SIMPLE & EASY-Kill All Your Pesky Rodents without poison or snap traps: As easy as making a PB&J
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- 🐀 Tired of varmints invading your house, chewing up everything, ruining your furniture, food supplies, vehicle wiring, vents, appliances like fridges, washers, dryers & anything else they can get into, not to mention spreading feces, stench & disease where ever they roam?
Be Pro-Active &,
Get rid of them BEFORE they get in your house or vehicle & before they multiply out of control
NOTE: A female mouse can produce up to 56 offspring (pups) each year... more below
This is EASY and SAFE
As always, Use Your Own Common Sense
NOTE: Viewer discretion at 6:55, dead rodents in bucket
Less than 1/2 of my buckets have ramps or rollers
I float sunflower seeds on the water & once I have a few in the bucket I always leave a couple from day to day to make those who look in feel the power of loss, that they are missing out & not getting their share. They are more likely to jump in & join the party
VEHICLES AND WIRING
I use mothballs & mint oil to repel them from vehicles, buildings, machinery, exhaust pipes, drain pipes, stand pipes & wiring and usually put a bucket adjacent to let them provide a day spa treatment for the fleeing rodents
Use a 5 or 13gal bucket
Fill your bucket with about 4-5" of water, nothing else & never fill your bucket more than 1/3 full of water or some rodents may not fall in completely or they may get out
If you arrive at your bucket & a rodent is alive & swimming, do what you will, or leave & come back in 30 minutes. They're not good at treading water so they'll drown quickly
Never pick up a live rodent, they will defend themselves by biting you & may have rabies & you don't need THAT headache
Almost all municipalities allow you to put dead rodents in the trash but if you're not sure, do your own research
ANTIFREEZE
If you use antifreeze to keep the water from freezing, use Only RV Antifreeze (its alcohol based) & NOT Radiator Antifreeze
RV Antifreeze will not kill beneficial animals if they drink it as will radiator antifreeze & will preserve the rodents from rotting for weeks or months until you get back to them
SQUIRRELS & RATS
For big squirrels & rats I marry (glue or wire or ??) two 5 gal buckets together, top to top. I cut the bottom out of the top one, no roller and put 5” of water in & float sunflower seeds on the water… they let go because they can’t reach & think they can just jump out… a little cooking oil on the inside of the bucket walls helps to keep them from climbing out & keeps the seeds floating longer.
Some say 6 gallon buckets work but I think they’re hard to find
Alternate Attractants
Almond Butter, sunflower seeds, crisco, fruit, grains, meat, chocolate.
Make sure you don’t have garbage or other feed sources attracting them away
Mouse Reproduction
A female mouse can give birth within a month of her own birth & she can produce up to 56 offspring (pups) each year & up to 30 of them can be females who themselves can give birth to their own litters within a month
Just one pregnant female getting in your house can result in a dozen in the first month and more than 50 in the second month!
Lifespan: about 12 months (1yr) outdoors & up to 3 years in your house.
They are perpetual chewers, their teeth never stop growing & they need to keep them honed down, so they chew & destroy everything in their path
Outdoors they chew through everything, destroy crops & feed stocks.
The beneficial part is they are a big part of the food chain for many birds & predators.
If feed conditions are right, the mice population can explode into a bloom that becomes exponential within just 2 months.
Inside a barn, garage, home or other enclosed structure, they will live longer & have bigger litters and that only brings and spreads disease & destruction at a faster pace
Disease and Pestilence
Mice & rodents can carry plague diseases, (in our area they carry the hantavirus & hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome & hantavirus pulmonary syndrome which is contagious from contact with their feces)
Mice are very unclean, they pee & poop along their path as a way of marking their territory & where one goes, others can easily follow
As the path is more traveled it is more urine & feces soaked
Gophers, moles & voles don’t typically venture outside of their burrows and they’re not climbers. They’re always looking for soft ground to dig in
You’ll need something like gopher bait, gopher traps, gopher bombs, gopher propane burrow blaster, etc
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"Gotta have smarter kids, gotta watch your kids"
Truer words have never been spoken.
Take the time to teach your kids. Everything is an opportunity.
If your kids drown in this trap, it's their own damn fault.
Naaah, people want the state to take care of their kids. It's baby's raisin' baby's.
@@woodrowmagnus2535 😂😂
Kids get a bad rap. They actually follow the poor examples that we set. "Hmmm..what's that leftover in those cups and glasses after mom and dad's Saturday night poker games?"
I just love regular sensible people sharing useful things. No fake dumb ass tricks for views or doing extra stuff for no reason. Thank you sir.
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Another good thing is, if you’ve got rodents specially, mice or rats stuff, silver or copper Brillo pads into any holes or areas where mice might come in. Those thick scouring pads that cut their tongue so they won’t try to chew through them.
Good tip!
Rats used to chew up the wiring on my trailers and RV, drove me nuts. I was told one time that rats don't like rosemary so I planted a hedge of rosemary around my RV and haven't had a problem in years. Now the rosemary is out of control but I can trim that and give some away to friends to cook with. I also live in the high desert outside of Kingman, AZ.
I love it, smarter kids!! I told a store clerk I was looking for a pocket knife for my grandson a few days ago. Everyone looked at me like I was giving him dynamite and a match. Can't have smart kids if you don't teach them and trust them....
Yep. I gave my 8 yr old son his first bb gjun on 4th of July. told him, I need your help hunting rats if you see them. they are getting into basement, chicken coop, house. ENOUGH is ENOUGH. Got to teach youngsters at some point, otherwise they never learn how dangerous rats are, and other things.
BtW... he was stoked! sees how much harm they do!!
The people in that store are probably of a certain political group unfortunately...But it just shows how damaging that ideology has on anyone.
That is crazy to give them dynamite and a match. Kids should learn to carry their own matches. 😀
@@lukehitchcock4745 He'll put his eye out!! [Stolen from "A Christmas Story"] :-)
Thanks Brad, great video. To the point, no b.s. and it works. We need more sensible content like this. Keep sharing your wisdom.
I appreciate that! More to come.
Okay, admittedly I couldn't bring myself to look in the bucket, but I truly appreciate the low cost ingenuity you've been so kind to share. Thank you, sir! Now if I can just find someone to empty the bucket for me.
Right. Where is the ramp they supposedly climbed to get inside? Nowhere on the ground nor near...🧐
wear gloves, dump it in (final) trash can or trash bag, don’t look. you can do it. that or share your space with the rodents! which is worse? if environmental concerns and money are not issues for you, then you could potentially throw the whole bucket away each time you catch a load (say, 8-10? idk)
To me, if I’m gonna kill ‘em, I gotta look at what I’ve done. I apologize and tell them “sorry , hey, but i cant have this going on!”
@@marioluigi5848should cook them too
@@Yiriyahas he mentioned in his video, he has learned that the rodents happily jump up in the bucket even without a ramp. So you have a choice - use the ramp or not.
Thank you for this genius idea. Mice actually caused my house to burn because my regular mouse traps couldn't keep up. I'm buying buckets today! Oh and I love the comment " have smarter kids" and "watch your kids " Well said sir !
Thank you for the comment and good luck.
As for the kids comment, that didn’t just pop up, it seems to be an issue with part of the population in the U.S. who thinks that warnings on labels and videos will protect their stupid kids.
I have a hundred or so comments where irresonsible parents think that chastizing me will protect their unsupervised and untrained children, but you know the type already… they are from the crowd of it’s always someone elses fault and never their own.
Talon g is incredible for getting rid of mice, if u don’t get them all with the bucket. I use talon g in my garage.
That’s a ridiculous thing to applaud - especially after a video which ended, asking for positive comments.
Anyway, there was value in the overall video idea. Passing on the rest.
for rodents in the house i use poison bait under the house and in the attic. It was a real stench originally but after that rarely especially the ones that die in the attic because it is like an oven up there so the smell is gone fast ...much rather deal with smell every so often than an infestation like the previous occupants allowed to occur YUUCK! (they were renters we now own)
@@dougiequick1 Do you have a brand of poison bait that you can recommend?
Great idea! Does it work on politicians?🤣
Does it work on Democrats
With some minor modifications and changes, yes, I believe it would work on them.
The big question, can we build enough traps to save us?
@@hkguitar1984 Bahahahaha, prolly not.
Only if you dangle kickbacks over the bucket.
@@hkguitar1984 Home depot sells the buckets,
Thank you for sharing this important information on the dangers of rats and the diseases they carry in the description section. I just paid $1,000 for a guy to get into my attic to set traps and inspect it over the next few months.
Thanks you so much for this information. I just moved up to the mountains and have started to deal with mice in my trailer. I hate the idea of using chemicals to kill them. I really appreciate the reminder that the local scavengers will eat the dead ones.
Glad to help
Poisons are killing our Eagles, Owls, and Hawks, etc, as they eat poisoned rodents.
This trap is cheap, effective, safe and works well. Bravo
for urban places also cats and crows.
Baits are out there without secondary kill
Yea, at least this seems to not affect other parts of the ecosystem
Cite your source. This is not supported by science. Where have you seen or found reports of mass die-offs of eagles, owls, and hawks anywhere due to rodenticides? The only way for that to be established is for wildlife biologists to collect the dead birds they find, do toxicology analysis on all of them to determine if they had any rodenticide toxins in them and how much. That takes funding. Is anyone funding that? Sounds like you’ve swallowed up some commonly repeated “urban legend”.
Also, keep in mind that not all animals body systems are same. I’ve seen cockroaches eat rodenticide with no ill effects at all. Do we know that birds suffer from the same mechanism of action as the rodents?
The only bad part is that it also kill chipmunks and squirrels. I only want the rats and the mice to die!
He spoke the truth when he said “watch your kids” some folks need to heed those words 😂
That's right gotta train those little tikes to be smart!
And pets!
👏👏👏👏 have smarter kids, watch your kids!!!
He's in the mountains!
I love when he said maybe you need smarter kids ! Haha !
I love how you say go to have smarter kids and you got to watch. I 100% agree. Thanks for sharing this video
Thanks Brad. Sometimes we just need to know what tools to use. You have provided so much information to solve some exasperating problems. You’ve given me hope. 😊
Watch your kids 😊 Smarter kids! 😊 That’s when I hit the like button! 👍
So aka, they not sneaky enough..welp ..sld be no time now being west sharlotte grown
Rub any type of oil inside the walls of the bucket before adding water doubles the escape-proof! So glad I found your video. You helped a lot of homeowners
I thought the same thing and I going to oil it any way can hurt. TY
That is a really good idea. Thx for the suggestion.
rodents cant climb up that pail with wet feet no need to oil it :)
@@jojojojo5353 How about grey squirrels big thighs jumps any suggestions ?
@@whoameye8356 lol nope just hope their tail gets too soggy so they cant jump out lol
I got over run with chipmunks this year and made two traps similar to this one. Within a couple of days I eliminated 5 of the pest. They work really well.
I was over run with munks two years ago.
Over 50 succumbed to a similar demise.
@@twobeards6714 Those things got holes all over my front and back yards. Even under my storage sheds!!
I love the comment concerning the kids getting into your trap… ACTUALLY WATCH YOUR CHILD!!! All it takes is educating them on it which will make them smarter and keep them safe, WATCHING your kids works even better!! Lol. You cant go wrong with an educated and monitored child!! 🎉😊
What a solution, smarter kids and watch your kids, it's common-sense advice for people who operate without much of it. I like it.
Skip the wire, soda can, and peanut butter. Put black oil sunflower seeds directly on 6 in. Of water. Sit back and watch em jump right in. Reckless abandon.
Nature's Way of thinning the herd
Best disclaimer ever
Now days, the village is supposed to watch the children , well, the village didn't lay down in the bed and make them. And common sense just aint that common.
Common sense is not common in this world..
I used this method once but with a coffee can, as I live in a suburban area that has a forest preserve and a lot of woodsy areas. Nothing works better IMO. And I love how he said "you got to have smarter kids, and watch your kids"... Cracked me up, but man, Brad you are right. Liked and subscribed.
Thanks for the sub and you're welcome. More laughs to come.
Thank you! I don’t care for the sticky traps or snap traps. This is perfect!
YOU are a legend dude! simple and lethal at the same time with zero cost! what a genius you are! Respect
This method is well over 100 years old. Back then they used a gallon wide mouth jar half full of water instead of a bucket. I use a bucket with four inches of RV antifreeze in my camping trailer in the winter time. I use a string across the top tied to the wire on the handle on each side with an empty toilet paper tube suspended in the middle with peanut butter on it. I use an old scrap board for the ramp. The RV antifreeze keeps it from freezing in the cold weather and also keeps down the odor of dead mice since it doesn't get emptied often when the trailer is in storage. It works when regular traps don't.
Also put bars of Irish Springs in the underneath of your camper they hate that as well!
What type of acid can be stored in a bucket I have a idea
I like the idea of no poisons because i like having the hawks and owls around to also help keep the mice down.
Dana I agree. If we poison them the birds and other animals get poisoned too. I liked watching the birds, owl, crows, et al enjoying eating the fresh meat. The cycle of life.
I love the hawks and owls, nice to be able to give them meals. Appreciate your suggestion and easy directions for construction. Good day, Sir.
A common “urban myth”. Can you cite a scientific source to any study that’s been done showing that bird carcasses contain toxic levels of rodenticides?
People love to repeat this idea of the birds dying from the toxins. Among other things, that assumes the toxins have not been broken down and metabolized by the rodent. It assumes the toxins can remain stable after being ingested by a mammal. It assumes a lot of things.
@Rob Mintz As the cat drags the mice into the house, hahahaha
Simple, effective, and a great example of the set up and operation. A perfect informative YT video. Thank you, I will go build mine now.
Chunky is their favorite! Ingenious and that kind of info free of charge is priceless. Thank you. Subbed.
Live in Rural Oregon and spent a fortune on professional pest control. I am so thankful for your video and sharing your knowledge.
I feel that...
I spent 75 bucks on some plastic Rinne trap covers for buckets.
Yes!!! I live in southern Oregon and my goodness these critters have 9 lives smh!!!
A similar method is to fill the bucket about half full of water and pour bird seed in the bucket. The bird seed floats and just looks like a bucket of bird seed. Works like a charm,
Do I have to use the wire with the soda can or just place a bucket with a piece of wood??
@@dennisgolden1337 Thank you!!! I keep getting mice in my garage 😩 I will try this!!! Thanks again! 😊
@@sandyrodriguez6361 I used this on chipmunks, so going half full in a five gallon bucket worked because they would have thought that they could hop back out of the bucket. For mice, maybe use a smaller bucket and fill closer to the top. They wont jump in if it looks like they wont be able to get back out.
@@sandyrodriguez6361 As I understood, his answer was no.
@@haliaeetus8221 Thank you 😊
Pure genius! THANK YOU so much for passing this along!
Love your comment about the kids… people should watch your children and teach them to stay out of stuff their not supposed to be in period. Great video. Thanks for sharing
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Our Da taught us how to do this when we were very young! We have 2800 acres with a Farm house as a vacation spot. I married my husband and he was setting traps one day, I just shook my head and told him to get out of my way. The house we moved into had a horrible infestation. I set out 7 of these within 20 minutes and walked away. My husband just looked at me. I said ‘trust me, check your traps then mine in the morning’. He was in awe! I said (with a cheeky grin) ‘for a carpenter, you aren’t too bright are you?’ We laughed. These are the only way to do it right! Great job on explaining how easy it is, Sir.
Nice, made me chuckle… welcome from Ireland,,, now you’re an honorary Wingnut
@@CaptainWingnut Well, thank you Sir. I was born in the States, spent years in Ireland, then returned to the States. I split my time between both now. Been in the States for over a year now due to travel issues. It was here that our Dad taught us that trick and it works everywhere! Even when I was in the military!
I am so glad somebody finally said that! Have smarter kids... Teach your kids! Heck yes!
Awesome! Simple, easy, cheap, effective. What else could you want! Thank you!
Kool man
Built these with 550 cord, toilet paper roll, and MRE peanut butter in our tents. Rodents would chew through our gear and duffles.
I like the can and wire build much better! Great job 👍👍
I watched 100's of videos. And probably 20 different homesteading folks. You are the first one I have seen offer help and guidance and not try to sell something. Or have some other hidden motive. I'm subscribed. I'm super grateful to meet you.
I’m very selective on what I endorse. I’m more about education vs sales.
I’m thinking about a few items but I require the manufacturer to provide a few for me to give away to my viewers and so far no one has stepped up!! Thanks
This works I did this but not to long after putting the traps out the skunks discovered them and knocked it over to get the rats and mice so then I put a heavy rock in the bottom to find out the raccoons got the dead mice so now I got a wire cage over the contraption. And I just take the dead mice and rats over to the edge of the trees and dump them out to keep them fed out away from the house. This works the skunks are now staying away from the house.
Man o'l man did you have to work, love your tenacity.
I LOVE IT... common sense at work!
Thanks for sharing.
I found a dead skunk in my 45 gallon water barrel. Lol
@@bufford5483 Was he in his striped swimming suit?
@@CaptainWingnut he drowned so fast he didn't have time to squirt
"Have smarter kids." "Watch your kids." ...Amen! True wisdom.
My uncle and my granddaddy had a farm in South Alabama that is the funniest contraption I have ever seen I like it you are awesome
Thanks.
This is perfect for my chicken coop--I am limited with traps for fear of catching a chicken and I don't want to use poison. Good old fashion ingenuity!! ----I love this idea!!! Thank you so much!!!!
Did it work?
My cats are doing a great favor to my neighbor’s chicken coop
Just an FYI if you were to setup a camera and record activity at the trap you will find that the method in the video will usually have a few rats or mice defeat it by hanging on to the wire the entire time and will hang upsidedown and shimmy across the wire to the can and stretch out the legs and neck to lick as much PB off the can that they can before shimmying back towards the bucket edge and putting on an impressive display of gymnastics maneuvering itself off the wire and back to safety on the buckets edge and it seems like once one defeats it a whole bunch more are soon to follow. There is an alternative method of setting up this trap that as long as its setup correctly, has no ways of being defeated for rodents under a certain size of course. The diameter and depth of the bucket determines the size of rodent it can catch so the larger the rodent the bigger the bucket needs to be.
I will quickly describe the alternative method of setting it up, and include some of the nuanced details you won't likely find anyone discussing online. You will want to find something like PVC w/ 1"+ diameter or any light weight material that can be made into something similar in width and length to a 12in ruler. which will then be suspended above the water from a single focal point so that it will tieter when weight is put onto the ends of it. You will have to add enough weight to one end of the tieter so that it has a way of resetting itself every time it drops down into the bucket but not so much weight that that it no longer drops under the weight of the rodent.Too much weight added is the #1 mistake I see and hear most people making. An easy solution that works more often then not is finding a nut and bolt that is the size and weight needed to counter balance the weight of your tieter and then bolting it straight into one end of the platform or taping/glueing if bolting through material can't be done. You will use the bucket edge to stop it from over rotating back too far the other way. If the platform youre using as a tieter is greater than an inch thick (or diameter thats 1"+ for PVC), you will want to notch the end that will rest on the bucket edge so that it remains somewhat parallel to the ground in its rested state. If you are having trouble visualizing this concept id suggest trying to search something like "bucket trap" in google images or videos to help understand what im describing as well as get ideas for materials and/or items being used to make these traps. Both methods are fairly common and you shouldn't have an issue finding examples of either one.
A couple things to look out for and consider that are vitally important for this method to work are making sure there is nothing hanging into the bucket for them to grab onto or nothing sticking into the center of the bucket that they could grab onto as soon as they feel the platform starting to give way. When they sense danger or something unexpected happens they can have lightning quick reflexes.
If you set it up as a kill trap with water make sure the water level isn't too high and if you want it to be a live trap put a tiny amount of hay or some kind of soft bedding like material on the bottom so there jumps get absorbed by the ground and they don't become springs like they do when the ground is solid. Make sure the end of the platform that falls into the bucket only goes about half way across the top of the bucket so they cant stand on the opposite edge of the bucket and keep most of their weight on that edge and reach across a small gap to get the food.
Again, make sure you only have enough weight to bring the platform back up and nothing more. If the platform slams back on the edge then that is too much weight. You want it to return fairly slow and gently rest on the edge otherwise when a rodent walks the platform the extra weight will cause it to fall at such a slow rate that they are able to feel it coming and run back the other way to stop it rather than having the platform suddenly drop from beneath them leaving no possibility of reversing it once it starts falling.
Agreed!
How do you keep the raccoons and possums from tipping it over?
I did this on accident last year. I set out by setting out 5 gallon buckets with about 5 inches of water in them and a mosquito dunk in each. We had a bad year of mosquitoes. The mosquito dunks worked great. One morning I came out and there was a rodent in one of the buckets. Apparently it wanted a drink and fell in and couldn't get out. Bonus! Got rid of mosquitoes and at least one rodent!
Win win!
What’s a mosquito dunk? I’m in the uk and suffering with mosquitoes from march
I've tried this method, and I tell you it works perfect will keep on using this method thanks for the video.
Gets rid of rodents AND feeds the ravens. Ravens are now getting pretty rare round me and need all the help they can get. Great video, so simple
I love it. "Captian Wingnut" and "you gotta have smarter kids." Ain't that the truth .
I know, right; LMAO... THAT WAS PRICELESS..AND I SUBSCRIBED IMMED AFTER HE SAID THAT!
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I am always relieved to find what I need and hear the detail so clear and practical as you deliver. Thanks.
You've got a great Tash mate....and your trap worked brilliant.
Love your easy style and candor - too cold in Wyoming for the “rodent bloom “you described- wow ! ( Dropping out of trees ?!! ) We’ve used the 5 gal. soda can trick here for years - real effective - thanks - well done !
Paratrooper rodents
Glad to hear others say this works too! Gives me high hopes! No I don't have any falling out of trees either eeeegads I can't imagine hopefully that was exaggerated .... I hope 😢 but if not gotta hand it to these folks they are much stronger than I!! I think I would just lose it!
I think that is the niftiest trap I've ever seen.
Very good way of dealing with the rodents and protecting the other wildlife from poison. Thank you
If you are worried about secondary poisoning of pets and friendly predators asnakkkin on your nasty widdle wat use the following .
Empty biscuit tin.
Slice of bread.Leave it in the tin to dry out COMPLETELY.
mix concrete powder sugar bicarb of soda
spread this into the bread
leave this tin where ONLY the vermin can access it.
The concrete will set inside the intestine of your target....which will dehydrate and seek out water before it dies.
(make sure to have water outside but accessible only to vermin and add bicarb to it)
Death occurs within 24 hours,if done correctly the body is outside by then and is rapidly consumed by predators.
Not actually toxic,the body has one extra "bone" to eat around.
Fyi.His bucket might kill a 'few' mice.
a.its too small to kill rats.
b.once 'bob' is dead all the others will be able to scramble onto bob and jump out cos he bobs up.
Baking soda and flour help too, this is probably more humane.
@@learnjcbskidsterchickensga7594what's the recipe for the flour and baking soda fix?
@@monicaclark9581 equal parts. Flour. Baking soda. Some add sugar
Some years ago I bought a walk-the-plank trap that sets up in the same manner and works fine but your method is much better as you can have multiples at very low cost. Thanks!
You paid for one of those lol I seen them online n laughed but after looking at them n reviews people like them and they work
I worked in a place that had a huge mice problem. A few years ago, Shawn Woods reviewed a product with peppermint oil and showed that mice won't even eat food placed out in front of them when peppermint oil is sprayed. I bought a spray called Mighty Mint at Lowes and tried it out and sprayed it around the outside in spots where mice get in once a week for a few weeks and we have not even had one mouse after that. Two years in a row mouse-free after years and years of mice infestation.
Thanks for sharing! Makes sense. And I'm so glad you said something about smarter kids. More kids need to spend time outside, climbing trees and scraping knees, and the watching clouds take different shapes. It's good for the imagination, and it's good for kids to experience appropriate risk when young.
Absolutely!!
Thank you for sharing this ingenious idea! Our vegetable garden was ruined by the squirrels this year. I'm getting the buckets first thing tomorrow morning. Thank you again. We have crows in the area so....circle of life. 😄
Sunflower seeds floating on water work too.
Excellent non poisonous pest control.
Great video!
In shell sunflower seeds, or without a shell. Guess you're meaning sunflower seeds IN the Shell , or else, guess they wouldn't float. TIA :)
Yep, I’ve used this for chipmunks that we’re behind & destroying a retaining wall. Fill a bucket 1/4 full of water, empty a bag of sunflower seeds on top of the water and layer a stick on the bucket. They crawl up the stick & think it’s a bucket of seeds. Jump down in & drown.
@Captain Lou sunflower seeds in a bucket of water with a stick to get rats and mice - thats the best idea yet! simple and quick to set up, thanks for sharing
I caught 22 chipmunks in less than a week
But caught grief from my wife and daughters
"Out of sight out of mind" be forwarned😙
so glad i found this, seen 2 rats and a baby at the bottom of my garden coming out from under a large bush and been mortified at the thought of how many there could actually be. This is a perfect solution and costs nothing which in these times is a gidsend as money is so tight. Can't thank you enough, brilliant!
True. And FYI buckets use to cost only $2.00 but now they are $5 to $12 for 1 bucket. INSANE inflation but compared to poison and an exterminator this is the cheapest option.
could listen to you all day. such an unpretentious man. good luck from the UK.
Beginning to end the best I’ve seen on TH-cam…great job
I'll definitely try this. I've lived in this house for over 27 years. This is the first time I've ever seen a mouse in my house. My grandchildren live here so snap traps and poisons are out. Thank you!!!
Use sticky traps. But u need the LARGE ONES. I used the small ones for awhile, but
the rodents laughed at me as they jumped over them!
@@ggburg8118 Ha! Exactly what happened in my house! 🤣
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Same here! Bern here 5 years and haven't seen any mice, but this morning to my surprise a mouse was in the kitchen...I have a 2 year old and a 8 year old!
There are children safe snap traps
Great traps. I put the peanut butter inside the can, they can still smell it but it can't fall off and is rainproof.
I needed that good common sense industrial menace collector know how video. I would have over complicated things at the get-go.
Thank You So Much! What a great Help! I love the not poisoning part and feeding others. All positive. Thanks
I like this idea. It's targeted to a specific pest threat without risk of harming other animals (as poison might), it's simple, and seems to be quite effective.
@@tommyboi76 HAH HAH HA...I guess from now on I should copy/quote the comment I'm replying to or my reply makes no sense if the previous comment gets removed.
Now I don't even remember what tommyboi76's comment was.
*@My Name is still JAFO* Whoa! I didn't notice your username until AFTER I posted my reply - crazy! 😲
@@JAFO. Clearly, you have excellent taste. :-)
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I agree! I am so grateful for this video!
It was back in the 70's when MY dad put together his beer can mouse trap it worked great then and still works great on your property
This is perfect, plus a lot easier and cleaner to empty dead rodents than prying their bodies out of spring traps! Thanks!!
I LOVE it! Collecting my supplies now. Thank you, sir!
Thank you. Such a good way to go. No poisons or chemicals of any kind, completely natural. God Bless you.
This is just an example of how water can be a poison!! 😂
Drowning animals is especially cruel and certainly not natural.
@@davidtaylor4053 Actually, its a very natural death David, you’re just projecting your fears of drowning on the rodents… when you’re in a rodent bloom or have obnoxious nibblers everywhere we don’t call it drowning… we all it SURVIVAL.
A friend of mine made a similar water trap for his camp and had great success. His didn't use the wire and can, but he put a ring of peanut butter about 1/3 of the way down from the top. Rodents would walk up the ramp and fall in trying to reach the peanut butter that was just out of their grasp. I made that trap as well for my shed a few years back and it worked well. You always provide ingenious, inexpensive and simple solutions to common problems. I already got rid of my yellow jackets with your apple juice and borax trap. When I made them my wife didn't believe it would work but after a week with no more flying menaces on the deck and back porch she is a convert to your methods.
Best idea I've seen in a long time. Thank you!!!
Wonderful contraption! Thank you! 😄❤
Works great exactly as described, completely eradicated an really bad infestation in less than a week!
thx
Does it work for rats too? Or only smaller things like mice?
@@JessPenner rats aswell you’d just have to raise water level maybe use bigger bucket
How do you get them out of the bucket and what is the best way to dispose of them so they don’t invite maggots? Thanks!
@@TJ-ii1tpuse your imagination 😂it’s up to you
Good method. My method is a little different but works good. I fill the 5 gallon bucket 3/4 full of water. I spread a 1 inch thick coat of black sunflower seeds on top of the water.. They float and stay dry overnight. Then I put 2 in the shell peanuts on top of the seeds. I have them crossed over each other. No need to make a ramp and a pop can assembly. I just put the bucket o 'death next to the front stairs so the chipmunks are looking down into the bucket. They are VERY curious and don't miss a thing. I can tell when I look at the top of the bucket if the peanuts have been disturbed. This means I have one or more 'munks in the bucket. If the peanuts are not disturbed there is no way there could be a 'munk in there because when they swim the peanuts drift apart. .They sink below the seeds so you would not know they if they are in there otherwise. The peanuts are also irresistible to the 'munks or the mice. They see, they jump. They drown. I have bagged over 80 of them over the last 3 years. I saw FIVE 'munks jump in one right after the other... Fools rush in.
This works for the big ones. Thanks.
just love regular sensible people sharing useful things. No fake dumb ass tricks for views or doing extra stuff for no reason. Thank you sir.
Tip: put the end of your wire in a vise then chuck the other end in your drill. Spin while pulling on it till the wire breaks. You will straighten and anneal the wire hard at the same time.
Brilliant idea and their death feeds other things so it's the circle of life. Thank you for sharing
recycling!
I imagine most small rodents end up in the stomach of a predator. They are the Chicken McNuggets of the wild.
Compost your enemies - David Good
Yes!
Please DON'T use poison!
@@stevenbastian3882 🙂
learned that trick when i was a kid from my dad's friend. he worked for the forest service and that is what they do to keep the mice down in forest service cabins in the woods. we used it in our cabin at it worked so much better than traps or bait. easy and quick. the only downside is if you are sleeping in the cabin when you bait the trap you are kept up all night listening to the little suckers splash around.
First time viewer, nice to meet you Brad. Nice trap. I will be making one for our barn. TYVM
Welcome and Thanks for the sub!
Thank u. Simple, inexpensive and effective.! Glad I found this video.
I have used this same one for many years. Works every time
Yes it does
This is absolutely ingenious! I live near abandoned factories, perfect breeding grounds for rodents. They chew holes in my trash cans and tear open bags of garbage every week. Not any more! Thank you!
Thank you so much for that demonstration looks great .I’m going to put a trap together tomorrow regards from west Australia God bless
Yeah brilliant mate, cheers! I have them in the crawlspace under my apartment and you just saved me $50 of rat traps and baiting and checking them daily.
Glad I could help
I gotta say this is one of the best ideas I've seen for dealing with rodents, without poison. I live SoCal near the coast, and we've got roof rats as well as mice. I'm impressed and definitely going to try this, thanks!
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@@K1OIK ...Milk?
@@alphathefirstone1222 So? Cal?
Awesome trap at no cost, made with materials most people have at home. After watching this, my husband and I immediately made 2 traps. Our neighbors have farm animals and the giant rats have been feeding there but also scouting in our gardens. Thank you much for this.
Yes, that has to be the cause. We never had an issue with mice or rats. We've had chickens two years and no issue until we got goats then we got rats. Why? I clean the stalls daily. There's no food in there. I have a manure pile in front of it filled with poop and hay but they seem to love hanging out in the goat stalls. Any reason why?
Thank you so much it works really good. ☺️
does 5 inches of water in 5 gallon bucket work with giant rats too?
Great idea but where’s the the ramp there’s no board around the the bucket?
I think for rats use a bigger bucket
Thanks Brad.... enjoyed the video and the excellent advice.... keep up the good work buddy....
Wow. I’be sent this to my brother! Thank you so much for the post!
wow im impressed with this quick, basically no cost trap. im a fan.
Same bestie🌝 im finna make this
I've used water traps before and they work like a champ. Highly recommend
Another great endorsement...
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Clearly no one cares about the innocent animals drowning to death 😕
@@MekazaBitrusty J tube won't let it be shown or you can get demonitized, feel better now?
@@MekazaBitrusty Do you eat animals? Wear their skin? Life is harsh can't nerf the planet.
Thank you so much I have been thinking about doing this rodent trap and with your instructions it will be much easier. Don't over think it or complycate it
Great idea! I’m doing this to get rid of pesky squirrels! Thank you!
Hey Bro. Can you make a bunch of those buckets and please Super Size them? I'll pick them up on the way to DC. I plan on using cash instead of rancid peanut butter...Bet ya I fill all the bucket's up!
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I like your political humor I'm with you on the DC connection. Woot woot!
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Your awesome 😎
This a good, humane idea for controlling rodents and feeding owls and ravens.
and skunks, and raccoons, and cats, and coyotes, and...
Thanks for watching.
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@@CaptainWingnut, just found your channel. Thank you for sharing how to trap those nasty buggers. We moved out in the country 2 years ago. And had some problems with those buggers. And we got 4 cats that keep them at bay. We find dead mice almost everyday, after the cats kill them. We also have a dog that too kills those rodents. I subscribed to your channel.
@@European-Okie1986 Thanks for the nice comment and welcome aboard. Cats, dogs, ravens all succumb to a rodent bloom in the country....and having the right tools for the job is always a plus.
Humane? Death by drowning!! Not that I care how they die, just so they DIE!!!!
You came from heaven send: my neighbour and we have hens and rats! Now we will try Your advise! Many thanks!
Awesome, thank you captain wingnut! I'm going to try this in Greece as well.
puts me in mind of lumberjacks doing that log rolling thing.love this!
I know how frustrating it can be, fighting mice and rats. I had my time with them in the past . They can be smart too.. If I ever get back to the country, I'll certainly make traps like that. Thank you.
Have smarter kids. Best advice I've ever heard on TH-cam. Thank you!
I've used this kind of trap several times. One thing that I have been missing is the crimp on either side of the can. I think that is important. Thanks for that tip. I love feeding the foxes!
Great idea
Were was the ramp? It wasn't there😂😂😂
@@andrewhoughton-py1hq 5:37
@@Dust4Vomit no. In the morning he went to check it and there was no ramp? How did the mice get in with no ramp
@@andrewhoughton-py1hqmaybe he added it and editing or something because I see several comments like this but he has a note that says sometimes I don't even use the ramp. So the ramp is optional. Rodents can jump on top of a 5 gallon bucket without a ramp.
I have had problems with mice invading my home for over a year now. I have went through dozens of traps in that one year. must have killed at least a dozen per day. making a mess every time as these "Humane" traps have either made the mice explode, mostly the pregnant ones, but also I have ended up having to pick up bits & pieces of mice more often than not with each time I caught one. This homemade trap is perfect & it works even easier than setting traps. You are a genius
Thanks
@@CaptainWingnut what stops them being able to climb out ? as they can climb up toilet pipes etc and get thru sewers .
@@janetormerod3020 2 main things stop them, the physical distance of the sides of the bucket walls are way farther than a small sewer pipe. Also the water suspends them and they have no footing because they’re busy swimming
I have no rodents, yet I watch him drill into a soda can, held in his hand, as he lectures me about raising my children; subscribed.
Some of us have been using big boy tools for decades.
A bit sensitive are you?
@@folson805 Show me a real MAN who can drill into something a flimsy as a pop can and I’ll show you a man who is comfortable with 60 years of working with tools.
Good stuff here, Brad. I have despaired of using regular mouse traps out here in the country. Thank you!
That's awesome. I was trying to figure out a way to drop them like that thank you....
🤣🤣🤣 I’m ranch raised and had no idea you needed to explain common sense to grown ass adults. 🥴 Im going to use your “smarter kids” quote if it ever applies. Thanks for the laugh… Awesome! 👏🏼👏🏼🥰