Mouse Funnel Trap

[john b 38]

A few of you may remember a simple funnel mouse trap that FISH made and posted on this forum.

 

 

 

Well I thought I'd have a go at working out a Step by Step plan for it to maybe go in the next book.

 

FISH kindly gave me the basic dimensions that he'd found to work and I knocked this up my own version of it shown here.

 

 

 

I've had it out on test for a few nights with my Killgerm infrared motion camera and last night I had a result - click on the images below to view the videos.

 

 

Having a good look round

 

 

 

In he goes

 

 

 

Safely caught

 

 

 

And there til morning

 

[cumbrianrabbiter 0]

Looks Like A Cracking Trap And The PIce And Video Proove The Trap Works And The Trap Looks Very Well Made So Well Done To Fish For Taking Time To Make The Trap.

Jhon Is The Footage One Of The Killgerm Motion Sensor Camera's

 

Regards Gary

[john b 38]

Jhon Is The Footage One Of The Killgerm Motion Sensor Camera's

 

Regards Gary

 

yes Gary, that's right. One of these http://www.killgerm.com/product-group.php?group=829

[stubby 175]

looks good john, how do you open it up

[The one 8,503]

Take it they cant climb up the wire funnel to get out ?

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

my uncle has one bought from turkey 25 yrs ago, a great little trap

[john b 38]

looks good john, how do you open it up

 

This one was a prototype Steve, so the mesh at one end was only tacked on loosely. The final design will have the choice of a sliding or hinged door at the end.

 

my uncle has one bought from turkey 25 yrs ago, a great little trap

 

I don't suppose you could get photos of that could you ? Sounds interesting

[ellir0305 9]

that looks a brilliantly simple idea, well done fish and john

 

i take it the sizes are secret until the book comes out?

 

how do you kill them once they are trapped?

 

do you think a larger trap of similar design would work for rats or are they too intelligent to fall for that

 

atb rob

Edited September 6, 2009 by ellir0305

[john b 38]

i take it the sizes are secret until the book comes out?

 

No not all - the details are all here

 

This isn't a new idea, traps like this have been used for hundreds of years in one form or another. There are even commercials ones like it on ebay from Australia.

[OldTrapCollector 377]

I will bring you a Young's Auto box mouse trap over for you to look at when I next see you John - same principle but slightly different

 

OTC

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

i will ask him, its a round wire trap with the funnel at the top.

[john b 38]

i will ask him, its a round wire trap with the funnel at the top.

 

Yes please do. From how you describe it I imagine it could probably be a bit like this then ?

 

This trap was sold to me as an Irish made Sparrow Trap (but I'll wait to be set straight by OTC though )

 

 

[hollands hope 1,024]

i take it the sizes are secret until the book comes out?

 

No not all - the details are all here

 

This isn't a new idea, traps like this have been used for hundreds of years in one form or another. There are even commercials ones like it on ebay from Australia.

John,just wondering would the trap also work for rats, if you altered the dimensions?

[john b 38]

John,just wondering would the trap also work for rats, if you altered the dimensions?

 

 

ellir0305 asked that earlier as well and I have to be honest I don't know. I have never seen a larger one designed for rats and you'd have thought someone would have tried it by now. That makes me think that maybe they're too damn clever but you never know.

[hollands hope 1,024]

John,just wondering would the trap also work for rats, if you altered the dimensions?

 

 

ellir0305 asked that earlier as well and I have to be honest I don't know. I have never seen a larger one designed for rats and you'd have thought someone would have tried it by now. That makes me think that maybe they're too damn clever but you never know.

my mistake didn,t read ellir0305 post ,you could be right there concerning the rats clever buggers they are indeed