Mice in camp.

[ghertzog2003]

Any new ways to keep mice out of camp? tried mothballs,dryer fabric softer sheets,posion.Still when i get there after a few weeks there is droppings found.

[Gill-T]

5 gallon bucket with oats in bottom....they fall in but can't get out. Mouse trap loaded with CRUNCHY peanut butter. Smush some peanut bits into the bait holder mechanism. After they lick all the peanutbutter off, they try to dig the peanut pieces out of the mechanism and whammo.

[goin deep]

Redneck mouse trap:

5 gallon bucket with 3 inches of antifreeze in it. Drill 2 holes on opposite sides of the top of the bucket. Get a beer can and drill a hole in the center of the top and bottom of the can. Run a wire through the beer can and then through the drilled holes in the bucket and secure. The beer can should be centered in the bucket and able to spin. Put peanut butter on the beer can. When the mice step on the can to eat the peanut butter, they fall in and die. The antifreeze preserves them and there is no smell of rotting mice.

Brian

[landingzone]

Redneck mouse trap:

5 gallon bucket with 3 inches of antifreeze in it. Drill 2 holes on opposite sides of the top of the bucket. Get a beer can and drill a hole in the center of the top and bottom of the can. Run a wire through the beer can and then through the drilled holes in the bucket and secure. The beer can should be centered in the bucket and able to spin. Put peanut butter on the beer can. When the mice step on the can to eat the peanut butter, they fall in and die. The antifreeze preserves them and there is no smell of rotting mice.

Brian

Works great! Here is a video:

[Gill-T]

Until your hunting dog drinks it. I lost a Springer to antifreeze from my Uncle's deer camp toilet.

[landingzone]

I'm no expert but it appears that RV (pink) antifreeze is much less toxic to animals than the older radiator stuff. Our experience has been with the RV pink stuff. Here is some info I found on the subject:

http://www.arkanimals.com/propylene-glycol-anti-freeze-pet-safety

[Diversion]

X 2 on the five gallon bucket trap, just use the pink antifreeze so its "safer". I've had one in my camp for years, works like a charm, and no stink.