I go through this every year when the temps start dropping. We always seem to have mice that think they can move in when autumn get's here so every fall I have to set up traps to get rid of the pesky critters. The problem is this year all the mice that have moved in are smart ones. You ask how i know that because for the last three days I go down in the basement to check the traps and I find them all looking like this.
Totally licked clean and still set to snap.
I don't know how they do it but 6 traps are baited and ready to do the deal and the next morning they look like their brand new. So I found one more thing to keep me occupied until it's time to go chase bigger 4 legged animals with a lot more meat on them.
Mice meet Rick aka "ctswamphunter"! You might have won the last three battles but you will not win the war.
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I learned that you can place unbaited traps like you would if you were setting "blind sets" for larger animals and usually get the smart ones. You don't cover them, of course, just set them in tight spots and outside corners. Tie them to something, though, in case you get a bad catch. Otherwise, they'll drag the trap somewhere you can't find it before they croak.
I have the same problem here. We battle them off and on throughout the year though.
Gorges & TF, thanks for commmenting,. I have tried just about everything. Can't
figure it out this time.
I had the same problem last year with the same traps you have in the picture. I went and bought the style with the wider, yellow trip area (as opposed to the narrow copperish ones). The new traps worked amazingly well for the smart mice. I think it is simply the large platform. You could probably super glue some paperboard or something to your traps to test this out.
Hope this helps.
Michael, thanks for the info. I will certainly try those, I know the one's your talking about.
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