[Synchro909]

I've had quite a chuckle reading this thread.
There is a mouse plague in some of the more northern areas of he country now. The ground moves with the little buggers and the under side of cars is covered in goo.
During the last plague, I set up a trap on my father in law's farm using a bottle over a 44 gallon drum (55 gallons to you guys) about 1/2 full of water. I mounted the bottle with the neck pointing down so a mouse couldn't get traction to climb back up it and put a bait in the neck of the bottle. I once saw it so full that mice were landing on so many others that they were able to scamper out again. Most nights would see at least 12 -18 inches of dead mice in the bottom of the drum. We dug a hole in the paddock behind the house to dispose of them and filled it in later. The tree we planted nearby is still going gangbusters!