What's up with gophers 2015 ?

[blacksmithden]

Is it just me, or is there a serious lack of gophers this year ? I'd normally see them all over the place by now given the weather. So far, not a one. Is this mother natures way of saying winter is still coming back with a vengeance, or what ? Was there a gopher catastrophe last year I didn't hear about ? We didn't get that much snow this winter, and over all it was ridiculously mild here in Edmonton.

Thoughts ?

[jwirecom109]

Even the Gophers Left, when the NDP won.....

[Dmay]

It happened out in our country already last year. Whole patches just weren't there anymore last spring. Have seen some around this year, but don't know of any real good patches in the area.
I wondered if there is ever a disease that gets to whole populations. At our place last spring, three patches, which I keep shot down but there's always "seed" left, were completely empty. Mile or so between them, but I suppose could still be some epidemic. Or perhaps environmental factors as you suggest....

[Dmay]

Even the Gophers Left, when the NDP won.....

haha....that's more likely it!!!!

[Foxer]

haha....that's more likely it!!!!

Heh! "We may live beneath the ground but the ndp is still beneath us! - we're outta here!"

[Mikthaniel]

Next to none here in Southern Saskatchewan either...

[RangeBob]

Heh! "We may live beneath the ground but the ndp is still beneath us! - we're outta here!"

[Foxer]

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That's the ndp candidate for Edmonton Center isn't it?

[blacksmithden]

It happened out in our country already last year. Whole patches just weren't there anymore last spring. Have seen some around this year, but don't know of any real good patches in the area.
I wondered if there is ever a disease that gets to whole populations. At our place last spring, three patches, which I keep shot down but there's always "seed" left, were completely empty. Mile or so between them, but I suppose could still be some epidemic. Or perhaps environmental factors as you suggest....

Even here in the city where theyre not hunted Im not seeing them in the usual spots. Hopefully some other guys will chime in with reports.

[CaperJim]

Not much for gophers here, but I did see an unusually large muskrat walking up the sidewalk yesterday afternoon