California Gardening: Mole And Gopher Med, 0 by KaperC

KaperC wrote:
I put the dead ones back, too. They ARE gross and I don't see any need to handle them at all. I just shake/pull them out of the trap into the hole and cover it up again.

Funny story...When we first moved here I went out in the morning to find two feet sticking out of the small slope around our terrace. DH and I stood looking at the feet, which were very odd, then finally dug the thing out. Turned out to be a rooster that wandered over from a neighbor's house and was trying to drink out of a half-buried milk jug I was using to water a new plant. Evidently he got his head stuck, flailed around enough to bury himself in dirt, and drowned. A few days later I noticed a horrible smell and discovered DH had put him in the trash can! LOL. I had to remind him we lived in the country now and we could bury things.

Here's a picture - you have to look close and you can imagine my shock when I saw them - I did a classic double-take.