Rustico — yer the man! My gophers regrouped and mounted a new offensive away from the Albertized gas tunnels. Crafty little mo-fos indeed. Since my green clamp traps shouted “bury me”, i snagged your Victor tunnel traps since I as running out of ideas, well, ideas that would not attract sirens, blue flashing lights and bodily injury (probably mine).
Within an hour of a precision installation — de-scented gloves, ground sculpting, carrot in back plug hole (wait, that last part doesn’t sound right) — i had my first kill. I’ve since gone on to make the eyes bulge with death for many a furry earth rat. There is that freaky glow of satisfaction discovering the raised spring when you… wait a second… maybe I am getting too into this…
Anyway, thanks for your advice and gopher protocol. Works great.