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You know... I don't actually count them. It may be only 25. It also may be 35??? It is a lot though.
With the Gopher Hawk, one must be careful to not just yank up on the trap. I always use a long sharp piece of metal and stab down through the dirt in an attempt to impale the Gopher. Often times you will find that the Gopher is only caught by the arm.
It is very, very odd!! But I have noticed on two occasions, that when they are wounded, they will crawl above the surface, and sacrifice themselves to which ever predator comes around.
Once I shot one, and thought I missed him. A couple hours later my dog brought to me the shot/wounded Gopher. On another occasion I shot one, and thought I missed him. I can't remember exactly how it went now but.... Later on, my wife and I saw a Hawk sitting there chewing on a carcass. I went out to look, and sure enough, Its remnants were just outside the same hole that i shot.
For the 1st time ever, I had a Coyote take one of my Cinch traps almost 75 yards. I thought it was gone for a couple of weeks. My wife found it out in the horse pasture! I normally don't stake those as they are pretty large. I may consider staking them now though?
