Walk the plank mouse trap

[TNhobbyfarmer]

I have a pole barn at a property I own about 90 miles from my main residence. Mice have always been a problem in the building. I recently made a walk the plank mouse trap and placed it in the building. I have made a couple trips to the property in the last 3 months or so. The trap caught 9 victims the first time and sixteen the second. That thing really works.

If you're not familiar with the trap, Google and/or Youtube it. I was not aware of it until recently. Interesting and effective device.

 

[tomplum]

Thanks. I hadn't heard of these either. I can catch a couple every now and then with the beer can spinning on a tig rod through the bucket trick, but then I forget about it. On my next order!

 

[dragoneggs]

Someone post a youtube link. Think I have seen them before. I should give it a try. No cats in our family now so they are on the increase.

 

[sixdogs]

I have a pole barn at a property I own about 90 miles from my main residence. Mice have always been a problem in the building. I recently made a walk the plank mouse trap and placed it in the building. I have made a couple trips to the property in the last 3 months or so. The trap caught 9 victims the first time and sixteen the second. That thing really works.

If you're not familiar with the trap, Google and/or Youtube it. I was not aware of it until recently. Interesting and effective device.

Post a link. There are lots of competing versions and not sure which trap you mean.

 

[oosik]

I made/used a similar device. Walk the plank up to the lip of a 5 gallon plastic bucket. Have a spinning can on a rod out in the center of the bucket. The spinning can is covered with peanut butter. The mouse jumps out on the can - it spins - dumps him into the 6" of water at the bottom of the bucket - he drowns.

This caught about 35 mice for me a couple years ago.

I like the "barn cat" technique better. Nothing to change, refill or dispose of.

 

[Looking4new]

I like the "barn cat" technique better. Nothing to change, refill or dispose of.

The cat takes care of it all.

 

[Xfaxman]

Walk the plank mouse trap: Walk the plank mouse trap - Image Search

 

[Ford850]

Someone post a youtube link. Think I have seen them before. I should give it a try. No cats in our family now so they are on the increase.

The All Time Best Mouse Trap I Have Ever Tested. Walk The Plank Mouse Trap In Action. - YouTube

 

[Ford850]

These are the originals https://www.ebay.com/sch/southern-o...lass!44118!US!-1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562, but there are many fake copies sold that all claim to be original and made in USA. If you read the reviews on the others, they are cheap imitations and many are made in China and are built poorly.

 

[jbrumberg]

I made/used a similar device. Walk the plank up to the lip of a 5 gallon plastic bucket. Have a spinning can on a rod out in the center of the bucket. The spinning can is covered with peanut butter. The mouse jumps out on the can - it spins - dumps him into the 6" of water at the bottom of the bucket - he drowns.

This caught about 35 mice for me a couple years ago.

I like the "barn cat" technique better. Nothing to change, refill or dispose of.

I copied the picture.

We no longer have cats. The 5 gallon bucket contraption works. The "water" needs to be changed frequently.

I prefer using my mouse trapline.

 

[TNhobbyfarmer]

I got the $14.99 one from the ebay seller in KY. The newest version suggests cutting a square hole in the top of the plastic bucket instead of having the mouse walk over the top lip of the bucket. Good instructions come with the product. Works like a charm.

Also, I use antifreeze as my liquid instead of water. Pretty much pickles the dead mice. Since I'm not around to change the water very often, cuts down on smell and nastiness.

 

[drssg]

I’m perfectly fine with killing mice, but I don’t want them to experience a long slow death.

A mouse can swim, so they must swim to complete exhaustion in the bucket, and finally drown. The repeating-catch box traps just hold them inside until they eventually die of thirst.

The regular old mouse traps are more of a hassle, but they are more likely to provide a reasonably swift death.

 

[wagne223]

I’m perfectly fine with killing mice, but I don’t want them to experience a long slow death.

A mouse can swim, so they must swim to complete exhaustion in the bucket, and finally drown. The repeating-catch box traps just hold them inside until they eventually die of thirst.

The regular old mouse traps are more of a hassle, but they are more likely to provide a reasonably swift death.

I agree, and I prefer snap traps to anything else. However, I have never had an infestation. Only a few mice usually once a year in my sheds.
I may change my mind if I had an infestation.

 

[ruffdog]

The big thing is CHECK YOUR TRAPS OFTEN.

 

[Zerk]

Many. people use a bucket trap, with water in the bottom. Put a wire across. Wire runs through the can. You need to poke a hole. Can is running length wise. Figure I better point that out. Put PB on can. Put a board so they can get up there.

Some call it finnish bucket trap.

 

[SouthernSky]

The cat takes care of it all.

And I know a guy who for years deducts all the cat expenses on his business tax return under Pest Control.

I’ve tried most of the mousetraps in retail stores. The sticky pads are never where you left them as the mice struggle away after getting stuck and seems like they warn their friends about the other ones I put out. I was okay with field mice until they brought the copperheads into the barn looking for a meal.

 

[CMV]

I'll have to try one of those.

I'm not sadistic, I like animals in general, but really won't lose any sleep about mice having a slow or uncomfortable death. I cannot keep them out of my shed. It's a small 8x8 I built just to store targets, some small tools, little items I wanted put up, convenient to access, somewhat secured from growing legs, but not so much I wanted to carry them down to the shipping container & deal with getting in/out of it all the time.

Anyway, my little shed instantly turned into CMVs shelter for homeless wasps, lizards, & mice. So we cleaned it out real good, lots of diluted bleach, cleaned up the mess....I sealed everything up with many cans of the black can great stuff expanding insulation. Re-hung the door to close gaps near the bottom. Spread a bunch of mothballs around & under it to discourage...whatever a mothball will discourage. Got deer corn or anything that seemed like food out. Used big plastic totes or shelves for anything paper or that looked like it would be nice to shred up for a nest. Pretty much whatever I could think of to make it unwelcoming. Didn't take 2 weeks & the mice had chewed thru the insulation to get back in. They decided the little catch bag with some sawdust on my miter saw would be a great home so proceeded to destroy it. Since they saw how much we enjoyed cleaning out the shed first time, they re-covered the floor in mouse pee & poo so we could do it all over again. Used the green bait poison blocks (which I hate since we have lots of hawks & a few owls & I think those have a good chance of causing a secondary kill on them) and snap traps. That worked for all of a month, then the green blocks went untouched - they learned to not eat that. They also avoided the snap traps so switched from peanut butter to cheez whiz and after 2 weeks they learned to avoid that too.

So they've pretty much denied me the use of that shed for the reasons I built it. Anything I keep in there, they chew up or pee all over. And since I went nuts with the spray foam trying to keep them out, it isn't ventilated any longer so the the pee & poo smell is overwhelming. And as an added bonus, it doesn't take the snakes all that long to figure out "there's always mice in there. I should be in there too!" So far just black snakes & I scoop them up in a 5 gal bucket & carry them a mile down the road to live somewhere else. But plenty of harmful snakes running around too and they probably think mouse tastes like chicken just like the black snakes.

So I tried. Tried to discourage them, tried to kill them humanely. And although I realize they aren't plotting against me or antagonizing me on purpose, I have 0 compassion for them. Die fast, die slow, I don't really care....just die at this point.

 

[jbrumberg]

"... The regular old mouse traps are more of a hassle, but they are more likely to provide a reasonably swift death."- drssg

I throw the chum outside the house. It does not last long,

 

[CADplans]

I have given up on ALL mouse traps,, except the KNESS KetchAll

One time, I posted pics of the one night catch in this trap,, everyone asked that I not post those pics again,,, :laughing:

Yes, I have a "walk the plank",, it never gets a change to operate,, the mice just seem to love going in the Kness,,,

My mouse population is almost zero around my home after using this thing for two winters,,, :thumbsup:

 

[dasranger]

I’ve settled on the Jawz traps. I toss the carcasses on the roof and the Blue Jays scarf them up in no time.