# Propane powered cannon mouse trap. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887 "2019-06-01T18:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887/1 "2019-06-01T18:47:09Z")
Shawn Woods, who has a mouse catching channel called Mouse Trap Monday on YouTube, posted a video of a new mouse trap that is a cannon powered by propane fuel. It shoots the mice at a net and they drop into a kitty litter bucket. Sounds nasty, but it doesn’t hurt the mice. In fact, he kept them as pets, so it’s all in good fun. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QzQ9KFClq0o/maxresdefault.jpg "Cannon Mouse Trap - The World's Craziest Mouse Trap. Mousetrap Monday") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzQ9KFClq0o) Hank Hill would definitely approve of this one. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887/2 "2019-06-01T20:01:15Z")
“Not the most practical, but by far the most fun”. Living in the woods, I admit to watching this type video. We used to have 4 outdoor cats and they kept things at least in check. Now I’m down to one old cat who I haven’t seen with a mouse in years, and one young killer. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887/3 "2019-06-01T21:50:21Z")
Sorry, I want the little shits DEAD. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887/4 "2019-06-01T21:58:03Z")
Fill the bucket with water. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887/5 "2019-06-02T15:25:33Z")
My god it’s one of those little video games come to life ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887/6 "2019-06-02T20:18:48Z")
Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering? ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887/7 "2019-06-02T21:03:10Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Sorry, I want the little shits DEAD. > ~VOW > [@GaryM](#): > > Fill the bucket with water. If you want to go full supervillain you could fill the bucket with acid or shoot them into a wall of spikes. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887/8 "2019-06-02T21:12:57Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > If you want to go full supervillain you could fill the bucket with acid or shoot them into a wall of spikes. If you really want to get into fantastic mousetraps (emphasis on fantasy), check out the traps for the Facebook game Mousehunt. [https://mhwiki.hitgrab.com/wiki/index.php/Weapons](https://mhwiki.hitgrab.com/wiki/index.php/Weapons) ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887/9 "2019-06-02T21:33:19Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > If you want to go full supervillain you could fill the bucket with acid or shoot them into a wall of spikes. This board definitely needs a LIKE button! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-powered-cannon-mouse-trap/834887/10 "2019-06-02T21:48:24Z")
My doofus cat brings me live mice (and worse) and lets them loose in the house. If I could train her to instead put the mouse in the trap, she could then retrieve it from the bucket and do it over and over and over again. More fun than laser pointer!