[Greebe]

So my wife and I are out at camp this summer for a few months and we have some mice that are trying to invade us. Well I was leaving them alone until I hopped onto my 4 wheeler yesterday and had one of the mice come flying out from somewhere on the engine. That was the last straw.

So having no mouse traps I decided to set up a few Paiute dead fall traps. Having an old abandoned railroad track near by I used a few of the metal plates that the track sits on for my heavy flat "rocks" and a few sticks to construct a few of these traps.

After setting the first one with peanut butter I caught my first one in less than 10 minutes after going inside. I could hear the metal clang as it fell, and went outside to find a flat fat little fella.

Now if you were in a survival situation you could eat these guys or set bigger dead falls for squirrel or rabbit. Not a bad skill to know.

Anyways here are a few pictures.

Here is the trap set up:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r58/GreebeDBS/PDFall.jpg

And here it is after being tripped by a my little friend senor mousie, Yes that is his tail sticking out on the right:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r58/GreebeDBS/PDFMouse.jpg

If anyone is interested I can post some pictures and a little info about making these.

Greebe

[bootless]

That's awesome. I saw Les do that on "Survivor Man" in Moab. It looks pretty simple so I may give it a try one of these days. Thanks for sharing, might just save someone's life someday.

[Greebe]

Yep, glad to share. I hope that people can get something out of it.

The Paiute Dead Fall works great and is a lot easier to make than a figure 4 like most people try. I seem to remember Les using the figure 4 and smashing his fingers a few times. With this one you don't have to worry about it. The other thing with the figure 4 is that the design sometimes causes the upright stick to get caught and keep the trap from falling when triggered.

Good luck
Greebe

[Ghost Walker]

Yeah, thanks, that's neat and just might provide a few, 'emergency meals'.

Here's my latest design for an expedient mouse trap -

http://hidef.com/images/media/news_images/cat-mouse.jpg

[Double Naught Spy]

I don't recall the Paiute traditionally using heavy steel plates, but nice use of a viable material.

[countertop]

directions please!!!

[Ghost Walker]

The first picture says it all. You only need to realize that the long straight piece that's attached to the bait is rigid. It holds the crosspiece on the end of the string in place. Once the prey moves it while eating the bait, tension on the cord is going to be released and the top support will let go and drop the, 'deadfall' upon the subject.

[stevelyn]

You know, a few D-Con packets tossed up under the cabin and other sheltered areas are a lot more efficient and convenient.