Abstract We presented a new trap for pocket gophers and compared its effectiveness with the Baker and Williams live trap. Our box trap readily captured juveniles ≥44 g and adults ≤294 g. We had ≤50% capture success. In general, capture success was similar to the Baker and Williams live trap. However, analyses suggested that our trap was superior in some aspects, e.g., capture of heavier pocket gophers and males. Our trap was user friendly and could be employed to equally capture all portions of a population of pocket gophers.