I used to live in a hog barn. Needless to say, we had just a FEW mice in the apartment.
As college students will do, we set up a competition to see who could catch the most mice. A case of beer to the winner.
I ended up winning. I used standard mouse traps baited with cheese that I sat out for a day or so to dry and harden a bit. Then tie the cheese to the trigger with just a little slack. Mouse will nibble and eat a bit, and then, when he decides to try and take it with him, the string comes taught and bam. This set up, by far, caught more mice successfully as determined by number of dead mice and fewer baits taken with trap not triggered.
