On the upside, hawks cruise around here all the time, they help with the gophers. I do my part with a 10-22. And we see bald eagles in the spring.
Badgers dig those gophers out too, but I’m worried about them tangling ass with my dog.
LOL, right you are. We had a Woodchuck infestation, they were destroying our yard, and I don’t live in an area where I could dispose of them with a .22 without having the policed called down on me, so I had to trap them, which is always fun...:)