Trapped four mice right in a row...

[sixdogs]

For those who think you have to spread traps all over a barn to catch mice, it's not so. Here's a picture of four traps set right next to each other and each one with a deceased mouse. I hate mice and have caught three in a row but never four. Maybe because I never set four traps in a row. The bait is smooth peanut butter.


Spoiler alert: Don't view before your favorite breakfast.

 

[Looking4new]

WoW! A herd of dead mice! Are you gonna try for 5,6?

 

[sixdogs]

WoW! A herd of dead mice! Are you gonna try for 5,6?

No, since my neighbor cleaned up his farm 1/8th mile away the mice have slowly been disappearing. There's a separate thread I did on this that basically involved me catching his carpetbagging mice at my place. The neighbor passed away and the land got rented to grains so minimal food and habitat. I only caught around 10 for the winter when I used to catch 200.

Five or six would only get me the accolades and media attention I'm trying to avoid.

 

[tthopskin@yahoo.ca]

good one lol

 

[jacain]

This is why I need cats and don't kill black snakes. My dogs are pretty good mice hunters around the chicken coops. I'm still need some feral cats long term though.

 

[tommu56]

I'd be using bucket trap

How to Build a “Stairway to Heaven” Rat Trap in 15 Minutes | Survival Sherpa

Tom

 

[RobertBrown]

Well done.
It either means you have an effective method or their numbers have increased exponentially.
I suggest you reload, and resupply. obviously 4 is not enough.
I once got 2 in one trap, and then 4 in 2 traps a day later.
I know....you are in awe.
keep trying....

 

[sixdogs]

I don't think the mouse population increased and in fact I feel it is sharply reduced since over the winter I only caught a few. I just got lucky and it probably was just my time to hit the quadfecta. Even a stopped watch is right twice a day so maybe my number was up? I will say it was fresh peanut butter from Whole Foods that was a leftover from someone. The four traps in a row is not something I would normally do but my mower was in the way and I was too lazy to move.

Yes, I am in awe of the two in one trap and that is a rare feat.

Occasionally I'll find one just laying there dead in the middle of the barn. I figure they stepped on the wrong end of the trap and got thrown 15 feet away. They die pretty easy.

 

[sixdogs]

I'd be using bucket trap

How to Build a “Stairway to Heaven” Rat Trap in 15 Minutes | Survival Sherpa

Tom

I hear that these really work. You can also put an empty hydraulic oil bucket next to something they can climb on. I have found mice in the buckets before. Maybe it just smells good?

 

[Looking4new]

I don't think the mouse population increased and in fact I feel it is sharply reduced since over the winter I only caught a few.

Maybe the mice have gotten smarter and you just caught the stupid ones.