Steroidal Gophers?

We have some really serious gophers here. I don't think the cats will be able to stop these.

Actually, there was a backhoe here digging up our driveway and yard. We had three new water hydrants hooked up to our newly refurbished well.

Does this, plus 3 hydrants look like $5500.00 to you? Me neither. But I'm sure it will be worth it this winter when we don't have to haul water from the stock tank for the chicken house. And it does make it a lot easier to water several places since we no longer have to drag hundreds of feet of hose around.