Video: Bottle + Coat Hanger = Humane Mouse Trap

This is a pretty neat little homemade trap, in case you don’t have the heart to kill a mouse.

Personally, I don’t have any use for “humane” mouse traps because when you turn them loose they’ll still be pests. But some folks think differently.

And in a survival situation, you might need to keep mice alive as a source of fresh protein, but let’s REALLY hope it doesn’t come to that!

Anyhow, it’s an interesting, simple idea that seems to work.

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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.