Jeff, gophers are tough critters. Golden Gophers are extremely tough and resilient. Reach back and embrace your inherit Gopher State strength and power through these challenges.
Best wishes and all my prayers, your former deer hunting partner near your old stumping grounds.
Doug
Last summer I executed 5 and my wife trapped 4. If there was true justice, Goph's last view of this world would've been from within the confines of a XXXXL Havahart trap as it slowly settled into the soft mud at the bottom of a beaver pond.