When it gets cold, the mice find their way into my shop. I once made the mistake of using poison and the place wreaked for months as the little batadges rotted away in the walls. I now am back to plain old mouse traps baited with a bit of cheese. Higgin's pic of the pellet guns is funny, I nailed one once with two pumps of my Crossman 760 BB gun that I found loitering on my work bench last winter. That would have made for a funny video....the great mouse hunter that I am!
Until PETA makes killing mice a federal offense, no mice will ever be "caught and released" on my property. At least use your heel on them after you catch them Lendaddy. You aren't going soft are you?
Two weeks ago my invisible dog fence quick working and after a quick check I confirm that the buried wire (2000' and buried under three driveways!) loop had been broken. After dragging a long pc of wire all over the yard and digging all over to check continuity, I finally found the break. A mouse had made a home in the crack left in the clay ground and chewed the wire. She was still in there with babies. Needless to say, they got a quick stomping once I dug them out of there.
Kill em all...let god sort em out! Remember... you are at war!