Watch: 427-Year-Old Mouse Trap Design in Action

Mice can be real pests, and fooling them unto death can be oddly satisfying. Some mice are too small to even trip a traditional mouse trap, so things like this can be extremely useful for getting rid of the pesky little rascals, which have a terrible tendency to get into your stuff, including prepping supplies.

This old design is called Mascall’s Mill, and consists of some paddles over a bucket of water.

After a test with a pet mouse, he puts the design to work in a barn. The first comer is a huge rat, far too large for the trap, but it got caught anyhow. And soon enough, along come some mice, two of which got caught.

Nice!

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.