Re: Favorite brand of mouse trap? - 01/04/2207:22 PM
We buy the victor mouse traps by the case a few times a year. Simple device but very effective in the right hands. Big yellow pan types are our favorites also.
Re: Favorite brand of mouse trap? - 01/05/2208:47 PM
I use the mouse traps many times without bait or lure. I just use them as a trail set by just placing them on established travel ways butted up against a wall, beam or other barrier.
Re: Favorite brand of mouse trap? - 01/05/2209:51 PM
Same here Bob, most of my sets are blind sets up against a vertical structure. When I do bait I will use peanut butter or hot melt glue sunflower seeds to the pan. All deadly. For attics or crawl spaces I use the mousinator 2000. Lol
Re: Favorite brand of mouse trap? - 01/06/2201:45 PM
Originally Posted by yoteguts
Same here Bob, most of my sets are blind sets up against a vertical structure. When I do bait I will use peanut butter or hot melt glue sunflower seeds to the pan. All deadly. For attics or crawl spaces I use the mousinator 2000. Lol
Those boards are killer if you can get a spot big enough to put them in, for bait I prefer a piping bag filled with peanut butter it makes it easy to get in all the cracks but sometimes it makes a bit of a mess.
Re: Favorite brand of mouse trap? - 01/06/2203:22 PM
Victor 8s the way to go with mouse traps, the cheap ones are for one time use if they stay set. Snakes are best three went in a machine shed this summer I think its still mouse free.
Re: Favorite brand of mouse trap? - 01/08/2206:20 PM
The use of small pieces of fiber fill or yarn glued onto the pan works well at times. Mice are opportunists when it comes to foraging for nesting materials. I have used that set up many times with blind trail sets and some baited sets as needed.Every now and then I will place a glue board in between snap traps if I feel I may have some mice jumping over some traps. We use our own commercial rodent bait and a originally designed coon bait that was found to attract mice/rats/
Re: Favorite brand of mouse trap? - 06/04/2206:00 PM
This trap is awesome! China is ripping off the Americans who designed and are selling this trap... Please buy the one, Made in the USA, if at all possible.
Re: Favorite brand of mouse trap? - 01/13/2301:42 PM
The Victor traps with big pans. If it isn't freezing a 5 gallon bucket built with a pinning bottle at the top baited with peanut butter and a gallon of water in the bucket.
Re: Favorite brand of mouse trap? - 01/14/2308:14 AM
If it’s below freezing I just use a gallon of windshield washer fluid instead of water. A five gallon bucket with a spinning 20oz bottle with peanut butter and bird seed stuck to it works forever
Re: Favorite brand of mouse trap? - 01/17/2301:14 AM
We switched to melted chocolate chips when they were able to lick off the peanut butter and cheese. They all were caught quickly and the bait stays good for a long time. I’ve read you can use tootsie rolls too. Chew a quarter inch till soft and press onto the trigger. They love chocolate.