No joke. Chew up a hot tamale and stick it on the trap. Works every time.

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Nov 19, 2024
8:13:51pm

Rusty Crab Daddy Truly Addicted User

No joke. Chew up a hot tamale and stick it on the trap. Works every time.

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Rusty Crab Daddy

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Last login: Nov 19, 2024
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Trying to trap a mouse. 2 nights in a row, I've been bested. It ate most the bait and trap didn't spring. Ideas?

Crazy Joe Davola Truly Addicted User

8:01pm

Bend back the part that the rod catches on just a little bit so it will slip off

Saregreat

8:03pm

Sticky traps. We tried the normal ones for years and they were irritating

ballen

8:03pm

But then you have to finish the job, which can be hard for sensitive types.

Flippy

8:04pm

My favorite part

ballen

8:06pm

I’ve killed over a thousand lab mice, and I always felt bad about it.

ldssdl

8:20pm

On purpose or were you bad at experiments?

Peterbilt

8:25pm

Mostly on purpose. Sometimes accidents or mistakes happened though.

ldssdl

8:27pm

I've never had to finish the job. They asphyxiate before I find them.

CSoul

8:10pm

Sticky traps with peanut butter/honey dab in middle.

LifeLongLakerFan

8:10pm

Glue traps with a glob of peanut butter are my go-to. Amazed how quickly it work

camp_chef

8:03pm

This probably won't help much

TNT

8:04pm

RE: Trying to trap a mouse. 2 nights in a row, I've been bested. It ate most the

WJCougar

8:04pm

Get a cat.

Flippy

8:04pm

But then you have to dispatch the cat when the mouse is gone

Peterbilt

8:09pm

Get a dog to dispatch the cat.

StarMan

8:15pm

I think we both know where this is going

Peterbilt

8:17pm

Tie on a small bit of bacon.

Guppy

8:05pm

Use OG traps first; takes out 80% of them

Underhill

8:05pm

What’s a OG trap?

Soy Celeste

8:19pm

O say can you Gee...

Underhill

8:30pm

Never heard of it.

Soy Celeste

8:46pm

White claw ones with peanut butter and ritz crackers. These work for us everytim

Bruton Guster

8:06pm

This is the answer. I caught 7 mice in a week this way

Forbidden Fruit

8:17pm

I’ve used something similar to this with success

Akilleez

8:08pm

The "walk the plank" trap on a 5-gallon bucket of water always work for us.

Ripliancum

8:10pm

Use glue traps with peanut butter. They work every time

Adwight

8:11pm

No joke. Chew up a hot tamale and stick it on the trap. Works every time.

Rusty Crab Daddy

8:13pm

Peanut butter

grosven

8:17pm

Put three traps next to each other with PB. The two outside

FT487

8:25pm

I'm trying this tonight

Crazy Joe Davola

8:51pm

Do you have the standard traps? I've even lined up 5 traps and got 3

FT487

9:02pm

Yes standard. 3 traps set tonight. I'm not convinced there's more than 1

Crazy Joe Davola

9:07pm

I would give it 1 to 3 days but it will get them. Also, make sure the PB side is

FT487

9:15pm

Report back!

Parker Schnabel

9:54pm

Peanut butter with a cheerio on top. If you have to, put a little hair elastic

ThreatLevelMidnight

8:27pm

I’ve caught 4 on a rat sized glue trap overnight with peanut butter.

Twin Cities Coug

8:30pm

I've had the most success cramming either a popped popcorn kernel or a nut like an almond, covered in PB into the bait

durandal

8:32pm

Thanks everyone!! Gonna try a bunch of these till I kill it.

Crazy Joe Davola

8:37pm

Snap trap with Milky Way. Works for us every time.

PoolBoy

8:42pm

Peanut butter and a simple spring/wire trap. Worked in 1 night for me.

BleedCougarBlue2

9:15pm

Trapped a couple dozen this fall. Had the same problem. They were licking

Parker Schnabel

9:51pm

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