Originally Posted by thingstodo

You can always pay trappers to kill them over the summer. That will run you about $400-500/year. Or just shoot yourself and you won't care any more. None of the crap they give you to put in your yard works. Purchase the traps that cut their heads off like the pros use and learn how to use them is the only thing you can do yourself.

I back up to a tree farm and basically gave up a few years ago. I tried the things that make noise and all that did was make them move around even more. The spray with castor oil also makes them move, just not out of your yard. Both mean you end up with more fun trails in the grass.