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03-06-2013, 01:36 PM #11Epic Contributor
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Re: Is there a limit to the number of mice you can trap in a barn?
Try this repeating mouse trap from a 5 gallon bucket, coat hangar and paper plate. Pretty darn clever if you ask me.
Build your own repeating mouse trap by Allen Easterly
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03-06-2013, 01:41 PM #12
Re: Is there a limit to the number of mice you can trap in a barn?
Sounds like you need a couple barn cats...That's if you don't mind buying a bag of food for them every now and then...The neighbors have a few roaming around, and they keep us pretty rodent-free
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03-06-2013, 01:43 PM #13
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03-06-2013, 01:53 PM #14Epic Contributor
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Re: Is there a limit to the number of mice you can trap in a barn?
according to my heard of cats... no, there is no reasonable upper limit of mice and lizards that can be caught on a farm.
they ran out of small birds and squirrels inside the fencline... and the crows are too smart to be predated.. so the mice suffer the brunt of the inmate-cat-convict halfway house that I run....
Snakes sure are sore about it.. so are the fox, possum and raccoons.... not much forage for them so they have mostly moved on ( GREAT! )
my feed and chicken losses drastically dropped after getting cats in the barn. feed losses stopped within 2 weeks... chicken losses due to predation stopped after about 6m after the rodent population subsided, thus making my area less good hunting ground. worked better than I expected... for the price of a 16# bag of cat chow a month.. I am saving $$$ on feed and animal losses. As a side benefit.. whenever I go out and get on a tractor inthe morning, the soft padded seat has been pre-warmed by the cats that love to sleep on my tractors. ( also.. the wire chewing on my tractors by mice.. coincidentally stopped at the same time! )
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03-06-2013, 02:04 PM #15Member
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Re: Is there a limit to the number of mice you can trap in a barn?
You just need to get the neighbours to own cats ,thats where my rodent deterent comes from. I think he does the whole neighbourhood . The first month, I lived here, I spent trying to keep him out but noticed the mouse problem starting so I made cat entrance for him, no more mice

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03-06-2013, 03:24 PM #16Platinum Member
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Re: Is there a limit to the number of mice you can trap in a barn?
If you have power in your barn just get some of those plug in rodent things.. lol not sure what they are called.. I have one in the house and one each in the barn and garage... They work great,,
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03-06-2013, 03:27 PM #17
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03-06-2013, 04:30 PM #18
Re: Is there a limit to the number of mice you can trap in a barn?
I have to make a couple of them. I think that's a good idea.
Last year I just threw a couple handfuls of sunflower seeds in a 5 gallon bucket of water with a ramp and caught a lot of mice. They will slow down in time, but there will always be stragglers, so enjoy the time spent slaughtering those little varmints.3720, Frontier 6' BB; 6' Rear Blade.; Loaded tires and Ballast Box; Dirt Scoop.
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03-06-2013, 04:40 PM #19Gold Member
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Re: Is there a limit to the number of mice you can trap in a barn?
Is there a limit? My experience says no.
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03-06-2013, 07:19 PM #20
Re: Is there a limit to the number of mice you can trap in a barn?
Ah yes, the wheel of death....
The Wheel of Death
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