02-17-2008, 11:16 PM
[#0000ff]Many live bait items are potentially dangerous. Helgrammites (dobson fly larvae), crawdads, bloodworms and other invertebrates all have a nasty bite or pinch. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Handling any rodent is potentially risky. Mice and rats have teeth and know how to use them in self defense. I discovered that at an early age as a kid in Idaho. Didn't stop me from catching them...just made me more careful.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Another trick I learned as a kid in Idaho was how to catch a bunch of live mice. Wherever there are quantities of them, and they are pests...eating dog food, grain, etc...you can use their own lifestyle against them. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Start with a bucket with high smooth sides. Cover it with a layer of heavy paper and tape the edges to the bucket. Run a piece of wood up the side, from the floor, to provide a ramp. Dump some dog food, grain or other preferred plunder on the paper...for two or three nights in a row. When the food is gone by morning, the next night you take a sharp knife and cut a slit in the paper. The next morning you will have some mice in the bucket.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]For standard cityslicker home trapping, there are several live traps available in feed stores, building supply and probably even Wally World. In our PETA world, there are plenty of folks who just want to remove rodents and not kill them. So, there are live traps for the wimps. Hint...use peanut butter for bait...not cheese. (No need to provide honey or jelly)[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Yes indeed, wear thick gloves on whatever hand you use to hold the mouse. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]As mentioned, use either a rubber band or a small string loop tied around the mouse to attach the hook...like the O ring on a Senko thing. Ideally it will be like a harness, around the two front legs, to keep it from slipping off easily. Of course you could just punch the hook through a loose bit of skin...or through one of it's legs...but that would be cruel now, wouldn't it. We wouldn't want our bait mousie to suffer before being eaten.[/#0000ff]
[signature]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Handling any rodent is potentially risky. Mice and rats have teeth and know how to use them in self defense. I discovered that at an early age as a kid in Idaho. Didn't stop me from catching them...just made me more careful.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Another trick I learned as a kid in Idaho was how to catch a bunch of live mice. Wherever there are quantities of them, and they are pests...eating dog food, grain, etc...you can use their own lifestyle against them. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Start with a bucket with high smooth sides. Cover it with a layer of heavy paper and tape the edges to the bucket. Run a piece of wood up the side, from the floor, to provide a ramp. Dump some dog food, grain or other preferred plunder on the paper...for two or three nights in a row. When the food is gone by morning, the next night you take a sharp knife and cut a slit in the paper. The next morning you will have some mice in the bucket.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]For standard cityslicker home trapping, there are several live traps available in feed stores, building supply and probably even Wally World. In our PETA world, there are plenty of folks who just want to remove rodents and not kill them. So, there are live traps for the wimps. Hint...use peanut butter for bait...not cheese. (No need to provide honey or jelly)[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Yes indeed, wear thick gloves on whatever hand you use to hold the mouse. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]As mentioned, use either a rubber band or a small string loop tied around the mouse to attach the hook...like the O ring on a Senko thing. Ideally it will be like a harness, around the two front legs, to keep it from slipping off easily. Of course you could just punch the hook through a loose bit of skin...or through one of it's legs...but that would be cruel now, wouldn't it. We wouldn't want our bait mousie to suffer before being eaten.[/#0000ff]
[signature]