How To Make The World's Best Mouse Traps Even Better. "Rolling Log & Walk The Plank Mouse Traps" 

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*a dead mouse* RU-vid - Demonetizes video *a dead person* RU-vid - PUT IT IN TRENDING

RU-vid demotize your rat videos but it doesn't demonitized Logan's Sucide Forest Video, what's the bloody logic??

For best results: Place either trap above an active volcano

Shawn, either of these methods make great kill trap to put in a trailer while in storage over the winter. Put a mixture of 50-50 antifreeze in the bucket to prevent freezing and the anti-freeze acts as a preservative so the mice don’t rot for months. Clean up in the spring is quite simple. Great video.

I suggest to make a Patreon account to get income for your kill traps, Shawn. RU-vid is just a no-go anymore for the purpose of making money. It is so unsatisfying seeing those mice not dead from a supposedly kill trap... (Here's from someone who already experienced how unsanitary and annoying life can be with them in the house pillaging foods and making a mess everyday)

Spent $800 on getting my car’s evap system repaired due to rat damage! Guess who’s not setting live traps folks!

"THESE WERE NOT TALL ENOUGH TO BE A LIVE-ANIMAL TRAP" - Shawn Woods. he read all our comments before we commented.

Hey. I have an improvement that might benefit both those traps and I thought I'd share it with you. I noticed the peanut butter would scrap off bit by bit with the falling action. Since you added a cover to the trap, you can also add a hanging bait on a string, a treat kabob if you will. You might never need to re-bait again. Having the rats or mice stand on 2 legs would put their weight all in one spot making for a sure dunk/roll. Perhaps even ninja proof! Hope this helps.

I love how RU-vid immediately demonetizes your videos if they show dead mice, but when Logan Paul shows a man who committed suicide, they approve it and put it on trending. There is so much favoritism and bullshit on RU-vid. 😕

A couple tips for a better mousetrap: Make the entry holes closer to the top and put a cover over the top, the mice can't climb out that way. Also, spray some cooking spray inside the bucket. Not only can they smell it (food) they can't climb up the inside of the bucket, especially important for live trapping.

I like how Shawn has so much fun making the traps. I love watching his videos. It's so calming.

Obviously a person setting this would have to put water in it, because every single time, the mice just jumped up back onto the trap & out agai. *THANK YOU SO MUCH* for filming & testing & the money you spend on the traps & making them and so on. It's appreciated!

2-5 videos per week???? 2018 is going to be lit 🌊🐁🌊🐁🌊🐁

Our chickens were getting attacked by rats and mice so we gave this a try with glue traps at the bottom of the pail. Once they fell, they got stuck and could not escape. Thanks for the ideas.

Please fill these with water and post the video on your webpage!

Amazing, we always hear that people want to make a better mouse trap -- and here you have made modifications that totally make those mouse traps better. Very nice!

What's a diving board without water??? Godamn RU-vid!!!

Shawn, To prevent the mice from jumping back up onto the stable part of Walk the Plank you can shroud the stable part with a piece of plastic or wood. Fasten the shroud to the side of the trap and make sure it goes up to the top of the bucket. Now they can only jump up to the plank which will collapse when they grab it. You can also shroud the complete side of the trap so they can only grab the front edge of the trap which will collapse. The shroud would create a hallway for them to walk down till they collapse the plank.

Try sand or cotton balls at the bottom of the bucket for a live trap. Those materials absorb a lot of energy when you try jumping in them, and would eventually tire the mouse out. Woodchips are solid, and the mice can escape easily.

For the live trap use of both of these, I reckon putting a thin layer of cooking oil at the bottom of the bucket would help limit the chances of escape.

Was nice seeing them trying so hard to escape lol kinda cute. Sorry bout youtube demonotizing you , glad you are always re inventing the wheel

Have you tried peanut butter on the bottom side of the plank? I think it would keep some bait on it for longer.

Can you make another video on these traps but as killtraps?

We have found when utilizing any of the walk the plank style traps, the 6gal. buckets of if available, have proven to work much more effectively !

Great video! I always look forward to your uploads! Have a great 2018!

_"Showing dead mice floating in water is a no-no, but showing a dead man hanging from a tree is perfectly acceptable"_ ~ *RU-vid*

As a suggestion for your ramps, maybe use door hinges or something similar, when screwing them into the bucket, this would mean that the ramp could move up and down a bit, giving leeway to the placement (EG: One ramp could become a bridge of sorts, when placed on a higher surface while the other is left on the angle)

"RU-vid's been demonetizing me for showing water kills, so I'm gonna try to keep them alive." *puts water in anyway*

10 hours of non-stop mouse dunking. Please Shawn. I beg you.

How about putting 8 walk the planks together so that they make the lid and they can't jump out.a trapazoid shap. That would be a good name for it too.

Oh boy, last time I was this early, Shawn made videos how to trap small dinosaurs.

If you use antifreeze instead of water your trap works in winter, mice die quicker and if you leave the trap a long time they don't rot and smell as much.

Great video Shawn! Thanks for all your hard work and mousetrap innovations.

Thanks for these videos Shawn. I have had this terrible mouse problem this year. I live in an old house and have always had the random mouse now and then. I've been here 20 years, usually I could get rid of them easily with a couple of old fashioned spring traps. About 9 months ago it seems like I was invaded by an army that just keeps on coming. I've been using mostly sticky traps now and the little shits won't eat bait. I'll get 6 or 7 at a time. It creeps me the hell out. Then a couple weeks later they're back. I'm buying a couple of these not going to modify the bucket. Thankful I don't have rats. If I did, I'd just move. lol

Whoever would have thought that a mouse trapping channel would be so interesting

Shawn I mentioned this improvement on another video of yours where you mentioned the mice walking the edge of the bucket. I mentioned lowering it an, making a side entrance and putting on a lid..

Lol my friend and i tried making walk the plank mouse trap but failed! hopefully we can make it with the help of this video, thanks Shawn :)

Good update design on the Walk the plank and the rolling log mouse traps. What would work is a swinging door entrance into the bucket that opens inward but not back out. that would keep them in there.

you should put a oil in the bucket to make the mice claw slippery

Hey Shawn when you brought out the trash can and took off the lid it made me think right away since it is a flip top lid that you could almost bait the lid and the mice would fall directly into the trash can similar to that as the walking plank.

Make a mousetrap catapult.

Hey Shawn, great videos. I just purchased both the "Rolling Log" and the improved "Walk the Plank" traps using your links. Hope you get a small piece of that action. I love that both of these designs are self re-setting. I've noticed some droppings in my wood shop lately, especially since I added heat this winter (I had a heater, but now it is 50 degrees 24x7 in there). Your videos about antique mouse traps are the most interesting, but the two aforementioned traps are the most practical.

Another improvement potentially, is to add a stick with bait on hanging from the lid so that you don't have thd issue with the trap running out of bait or something in that direction.

Hey Shawn ,Seems obvious but I make my bucket taller by using another bucket with the bottom cut off. I just caulk the out side of the top bucket, take the bail off the lower and drive the two together.

Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! Walk the plank mouse! Now if I could only figure out how to keelhaul them. hmmm.... I prefer the water in the bucket... Dead mice tell no tales... Thumbs up! 👍🏼

I tried the rolling log mouse trap in a 5 gallon bucket (height just under 15 inches) and the mice escaped (except one smaller one). So, I found a 7 gallon bucket (height 20 inches), and the mice still escaped. I would much rather deal with a live mouse than a dead one. I found that a standard flower pot saucer (diameter 11 3/16th outside diameter) fits perfectly, but defeats the repeating possibilities. I drilled air holes in the saucer. The mice make enough noise when trying to jump out (it takes time -- but eventually they succeed) so that - (at least inside the house), one will be notified that it's time to cover up the trap. That's how I knew I had a mouse, but, alas, upon awakening in the morning, it had escaped. Mighty mice! I think I I noticed a mouse jumping from the bottom of your bucket up onto the rolling log in your video!

Do a huge rat trap review

The mice kept returning and "testing" both, have you considered using the lids and raising them up a few more inches. They would not be able to stand on the sides if a lid is used? A little higher, maybe jumping back up would be stopped?

Brazilian suggestion- make it split into two videos , one with the process and the dry trap , and another with water in the bucket.

Have you tried using some sort of oil or lube on the inside of the bucket to prevent them from climbing up the sides to get out? Also, I think the Walk-the-Plank traps could have been located higher up in the bucket. Same with the rolling log, but you'd need to figure a way to locate it higher up with some sort of attached block for it to fit in as the bucket would be too wide for it to fit otherwise.

Dude u need to WD-40 the walls of them buckets so they can’t climb out

I use similar bucket traps cardboard recessed round lids that keep mice front jumping to top. I'd use your style w/' tilt ramp at top, but spray cooking oil on inside of the bucket. (slippery sides). With enclosed cardboard tilt top , I use spray oil on onside of bucket also. No water!

Would love to know if they were effective against rats too... It looks like the rat again was able to beat the trap and not get dunked?

You've done it AGAIN Shawn! Such great info. I've purchase about 8 of these since watching your videos. Make a great gift!

need some benny hill style yackety axe music for your footage lol

Thanks for the interesting video. Maybe worth considering is replacing the plastic bucket with one of porcelain. (No drilling through the sides.) Mice and rats cannot climb on it. I once saw a raw that had climb up inside a sewer pipe and through a low flow water toilet, which I would think would be a pretty tough swim to survive. But the rat drowned when it could not climb out of the bowl even though the lid was up.

Jeez how is that mouse not exhausted!

I have seen one of these with a much longer plank which is held horizontal by a magnet, the mouse/rat gets much further along before it trips so less likelihood of them stealing the bait and leaving. Also 3 inches of water in the bucket stops them from jumping up to escape. The addition of a small cube of dry ice will fill the bucket above the water with carbon dioxide so the rats die quicker.

this and blooper music and we have a show

I have commented before about earlier versions of these two traps, saying that it would be much better to have walls on the sides of the ramps, like a tunnel. Also in this version of the walk the plank trap, I believe if you could have walls on both sides of the plank it would be a great improvement. And of course, the rolling bar and the planks have to be higher

Shawn wood can you feed owls mole and skunk

Doubling the buckets will increase the height. Cut the bottom out of a bucket and put it down inside of another one for the extra height. Much better

Awesome job on this video👍 keep up the good work!!👍👍👍

I love your videos by the way. I was curious what type of motion night capture camera you use so I could get one too. I want to try out the plank type mouse trap and also the rolling log trap as well but I want to see them like you do when they get caught. That is if you don't mind sharing the type of camera that you use. I tried a trail camera and it didn't work at all because they were too small I think. Thanks a lot for you time because I know how busy you must be all the time editing you awesome videos.

You can put the dunking footage in an unlisted video and link it in the description

"What doesn't kill them makes them stronger" ..... Creating superior 'lumberjack' mice. Great service you're doing. Love your videos!!

That mouse thought it was working out lol

If you put a disk (same size like the diameter of the bucket) over the rolling pin you will prevent mices to jump over it, the problem is how to make sure that it return to it's original position. Probably could be a mix of both of those two traps. I like the rolling pin though. simple concept...

Good morning fellow Mouse Patrol Members!!

Shawn great info on trapping mice and rats. Although affective as kill traps i wonder if you combine a slick surface bottom like the peanut oil bowl at the base if this will better hel catching and exhaust the mice. Additional as mentioned if used a two tall buckets stacked and fashioned a coned funnel slick with oil on the inner might this also trap the mice? Just a few ideas?

Gotta make a video of these traps with water in a location with lots of mice to see if they can set a record.

Another option to prevent the get off out off the trap is to use an very big and long PVC Tube. The mouse fall down a longer distance and couldn't jump out!

*RU-vid is ok with dead hung human being but not drowning mice*

I check the one with the sides that slide into bucket. That ones seem easier. This seller items are more expensive that other sellers trap. Thinking about purchasing. Thank you for your informative video. Its a great help.

Please Shawn showcase these two traps but with actual kills, you didn't even mention the amount of mouse/mice you trapped.

As an alternate solution to the height problem for live catch traps, what about butting a bit of vegetable oil in the bottom of the bucket so when they fall in they get coated in slippery oil and can't climb back out?

2 to 5 videos per week? Oh boy :)

The problem with placing the log or plank down inside the bucket is obviously that the mouse can jump up back onto the plank or log. I have heard that hanging the bait from a string over the end of the plank over the center of the bucket, works. Try that Shawn.

i love this video so much

Hi. Great channel and great presentations. Thank you. I always wonder about how you never wear gloves and or a mask when you are around the caught dead mice/rats, etc. Are you not worried about the germs they carry. Would you do a presentation on the reasons why you feel safe and educate us on the subject of being around mice. I've heard all sorts of horror stories. Thanks.

Isn't it funny how those rats and mice can jump back up and run away safe and sound, all because of some policy at RU-vid. In any other world, they would be dead, but thanks to Susan Wojcicki, those mice can run free. Susan Wojcicki, defender of rats.

If the bucket is not filled with water then you should add a one way door to the entrances of the traps and put a lid on the bucket so the mice can jump back on the trap but won't be able to get thru the door or jump out the top.

Just so you know... Dachshunds are the smallest breed of hunting dogs... We love to hunt rodents, and we are very good at it! Two paws up! 🐾

Started watching your videos 4 yrs ago, this walk the plank has been a life saver!! Curious if you've ever used ammonia to try and repell rats/mice??

What about RATS???

Hey Shawn would you consider making more videos showing the wild life from where you live and/or the scavengers who feed on all the dead rodents that you get. I really enjoyed those videos. Thanks Subscriber from California

You have not done a primitive video in a while when is the next one

You could cover the screws with more slippery plastic or use a file to smooth them down

Hook up a drain and water supply with a microswitch..turns on a garbage disposer and brrrr.. rodent gone.

Some more ideas: Get a 4' length of 6" PVC conduit (thinner wall than sched 40), glue a base on one end for the bottom. Much taller, even steeper sides. A little harder to cut, need wider slot on the plank which should be no big deal. Instead of a ramp, just attach a strip of hardware cloth they can easily climb. Glue the bait to a small ledge on the other side so they'll have to go to the end of the plank. Drill some small holes in the side so the aroma of the bait will be more obvious.

when are you going to trap a polcat?

I would suggest that for the rolling log, if you make it tapered (wider in the middle) then this will provide the torque needed to rotate it when the mice are in the center.

You should try to kill rats with a bb gun for a special video to show that its better to use traps

For a live trap they can't escape, try an inch of water. Being in just a little water weighs them down and makes it harder to jump. For example, try jumping not in water and then go stand in 5 ft of water and jump.

Not enough dead mice 😪

I just bought a product called Snap Alert that attaches to a mousetrap that sends out an alarm that a mouse has been caught. Bought it on Amazon. I don't need to check my mousetraps anymore for dead mice and it prevents mice from rotting in a mousetrap because I will know something has been caught and will be able to get rid of the mouse almost right after it has been caught

RU-vid is so politically correct now!

I like to put the bait on the bottom of the plank. It really seems to be effective.

Great. now your videos are not fun.