The only thing I even use anymore. They work great and I've caught mice, red squirrels, grey squirrels, and chipmunks (I put them outside near the foundation of the house or in the sheds during the warmer months). I fill the bucket just below half with water and put some peanut butter inside above the trap door. I just dump the 'contents' out in the woods and any carcasses are gone by the next day. No poison and the carrion eaters get a free meal.
Cats. Our last one was put down last year and she wont have another. I use the good old fashioned traps with peanut butter for bait. Check them often. They get in the storage room downstairs.
These were the last ones I bought. Gave a couple to the woman who lives down the road from me and she cleared out her mouse problem in no time. (She doesn't use water and prefers to drive a distance away and release them alive...). www.amazon.com/dp/B09DJD5NFQ?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_3&th=1
On our walk the plank we used peanut butter.The ramp up to the lip of the bucket was a piece of lattice. I’m thinking at about 45* angle
Bucket trap is not working. I stuck peanut butter on the tippy part. Think I've cleared 2 nests out of the box so far this week.
Interesting. I've caught three mice, two voles, and a red squirrel this week (outside). Not that it matters too much but the peanut butter goes inside on the roof, not on the trap door. It took a bit before they were comfortable going up the ramp (or just jumping on it) but once there was a scent trail, the buckets usually produce every week. Trying to keep the numbers down outside before they move in.
