Bush Camp Mouse Traps...

This is from one of our Followers. 
We used to get Mazola cooking oil in cans and the handles were crosswise on the top.  Dad took one and cut the top off.  He cut about a two inch strip, lengthwise out of the top which included this handle.  He cut one end of the strip a little shorter than the other.  He soldered the top of the handle upside down on one end of the can so the tin strip could pivot on the handle with the short end out over the open can.  He would bait this end but we found we didn't even need to.  He would set the can on the floor or counter up against something the mice could climb up to get onto the tin strip.  
When they walked out on the tin strip, it would over balance and they would drop into the can.  Even though the can was only about a foot high, they couldn't jump out of it.
Now thinking about it, you could use one of those camp fuel can handles the same way.  Just screw another strip of tin or a stick onto it crosswise.  You can put bait either on the stick or in the can.  I imagine that a deer mouse could jump out of it thought.  Or you could use a piece of stovepipe or two cans fastened together, end to end to make it deeper.  The tin or stick though, should be balanced just enough to wing back up into the horizontal position, so the mouse wouldn't be able to jump and  grab hold of it and it is ready for the next mouse.  
You have to work the handle enough so that the tin pivots easily and will come back to the horizontal.  Mice are very curious and will run out onto the tin with or without bait.  Bait in the can will make then even more curious to see if they can get it.  
(Now the next part Bryan would do.... but Vikki edited it.) 
I also used to go to the rail yard and sweep grain out of boxcars for chicken feed.  I had an old ten gallon barrel with one end cut out of it.  It was in a shed and there was a little grain left in the bottom.  I found mice trapped in there too.  They again, couldn't jump out of it.  "Build a better mousetrap"  Ha Ha.  
From us.  Thanks for the contribution....    Bought Mice traps need to be emptied.  They don't work in cabins left empty for months and months.  We also use a big white 5 gal bucket with a thin stick and a tin can covered in peanut butter free on that thin stick.  The mice run out on the stick and slip off the tin can into the bucket.  You need to place it need a spot that they can get on the thin stick.
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Moose Hamburgers

Remember Vikki made up a big batch of White Buns two days ago.  That means we can have Moose Hamburgers.   Always a big treat here. 

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Easy Pizza in Bush Camp Wonderful

Now everyone Loves Pizza and it is so easy to make.  Vikki always makes up 2 at a time and freezes the slices separately.  Byran can easily heat them up at the Line Cabin or out on the trail over an open fire.  
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Hantavirus (HPS)

Quoting from the NHA News Release.   "Hantavirus is a serious, but very rare, respiratory disease that is mainly spread when mouse droppings, urine or nesting materials are moved in confined and unventilated spaces, sending virus particles into the air where they can be breathed in."
"It is important to note that N.A. hantavirus is not spread from person to person.  The disease is also considered to be very rare.  Only about 600 cases have ever been reported in all of Canada and the US.  The BC Centre for Disease Control has reported zero to three cases annually in BC
"The best way to prevent infection from hantavirus is to avoid contact with rodents and their droppings by controlling rodents in and around the home."

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