This video documents the results of using Eliot Coleman mouse trap boxes for several weeks. Learn what worked, what didn’t work and what could be done differently with the mouse trap boxes from part one. You’ll also find out about several tips to make using mouse trap boxes easier and more successful.
From Part One:
In this video we use waste wood to make a couple of rodent trap boxes popularized by the book ‘The Winter Harvest Handbook’. Author Eliot Coleman has great success using the boxes with unbaited traps to control the vole population in his winter greenhouses. I think they’ll work just as well at controlling mouse populations in a typical yard. Let’s get building!
Tools And Supplies Used In This Video:
The Winter Harvest Handbook by Eliot Coleman
Veto Pro Pac LC tool bag
https://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/veto-pro-pac-lc-closed-top-tool-bag
Stanley Fat Max 16’ tape measure
https://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/stanley-33-716
Cable Cuffs
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Medium-Cable-Cuff-PRO-CFMP030808/204806548
LL Bean fleece lined flannel shirt
Bessey 6” clamps
https://www.rockler.com/bessey-tg-professional-series-bar-clamps-light-duty-2-1-2-inch-throat
Bessey 12” K-Body clamps
https://www.rockler.com/bessey-k-body-revolution-parallel-bar-clamps
DeWalt DW130 Drill
https://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/dewalt-dw130v-spade-handle-drill-1-2-inch
Rockler 1 1/4” long shank carbide tipped Forstner drill bit
https://www.rockler.com/long-shank-carbide-forstner-bits-standard-sizes
Bosch Top-Handle Jig Saw
https://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/bosch-top-handle-jig-saw-js470e
Bosch Jig Saw Blades
https://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/bosch-5-piece-precision-for-wood-t-shank-jig-saw-blades-t101dp
Makita brushless drill/impact driver kit
Stanley 16oz. claw hammer
https://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/stanley-51-616
Nail sets
https://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/stanley-58-230
Victor mouse traps
1/16” drill bit
https://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/milwaukee-48-89-2710