Here is the ultimate repeater site mouse trap from the repeater builder archives in 2003. I was really surprised no one else had trotted it out yet. I also remember someone posting a picture to show that it really worked.
John Lock kf0m at arrl.net --- In [email protected], "Shanon Lee Herron" <ka8...@c...> wrote: > Hi All, > > A neighbor told me this one MANY years ago. Since then I have seen it in > a sports magazine. Works great for the cabin up in northern Michigan that > remains empty most of the time. NO SMELL!!!! The funny thing about mice, > one will go to see what all the commotion is all about and trap himself too. > > Material list: > > One 5 Gallon Plastic bucket > About two feet of 1/2" thin wall conduit > Unopened can of tomato soup or similar soup with no chunks or solids in > it, pick a favorite > Package of Saltines Crackers > Jar of peanut butter > One Gallon of Automotive Antifreeze - undiluted > Electrical tape > A "Plank" of wood, about a two feet long, a piece of 1x2 or 1x4 will do > fine. > One drywall or #6 sheet metal type screw, one inch long will do. > One old pair of barbeque tongs to leave with the trap. > > Tools needed: > > 7/8" hole saw and drill motor to fit > 1/8" drill bit > Hack saw or pipe cutter > Screwdriver to fit the screw > Small Sauce Pan, bowl and spoon > Old can opener for liquids, the pointed type, (the other end of a beer cap > remover) > > > Start with the bucket. Drill 7/8" holes across from one another near the > top, maybe an inch or so down. > > Slide the conduit across the top, through the two holes. > > Mark it and cut it so that it protrudes one inch on each side. The tape > will hold it in place later. > > Open the soup using the old fashioned can opener. Pour the soup in the > pan, remove the label and rinse out the can. > > Start the soup to heat on the stove. > > Using the same hole saw you used to cut the holes in the bucket drill a > hole in the center of the top and bottom of the soup can. > > Slide the conduit into one hole of the bucket, slip the can onto the > conduit, slide the conduit out the other hole. > > Wrap tape around the conduit outside the bucket on each end to hold it > into place. > > Do the same on each side of the soup can to hold it in the center of the > bucket. > > Drill a 1/8" hole in the side of the bucket at the top, across from the > center of the soup can. > > Run the screw through the side of the bucket and into the "Plank" so that > the plank touches the top of the bucket and then the other end rests on the > floor. Like a ramp. Without the screw the mice will knock it down. > > Fill the bucket with about 3" of Antifreeze. > > Smear peanut butter on the outside of the soup can. > > Your done. Go eat soup and crackers. > > The mice will walk the plank, jump to get to the peanut butter, roll off > the can as it spins, ka-ploop, they drown, perfectly preserved, don't even > get stiff, no smell, antifreeze don't evaporate or freeze. This is where > the tongs come in. I have gotten as many as 13 in the bucket in just two > weeks! Funny thing, the white fur on them turns the color of the > antifreeze. > > Good luck. Shanon KA8SPW>
