{"id":6295,"date":"2019-03-18T20:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/?p=6295"},"modified":"2020-08-30T06:50:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T10:50:09","slug":"bucket-mouse-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/bucket-mouse-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate Mouse Trap: The 5-Gallon Bucket Mouse Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have some unwanted fury little friends with a tail that have overstayed their welcome? To me, five minutes would qualify as &#8220;over welcoming&#8221; their stay, but that&#8217;s me. In this post, we cover the best mousetrap, the famous 5-gallon bucket mouse trap.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s good about this trap? All the things we believe in in the preparedness community.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>simplicity<\/li>\n<li>efficiency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This trap has is a good example of both. It makes for the best kind of mousetrap.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_64 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/bucket-mouse-trap\/#The_Ultimate_Mouse_Trap\" title=\"The Ultimate Mouse Trap\">The Ultimate Mouse Trap<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/bucket-mouse-trap\/#Why_Its_The_Best\" title=\"Why It&#8217;s The Best\">Why It&#8217;s The Best<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/bucket-mouse-trap\/#How_To_Make_It\" title=\"How To Make It\">How To Make It<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/bucket-mouse-trap\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Ultimate_Mouse_Trap\"><\/span>The Ultimate Mouse Trap<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Its_The_Best\"><\/span>Why It&#8217;s The Best<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>What makes this the best and most effective is that it&#8217;s <strong>self-sustaining<\/strong> and <strong>self-efficient<\/strong>. Two qualities that we strive to always improve on a regular day-to-day basis.<\/p>\n<p>The trap resets itself over and over, working for you 24\/7 365. Like a business. The business of trapping mice and getting rid of them for you.<\/p>\n<p><em>And business is booming&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering to yourself,<\/p>\n<p><em>Can mice climb out of a bucket?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not if the bucket is filled with water up to where their feet won&#8217;t hit the bottom for them to jump out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Which is one of the reasons the 5-gallon bucket trap works so well. The mice fall in the bucket and can&#8217;t get out because they fall in water deep enough.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get started.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Make_It\"><\/span>How To Make It<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This is hands down one the most effective mouse traps there are for getting rid of, or at least put a significant dent in their population around your area.<\/p>\n<p>There are multiple different kinds of mouse bucket trapping devices. But they all work because of the same principles.<\/p>\n<p>What you&#8217;ll want to buy is a 5-gallon bucket, they seem to work the best. It can&#8217;t be such a large bucket that it becomes so tall the mice just ignore it.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video explaining how to build a bucket mouse trap.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gve7VbsbgFU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video on how to how to make a mouse trap out of a 5-gallon bucket.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6SIlYiiCGLI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have a mice issue and tried other &#8220;solutions&#8221; and traps to try and get rid of them. Give this one a shot. It&#8217;s so simple and so effective.<\/p>\n<p>You only need a couple of different items for material and then it&#8217;s just putting them together, setting it up, and then go crack open a beer from your IPA survival kit to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you ever made a mousetrap that worked well?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Up Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/thesurvivaljournal.com\/make-a-blowgun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How To Make a DIY Survival Blowgun<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have some unwanted fury little friends with a tail that have overstayed their welcome? To me, five minutes would qualify as &#8220;over welcoming&#8221; their stay, but that&#8217;s me. In this post, we cover the best mousetrap, the famous 5-gallon bucket mouse trap. What&#8217;s good about this trap? 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