gregg first started trapping Gophers about nine years ago after a long career as a sheet metal worker, His interest in trapping first started when amound appeared in his own yard and was unsure of wheter or not it was ammole or a gopher. In the beginning he could not catch anything and the more traps he set resulted in more damage to his lawn.
It was not until he attended a lecture given by a master gardner that he learned about a safe, non-toxic way of catching gophers and moles. The trap he used was called a cinch trap. Gregg caught his first gopher the next day. Gregg had several friends who also had gopher problems in their yards and he was able to trap them as well. it was not until he met the President of the Sonoma County Grape
Growers Association and he trapped 8 gophers in his first 45 minutes and to date has trapped 4,500 on his 16 acres .Word got out and so he started trapping in vineyards, then, golf courses, cemeteries, ranches, schools, and private residences all over Sonoma and Marin County and a business was born.
Gregg met his partner, Nancy Cunnion, 4-years ago. She’s from a ranch in Oregon and wanted to expand her interest of the outdoors, so he taught her (almost) everything she knows. She is not as fast as Gregg, but she is methodical and while Gregg may set more traps per hour, she doesn’t let too many critters get through her sets. Nancy has showed Gregg that women can successfully trap as well, and now teaches women how to trap in their own gardens.
With experience, they has learned all the possible ways to set the traps in all kinds of situations and the least time consuming ways to trap.Gregg has since invented an accessory tool that really takes the work out of trapping. He and Nancy have also produced a detailed DVD teaching others how to trap gophers and moles. They have developed their own design of gopher and moles traps and soon will be offering them for sale on their web site http://gophergone.com (Site Under Development).
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Gregg and Nancy go out trapping a half hour before sunrise and usually trap until noon or so. They have trapped 97 gophers in 7-hours during their best day. They use ATVs loaded with traps to get around on, and it is not uncommon for them to catch 30, 40, or 50 gophers in a day and they really enjoy the challenge of trapping.
