@#$% Mice

[Icehole Ken]

Had company for the last weekend, had to get the spare shanty out of the attic, the mice ate lots of holes in it. Any suggestions for storing the portables? I heard mothballs, drier sheets etc. what works for you?

[Lunker]

The Adirondack mouse trap.

[catfishtom210]

This is why I prefer a shanty with a removeable skin....like my old clam. Even so that one has holes in it due to mice getting inside the box/suitcase and then chewing the skin. Ever since I store the skin in a plastic bag alone in the attic.

I also have a Cabela's shanty with the skin attached.....I stored that standing next to my shed with the clam and wrapped in a tarp and anchored by sand bags. I'm sure the mice could get in if they really wanted to but being outside they may have stayed away from it as there are better places such as in the shed or my garage! :-)

I would not personally use moth balls.....it would seem like my mother-in-law was fishing with me!

BTW An old joke about moth balls....Have you ever smelled moth balls? sure...how'd you get their little legs apart? ;-)

Tom

[MSUICEMAN]

at the end of the year I always used to put mine in the basement. No problems with my old shanty. My new shanty is gonna get the same treatment.

steve

[jpollman]

On my Frabill Ultralight the skin is removeable. I'm going to take it off and fold it neatly and store it separately in one of those Rubbermaid plastic storage containers. They seal up tight enough to keep the mice out for sure !

[oneeyedclarence]

Actually I heard dryer sheets worked great....but never really tried them. At least it would smell nice:D

[Rat-Man]

I've got one of the original one man fish traps and I store it in my basement with all my fishing stuff I don't have any problems. In the fall of the year just before the cold weather sits in is when the mice come in and I'm ready for them I always keep a few of those little schrew's around, they eat 10 times there weight a day, and they clean out the mice, just make sure that you catch them when the job is done or ?

[1-CHANCE]

I had put a brand new liner on my Shappel S3000 last spring and then left it out leaning up against the house behind the grill. I have patio bricks that it sat upon and when I opened it to use this year nothing was wrong with it. I used to store in the shed but with the all the tools there's just no room.

[lawnboy]

That entire mothball and dryer sheet stuff is just old wives tales…the only and best way is just hunting them down. Sticky traps with some birdseed in the center. They will climb over the dead ones to get at the seed only to get stuck them self. If you have shrink-rap that would work.

[Frantz]

I use a small zip lock bag filled with moth balls and only opened just a tiny bit and toss it i nthe shappell before sticking it i nthe pole barn. I do the same with my popup camper and have never only had a mouse problem one year, that was the last year I quit using moth balls to save the $4.

[steelslam]

when you store the shanty hang it on a rope in the garage or were ever its stored. mice cant crawl on the ceiling an then repel down a rope. use one or two of those screw in hooks to hang it. if its on the floor they will get into it for sure in a shed.

[JJ Mac]

Hanging it is great advice. I had an eskimo I kept in the garage one season, and sure enough--mice holes. The next year I stored it in the rafters above the garage door and more holes again. After buying a new shappel dx 4000 last year, that baby comes in the basement after the season.

[MGV]

i hang mine on a wall in the barn. The only trick that i have done so far is have my 5 gallon bucket hung below it with a big box of moth balls sitting on top. So far the colony of mice in my barn have not found it. The mice were really bad. I used the 5 gallon bucket with water in another part of the barn and caught 7 in one night.

[lawnboy]

I got one last night with a sticky with bird seed in the center.

[Jimbos]

Male or Female?:confused:

[tommy-n]

The only thing mothballs are good for is to put on your neighbors bait pile so the deer will come to yours instead:D

[4seasons]

Last year I hung both my shappel 4000 and fish trap pro from the pole barns rafters with rope .I took both down this winter and the shappel has about 6 holes and one of them is next to the zipper on the door. There was a dead mouse on the floor of it.
Going to have to figure something else out this spring for the storage . until then they stay in my truck.

[frzngfshr]

Bought, a new pop up and parked in the summer, next to my garage on cement, only days old, a meece found it and chewed a hole in my canvas. I had half a mind to empty out the humane society of all the cats!!! I like cats about as much as I like meeces.
Anyways, put drier sheets in and have not had trouble for 4yrs. now. I don't think it's a coincedence, and drier sheets smell much better than those moth balls.

[UNCLE AL]

I parked my 5th wheel trailer in the pole barn for the winter the first year I had the trailer, and it filled up with mice, Now it stays out side, and I haven't had mice problems since. My shappell s3000 goes back in the box in the spring, and stays on the garage floor, haven't had any mice yet.

[lawnboy]

This will be my first year storing mine. I think I’m going to shrink rap it like I do my boat. This was also the first year that I shrink rap my lawn chairs and table. Worked great.

[wruebs]

My experience with mothballs is not good. Still got mice in the snomobiles even though w/25 mothballs in it. chilli powder didn't work either. Never tried drier sheets. Posion worked so-so, had to keep making sure the decon was available. But now I have 4 cats and they do an effective job on the mice,voles, and most importantly the chipmunks. They filled my car's heater core with acorns amongst other irriatible things. Cats cost me $9 a month to feed and extra car washing (paw prints) but worth it to me.

[Ed Stringer]

I HANG MY FISH TRAPS OFF MY RAFTERS WITH A CRADLE SYSTEM 4 EYE HOOKS WITH ROPE CLEATS TO TIE THEM IN PLACE I ALSO USE DRIER SHEETS BOUNCE ONLY , THEN AROUND EACH ROPE I USE SOME OLD PLASTIC PLATES AS RAT GUARDS LIKE THEY USE ON SHIPS OR YOUR BIRD FEEDER TO KEEP THE FUZZY GUYS OUT .

A/K/A MING MING

[lawnboy]

Rat guards….I was on a cruise ship this winter and was showing a few people those on the huge lines running into the boat and everyone was laughing at me. Oh well…:rolleyes:

[Ed Stringer]

IT'S TRUE THATS THEIR PURPOSE , NO MICE OR RATS IN THE GALLEY .

A/K/A MING MING

[Michigan Birdhunter]

I've had my Frabill for five years and keep it in the garage and haven't had any problems with mice. The sides fit so close togeather when closed that the mice can't get in.