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Check Your Ropes PSA

Blacksmith said:
I shot a booner mouse in a box blind once. He kept running in & out & I got ready for him. Next trip there was a loud thunk in the corner and Blood...short draw on a recurve..
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Dad and I were watching a western late at night when I was a kid. Had one run from under the couch to the TV stand. I went and got my trusty red rider. He came back towards the couch and stopped (big mistake) "thwack!" Mom came walking in about the time I was hitting the blood stain on the carpet with cleaner. :sweatsmile:
 
Micneador said:
Dad and I were watching a western late at night when I was a kid. Had one run from under the couch to the TV stand. I went and got my trusty red rider. He came back towards the couch and stopped (big mistake) "thwack!" Mom came walking in about the time I was hitting the blood stain on the carpet with cleaner. :sweatsmile:
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I was soooo deadly with my Red Rider as a kid. I think that helped with shooting my "adult Ranch Fairy" arrows as the trajectory was about the same. lol. Funny thing is, I bought my grand daughter one and now she is deadly with it too.
 
DroptineKrazy said:
I was soooo deadly with my Red Rider as a kid. I think that helped with shooting my "adult Ranch Fairy" arrows as the trajectory was about the same. lol. Funny thing is, I bought my grand daughter one and now she is deadly with it too.
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I bought my daughter one two years ago, shot it myself, and wonder how I ever killed anything with it :tearsofjoy:

I had a Benjamin later on that was 5mm. It smacked those birds, and the occasional squirrel.
 
Okay, I think we all agree that mice are evil.
Now, what are we doing about it?
I need to rig some traps and I'm wondering what you trappers that trade in mouse fur use?
I'm leaning towards making a drown bucket but I don't want chipmunks getting into it. Yeah, they are pests too but I'd rather not have to empty them from the bucket. Main question is what size is the smallest hole that will work for mice but still keep out chipmunks? I plan to use a bucket with a lid and drill a mouse-size entrance hole in the bucket. The bucket has to have a lid/top to keep non-target critters out.
I also see some electronic mouse traps that run off of batteries. Anyone here tried those?
Last resort is poison. I don't want rodents dying in walls and stinking. Also don't want any scavengers of dead mice to eat a poisoned carcass.
I have used Victor pre-baited traps, the kind with the yellow pan. They work pretty well, no need to keep bait fresh. But they still need emptied. I want to locate traps in places like my barn that I won't have to check on a daily basis. That's what has me interested in a bucket drowner.
Any good links for vids of building a bucket?
Thanks.
 
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