Thanks, I saw this trap being used 20 years ago in hunting camps. It works awesome!! Ya it definitely comes in handy and all that "scrap" material helps too!!

@cashtaylor9804

4 жыл бұрын

YICKS!!! I thought you said they would die quickly. I just can't do it. Don't they just swim until they can't and drowned? I MUST SAY, I'm on my husband's page. He'd die if I didn't say that, LOL! I'm looking for away to rid these rodents while camping. I know, I'm going to a hotel and let these mine alone, LOL! I also know... I AM A WIMP!! Seriously, this is definitely the most humane way I've seen to get rid of the little guy's so, KUDOS to you!

Thanks, the first time I saw one it blew me away how simple and well it worked!! Have a good week end!!

I've made this trap before using a coat hanger wire and a plastic pop bottle, instead of PVC pipe and a coffee can. I use lots less peanut butter too. Add a ramp with a very light smear of peanut butter on it, just for the smell, and it works really well.

Went into our motorhome a couple days ago and mouse droppings in the drawers. My husband saw your video and made your really ingenious trap and we put it in the motorhome last night and went out this morning and we already had a mouse floating in the water. Great idea. If there are more in the motorhome we'll get them too!!!!! He put a rope through the pvc pipe that hangs down to the floor for the mice to climb up to give them some fun before they do the Yippy Skippy Dip! Thanks for your video!

@markjohnson8765

7 жыл бұрын

I was curious how the mice got to the top of the bucket. Good idea on using the rope.

@Bedragld69

7 жыл бұрын

I think they probably climbed up the pail handle. They're all Circus Mice, hehehe.

@horseman3266

4 жыл бұрын

Use dryer sheets and moth balls all over the camper wont be a single dropping again

@misnlinc48

4 жыл бұрын

When you make the follow up trap in action video ? Use the Genesis song. "All in a mouses night!!!" It has a mice twist at the end

I made one of these,caught 40 mice in 2 days,works really well.kinda freaked me out!!well worth the 5 mins. it takes to build.

A friend uses one in his cabin when he closes it up for the winter. He puts antifreeze in it instead of water so it works all winter....also, the antifreeze will somewhat "pickle" the dead mice so they don't stink up the cabin before spring. It catches GOBS of mice and works all winter. A ramp helps the little snots get to the lip of the bucket.

PitFire, you are one smart man! Thanks!

Beautiful, wish I had seem this perviously. Thanks

Everyone is saying how they want the mice gone but "I don't want them to suffer". Fuck that. These little bastards can do a lot of damage to your home in a short amount of time not to mention the annoying chewing and squeeking noises they produce whilst destroying your home. The way I see it is, these mice came into my home uninvited, I don't appreciate unwanted guest in my house especially one that is eating the insides of my walls and keeping me awake at night. I get dCON glue tunnels and my mouse problem was solved almost over night. I caught one almost 5 minutes after setting the first trap. But really don't take pity on something that is costing you time and money and giving you nothing but holes in your wall. They may be cute but you have to remember that it's your home and you want your trap to kill them by any means nessasary. Oh and yes I use poison traps and I have a dog. Put them where your dog won't get them or train your dog better.

@calebreeze7925

9 жыл бұрын

Daron Barbour If you want anything to suffer, then you're a f'ing psychopath.

@chank2415

9 жыл бұрын

Cale Breeze they don't suffer when you snap that little neck of thiers.

@calebreeze7925

9 жыл бұрын

Daron Barbour Yeah but you said "fuck that" about people saying not wanting them to suffer. That implies you want them to suffer, which is fucked up.

@chank2415

9 жыл бұрын

It's a pest. Why would you care if it suffers or not. That's like crying about someone smushing a spider and like I said when they start costing you time and money you might just want the little suckers to suffer a bit.

@chank2415

9 жыл бұрын

You obviously have never had mice in your home. It's annoying and they are in my territory. Even a dog would get rid of mouse in its territory. I don't want to torture the poor thing like I said earlier they don't really suffer when their neck is broken instantaneously. Get off your high horse you are acting like a huge bigoted ass hat. I never said I wanted to torture them.

After watching a multitude of 'mice solutions', this one seems to be the potentially most effective and clever.

@PitFireOutdoors

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ejdarly4733

9 жыл бұрын

James Long Report it to the paranormal authorities.

@arizonasunflowers7165

7 жыл бұрын

E J Darly "paranormal authorities"??? Wtf do they care about mouse traps? Unless you can see their little mouse ghost flying around...

Great Job! Thanks for sharing!

finally one I found one that's going to solve my problem once and for all. Great idea !

Hey great clip! You should make a clip of this in action...

I agree with the other posters that the metal can in the center is WAY too large and also too heavy. I used a child size, "shorty" soda can and a 3/8 inch dowel; the can is featherweight and spins round and round very freely, especially because I glued a washer-like plastic disc on what used to be the top of the soda can, to make a perfectly centered round hole (matching the hole I drilled in the cans' bottom), instead of using the off-centered pop-top hole in the top of the can, which unbalances the can and stops it from spinning cleanly. Cinching a cable tie on the dowel at each end of the can will prevent the mouse from pushing the can over to one side of the bucket, and you can also put some large inside- diameter plastic beads or very short segments of plastic pipe onto the dowel just before the ends of the can (sized just slightly larger than the dowel) as additional slip rings or roller bearings. Smear peanut butter around the circumference at the middle of the can, and maybe add a couple of shelled pistachios, which are the mouse equivalent of cocaine !!!! Designed and built properly, this type of trap can run on the same bait literally for months. No need to put peanut butter on the stick that serves as the ramp, the mice will follow their noses. Leaving live mice in the bucket for more than a few hours means they are likely to resort to cannibalism, and setting them free ultimately just generates even more mice, which are a vector for fleas, Lyme disease bearing ticks, salmonella, and the DEADLY Hanta Virus, so I feel it is safer and more humane to drown them, preferably with something that won't freeze and won't get smelly for weeks, such as a nontoxic type of antifreeze, or a heavy salt brine. By the way, I don't like poisoning mice, as the sick or dead mouse may easily be caught or found and eaten by a hawk or owl or other helpfull pest-controlling animal, or by somebody's dog or cat.

Nice trap. If you add a bit of dish detergent to the water, it will dissolve the oils in the mouse fur and he will sink. This will be a quicker and more humane death.

Use AntiFreeze instead of water and it won't freeze. I use it all winter in an unheated cabin.

Built it this morning. Already started catching mice, works great. i lined the outside of the bucket with chicken wire so mice can crawl up the side.

@ranlitt3201

8 жыл бұрын

+Stephen Peak Yes, that's what I was thinking because mice can't crawl up a plastic bucket. If they can, that's a new one on me.

@notatheist3632

7 жыл бұрын

if they could then they could crawl out of the bucket too

@1habicher

6 жыл бұрын

yes, give them a stairway to the end!

@sharyndaley-zackery

5 жыл бұрын

Well, you know...dude did say to "put it next to the house so the mice can just climb up", so yeah....there's that. Js

@sharyndaley-zackery

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure, from what I understand, mice cannot jump as well while they're in water. And so...I'm hoping so cause I just made one but I used a big 2.3 feet yard can...and I lowered the coffee can....just in case. Mine is for inside so I built a stairway out of cardboard for their "climb up". Ima also use tape to secure the stick that holds the coffee can. :D

Haha, thanks!! It would never pass, its not humane enough! I'd have to design a little life boat for them first!!

Nice! My buddy has a similar set-up at his camp and it works great.

I recommended this type to a friend of mine in the Philippines where they didn't have the regular spring type here. Otherwise after costs of material and time, I am happy with the 3 for $1 old fashioned type.

This truly is awesome!!! I am definitely going to make one of these. One thing I think I am going to add is a hole on each side of the coffee can and put wire thru it so that the coffee can is stabilized. Do you think that would be helpful or would it affect the rolling of the can?

I love this trap! I have been using Victor snap traps and already caught 20 mice in my apartment in NYC but there isn't an end to them so I am hoping this trap does the trick. Going to build 2 and put the other in the basement. Thanks for the well thought out video my friend!

Cleaver idea, thanks for the video!

THANKS - FOR SPENDING THE TIME TO HELP OTHER OUT. GOOD VIDEO

Pretty dog!!

Thanks! I'll try that later.

Very ingenious! I like it and will use this idea. Thanks for sharing, dude.

The dog looks like he is planning on coming back and stealing all the bait.

Damn you're a Genius.

Freaking amazing man!

Thanks for your help :-)

Very clever..!! THANK YOU..!! ;D

The coffee can is too big for that bucket. It's too close to the sides. Rats & mice can jump. I'd say they'd jump off that easy when it started to roll. Smaller the roller & the greater the distance to the side the better.

@denonandkef

8 жыл бұрын

+gnads1 Place glue pads at the bottom.

@1habicher

6 жыл бұрын

A coke can will do!

@JoseRamirez-ru2jn

6 жыл бұрын

gnads1 I agree with u the coffee can is to fat for the bucket

@RWBHere

5 жыл бұрын

And put the smaller can a little lower into the bucket. Mice and rats will make a lunge for the side as the can rotates. If it's too low, they'll escape and bring their friends back to share in the fun!

@johnp.ewonchuk4244

5 жыл бұрын

gnads1 I

I would think a screw about 1/4" or so on each side of the can into the PVC would keep it centered very well and be worry free !!!

@corinnepearson3601

4 жыл бұрын

A I k

@jaya.0069

4 жыл бұрын

@dkfelix LOL, good one!!

Very ingenious & durable design. I've seen other designs with beer cans and water bottles, or tilting boards. Your design seems more robust and quite simple to build. The only improvement might be to use a larger piece of PVC pipe instead of the coffee can as the bait roller. Thanks for posting.

Will this work on orange head leader rates with small hands?

I like this and will try it! Use gloves, I find they can tell and know to avoid anything handled by hands etc. peanut did not do it many times but bacon will be the way to go with me in Australia!

@sheriames6465

4 жыл бұрын

They love bacon grease.

The coffee can is too big --if the rat is small and just stays at the center, the can won't roll over and rat just stand still to eat the thick peanut butter and go

My friend made one of these years ago for his cabin. He kept finding dead mice in his livestock water buckets. So he shaved a paint roller, attached it to a bucket and had a ramp going up to it. Same idea. Anyway, he worked with a designer, they made a prototype and flew out to "Victor" to present it. The finished trap was basically a bucket lid with roller set up so it would fit on any 5 gal bucket. They tested it against their tin cat trap. The bucket trap caught 20 mice in controlled tests in under 5 minutes, defeating the tin cat every time. In the end Victor turned him down because they already had their investments in the tin cat.

@joeheldmann881

4 жыл бұрын

Just use a plastic water or soda bottle and a wire from a clothes hanger. Place the end of the bottle top near the side of the bucket with the paint stick. Use the peanut butter. When themouse climbs into the bottle it spins and it falls into the bucket Takes 5 minutes

Great idea. Side note: center can on pipe, then place screw at each side of can thru pipe. Will not allow animal to lock spinning can against sides. Chicken wire is awesome idea too.

Love your video!

The can will spin much more easily with a thin axle to replace the PVC pipe. A 3/8 dowel, an umbrella stalk, or something that size will make it roll smoother and easier.

Thanks Bud . Been building these for years , they really work well ! now I gotta pee tho !!

Saw this design over 10yrs ago except with a few beer cans suspended by a coat hanger wire run through the bucket. only a few inches of water needed BUT you MUST check the trap more that once a week (ewwww talk about gray water) The designer of this trap was an 86 yr old WWII vet.

Wheres the video pr that catches the mice

Wish we could have seen it in action

@rawlr9066

7 жыл бұрын

thanks for not being another "could of" saying person

I would suggest a smaller coffee or other can, and also putting some dish soap in the water. It will make the water have less surface tension and harder for them to stay afloat.

This is so cool! Thanks for posting the video. I recently used DCon in my car because I found 'evidence' of mice. Well, it killed the little darlins' alright but one or two did not go outside for water and I've been putting up with dead mouse smell for almost two weeks. Yuk! We plan to use this bucket idea for our barn instead of poison since it kills the other animals that come along and eat the dead mouse. Thanks again. Loved the presentation.

that is a very nice mouse trap thank you

AWESOME!

An inch of vegetable oil in a large bowl with sloping sides works great too. They climb in to get the oil and can't climb out.

@carlknight8474

4 жыл бұрын

Put stacked tuna can in middle with peanut butter for bait

Absolutely.. do NOT use poisons... nice video!

@hurstshiftin9873

8 жыл бұрын

then they die in your walls etc.. if you use poison.

@FrederickDunn

8 жыл бұрын

true... or worse

in Australian grain stores they use a similar set up but they put antifreeze in the bucket and the mouse goes straight to the bottom -they cannot float so instant death

@rizdalegend

10 жыл бұрын

the most humane method for this method...

@FourStrongWinds4

10 жыл бұрын

I'd be worried a dog or cat would get ahold of the antifreeze. I just use a snap trap and blocked potential openings with steel wool mixed with that expanding canned floam stuff. It's messy, but after a little practice it dries and no mouse can chew thru it.

@harkasherma2237

7 жыл бұрын

Ok

@gilestoman2266

6 жыл бұрын

What about bleach, or drain cleaner?

@samsmith6169

4 жыл бұрын

squirt of dish washing soap in the water breaks the surface tension. Fast drowning, non toxic to pets and not something they're attracted to.

Would the large tin allow time for the mouse to leap off? .. especially as the tin takes up most of the pale opening.

I made this but made a few improvements . I used a 3/8 dowel and a peanut butter jar and I also made the dowel about 5 inchs down from the top so I could cover the top with plexi glass to prevent jumpers. So far it had caught nothing and the bad part is the peanut butter starts to MOLD and grow fur 2 weeks in . I have a unfinished basement I put it down there maybe it will have better luck .

Coolest mouse trap I've seen! Joe

If they eat half that peanut butter they'll die of a hart attack

@busybodyhandmade1768

7 жыл бұрын

Mick Sheehan 😂

@cesarRodriguez-jd4dv

7 жыл бұрын

Mick Sheehan 😂😂😂😂😂

@michealsheehan6142

7 жыл бұрын

Arizona Sunflowers screw you yank

@MKD-dd6ng

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking: WTH...Is he feeding an ARMY??? 😂😂

@SMart7751

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, so long as the phurry lil phukers are dead!!

Thanks, they sure do!!

If you tie a rag on the end of the rod towards the wall, you will catch the mice easier. I have used the rag method and have even caught the smaller mice that cannot seem to figure out how to get to the peanut butter. Also try using a small metal rod and a soup or vegetable can. Just cut both ends off the can and no holes to drill. Yes, some cans are made that you cannot use a can opener on the bottom. As for the previous job experience mentioned by Milosz Ostrow, hunger will drive even the richest mice to steal. :-)

gonna build one ..thanks

Had to resub ya, Josh Hope alls well up yonder. Happy Trails From East of Ya's ATB Terry God Bless

Very efficient but OLD. We wired the pail to the wall, used a 28 oz can on a spindle & hung a peanut butter string down over the can. Caught over 100 before midnight 1 evening.

I hear you about the dogs!! Ha, I have to see the wire and beer can system before but I have seen the poor little guys hanging on to the wire for dear life, kinda sad and funny all at once, so thats why I use the PVC!! Have a good one!!

@richardhowe377

4 жыл бұрын

I I I I I ki

@garychandler4296

4 жыл бұрын

The reason for the pvc is the one thing that I didn't think of. Plus I thought you should havedrilled and wired to center the can, or some screws ; if it squeaks a bit, you'll know every time a mouse drops!

the doggy is checking the owner's work!!! so cute!

Thats a good lookin dog you have there. Queenslands are the BEST!

Not sure if panic, exhaustion, fear, then drowning is preferrable to poison. havent seen the poll numbers. only part i would rework is securing the dowel. Can't use the handle! other than that... price is right, and gets the job done.

Another couple options would be to consider spraying the can with cooking oil spray on non peanut butter surfaces so they fall right away. Also if you make the hole through the coffee can slightly larger than the pipe so it is more unstable and easier to spin once they get on it, would that help?

That's the first sensible use for peanut butter I’ve ever seen. Thanks! Rumour has it that some people have been known to eat that stuff. But who would believe a silly rumour like that? ;-D

What size is that drill bit for the larger hole?

based on your video/model for a build - used wooden dowel in place of PVC. Thinner Peanut butter in middle of the can in the groves. Got 2 first night. really works

Your dog is going to lick all the peanut butter off! LOL I's like to see the trap in action. That would be a good video.

@portialancaster3442

4 жыл бұрын

One lick and the can will spin, dog will freak out, cat will laugh, dog will chase cat, end of story.

I hoped you would present step three: showing success, results. And a small soup can would do as well or better. How do the critters climb up to find the bait, and use it?

@shaggybreeks

4 жыл бұрын

Just lean a stick against it for the mickeys to use as a Little Ramp to Tasty Death. They find it by the smell, and they can figure out how to get to it. They can be a lot simpler than that, and they work really well.

i tried this..but used one blob of peanut butter which was to the UNDERSIDE of the CAN.. an the mice dont even get to it and theyre in the water

@stephenfiore9960

6 жыл бұрын

AQSAPAL ......your comment is "under"rated...

How about using a "Monster" or any other energy drink can and a smaller rod through the can ( for example an Aluminum rod or wooden dowel . ?)

thanks for this good video

I built one and I saw the rats using it for a treadmill!!!

@pattimoody5344

7 жыл бұрын

Oscar Robinson you say rats not mice!Mice are a lot smaller so I doubt they have the strength to turn it as a treadmill !

@felixmadison5736

7 жыл бұрын

You never saw them things spin, especially after it's greased to turn easier!!

@busybodyhandmade1768

7 жыл бұрын

Oscar Robinson 😂

@MikeChambers1001

7 жыл бұрын

Oscar Robinson ....That's freeking hilarious !

@bobbyclemente21

7 жыл бұрын

Skinny suckers! :D

nice setup I know what I will be doing tomorrow

unfortunate that you didn't show it in action. It leaves me to think it may not work?

why not drill small holes on pvc pipe right where it meets the coffee can and put wire or a cotter pin thru to keep the coffee can centered in the bucket.

That is the best home made trap I have seen.

@PitFireOutdoors

10 жыл бұрын

They do work great!

I am impressed.

the mouse is watching you tube he's bulding a better human trap

@angelmichayele7649

4 жыл бұрын

😀😁😂🤣😃😄That is hilarious!

@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113

4 жыл бұрын

If they use Glue,do they call it a "Gluman" Trap, by "Rodent/Mousesturn." ("Rhoda Morgenstern." Valerie Harper passed away, this past year and do not you forget it.)

@corinnepearson3601

4 жыл бұрын

@@angelmichayele7649 have.

i most try this, thanks

Weight ratio to make it spin? pop can may work better with metal coat hanger through center.

Good idea but would have liked to see the results after being in use for 24 hrs.

great idea! i live in the stix in Tx, and this is the first dyi i can do. cheap too! thanx tues is payday, and i have faith in these. i dont like to kill anything, but mice are spreaders of disease. i have lots of animals here in the country, and cannot risk poison...so i havr to do what i have to do...even tho i hate hurting anything. i wish there was a way to make them die fast and as painless as possible! of course there are quick traps, but then it is a mouse or 2 at a time. living in the stix, and the rate of baby making with mice....it has to be controlled. :( bummer, but again i have to do what i have to do! ps. i had one dog bring me a gift. "Phoebe" brought a dead mouse in the house, and laid it on my pillow. oh it was gross i almost lost my lunch! momma doesnt like those kinda gifts! ugh!.....my kitties do not go outdoors, but in case anyone cares a fact for you....mice, rats, birds and snakes carry the feline leukemia virus. this spread to cats, and then from cat to cat, and is very very ugly for the infected kitty. mine, even tho they are always indoor are all vaccinated for leukemia, and all the other avoidable diseases.

You should show us a video of them trying to get the peanut butter, then falling in!!

Interesting trap, Josh! you should apply for a patent! ;)

Nice work. But I still think a nuclear warhead would be more efficient. You could get every mouse for miles around.

I am with you on that !

EXCELLENT thanx it is cold here so the P. D. BUTTER WOULD FREEZE but their has to be something else a guy could use!

Thanks for vid xden

Actually that pvc pipe is brilliant. You could use terminating caps at the ends to keep the pipe in place instead and still take the pipe on and off easily.

@PitFireOutdoors

10 жыл бұрын

That is a great idea!

@ronaldstarkey4336

4 жыл бұрын

They will get in the way of the handle... lol

This seems better than the other ones that I have seen. I would use less peanut butter though ! Dont think there is a need for that much butter. Good Job ! I give this one an A +

LOOKS LIKE YOUR DOG JUST HEARD THE Postman was due LOL

I play sounds of terrified mice to them and they all clear right off the property.

going to make one today

Good idea. God bless. John

I thought can see he will show how many mice he caught !!! A little disappointed…

@janniball

7 жыл бұрын

Jessica Lin I thought so too. My guess is none. Zero. To think that a 5 gram mouse will spin a 1 kg tin jar big as a basketball, is like thinking Armsrong would turn the moon while walking on it. But real nice of him to give the mice a year of food supply.

@jessicalin3942

7 жыл бұрын

janniball haha, that's a nice compliment towards him.

@lynns3655

5 жыл бұрын

@@janniball Do you know how gravity works

@ranadriskell348

5 жыл бұрын

Gas furnace limit switch replacement

@KarenAnneRN

5 жыл бұрын

@@janniball He said he's caught as many as 30 at a time.

an accomplished demonstration with a catch of dead mice would have been nice...