"Gopher tourism" is making inroads across the southern grainbelt, with some farmers offering free room, board and even free ammunition to anyone willing to kill the voracious gophers gobbling up their crops.
Farmers near Swift Current, Sask., are looking for tourists with guns to combat an infestation they say is especially bad .
Local officials welcome the gun-toters so long as they save farmers' crops.
Jordet said the out-of-towners shot thousands of gophers a day, and even worried they would run out targets. He assured them that was not the case.
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Farmers near Swift Current, Sask., are looking for tourists with guns to combat an infestation they say is especially bad .
Local officials welcome the gun-toters so long as they save farmers' crops.
Jordet said the out-of-towners shot thousands of gophers a day, and even worried they would run out targets. He assured them that was not the case.
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