Getting Rid of Mice in my shop ?

[nickel plate]

Deere Dude,
You had me hoping for a miracle that you had a way to convince a gopher to come out of its underground tunnel, climb a ramp and jump into a bucket of water! Chipmunks and gophers are two entirely different "critters".

 

[Deere Dude]

Deere Dude,
You had me hoping for a miracle that you had a way to convince a gopher to come out of its underground tunnel, climb a ramp and jump into a bucket of water! Chipmunks and gophers are two entirely different "critters".

Okay, I just googled it and my bad. I thought they were the same. I would try it anyway. It cost a dollar to find out. Plus there are all other intuitive ideas on this thread.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

On my old farm place I had a lot of trouble with chipmunks and some gophers.
My best solution was to take a wood board rat trap, bait with a salted peanut tied to the bait pan with a bread bag twist tie.
Be sure to tie down the trap with a length of some kind of cord.

If a carnivore wants to consume the trap contents, fine. I don't want them to drag the trap away and loose it.

To segregate rodents, (keep squirrels out) put the trap in a 1x8 box about 16" long with a 2" hole in the end.

Good luck

 

[ss4010]

Deere Dude,
You had me hoping for a miracle that you had a way to convince a gopher to come out of its underground tunnel, climb a ramp and jump into a bucket of water! Chipmunks and gophers are two entirely different "critters".

How about something like the Rodenator. Propane powered gopher killing...

Rodenator Pest Control Videos @ Rodenator

 

[nickel plate]

I'm familiar with the Rodenator and around here it works great for ground squirrels. Another device I've seen is a weedeater power head mounted on a steel plate that sits on top of a gopher hole and sends the exhaust fumes down into the tunnels. I'm getting off thread here...

 

[Domush]

Quick update, I've had a bucket with the spinning can o' peanut butter in my workshop for a week and have caught four mice so far. I added RV anti-freeze (non-toxic) to the bottom in order to drown them. I hate drowning them, but it's either that or having them bake to death in the 130F workshop.

My house bucket has yet to catch a single mouse. I think they like my dog's food better than the peanut butter :muttering: