Live Trapping Voles. A Close Look At This Dangerous Animal. Mousetrap Monday.

In this video we take a close look at a Vole not a Mole A Vole.
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[@ShawnWoodsMousetrapMonday]

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[@theepicoutdoors6226]

Shawn please make a video of the havahart trap for squirrels and rats and weasles

[@theepicoutdoors6226]

And chipmunks and mice

[@hawkss5099]

Try and catch a water vole

[@grimthedeathlord8998]

I just realized after pondering for a good while, you kinda look like Reggie Fils-Aimé which was the former president of Nintendo

[@twistedshinigami7338]

Next do a live catch trap for gophers

[@vigorousera]

I like that the biggest deterrent to getting bit by a vole is filling out a form at the doctor's 😂

[@jimmellenberger8505]

Filling out medical forms is an impressive deterrent.

[@aldensoo64]

Of course, it’s not just any form, it’s a SPECIAL form

[@dlwatib]

@@aldensoo64 Has to be filled out with a blood quill, in triplicate, while a nurse watches you, drinking tea and commenting on making an "impression" on you.

[@coco_b]

he does NOT want to do THAT again!

[@milanek1527]

In my country vole is a bad word

[@aberf9441]

“On today’s mousetrap Monday, we are gonna take a look at one of the most dangerous animals,” a cute potato with 2 eyeballs.

[@ironbomb6753]

🤣👍 good one! 😆

[@psychronic8327]

Yeah well you won't be laughing when you die from an infection 😐 sure it sounds harsh but there's a reason why they are seen as pest

[@absoleet]

Post covid era.

[@constancemiller3753]

He handles Rats and never says 'dangerous' but the garden vole who stays outside, nibbles veggies and politely chatters its teeth before biting you? Now I'm scared of the diseased little cuties.

[@miskakopperoinen8408]

@@psychronic8327 Aphids don't have the mandibles to bite humans and don't carry communicable diseases, yet they are massive pest problem to agricultural industry as well. Being a pest doesn't have anything to do with being individually dangerous to a human being.

[@xavior4real]

Shawn: we’ll be really careful also Shawn: *shakes vole out*

[@Sampsons49531]

Okay mr poob

[@misakamikoto8785]

Just give it a little flip

[@blockstacker5614]

my grandmas farm has lots of voles, they tunnel everywhere and eat her vegetables. her cats do occasionally catch them though

[@alexisgrunden1556]

Good kitties~

[@ironbomb6753]

She should get a dog that hunts, the voles would disappear. I've not seen a mouse or even mouse poop in my house since I got half lab, half mutt from the local shelter. He eats critters like crazy. 👍

[@wolfiedabrony1802]

@@ironbomb6753 Give him an extra good belly rub for me

[@waynemanning3262]

@@ironbomb6753My female Springer Spaniel is a huntress as well, she has a better success rate than the local coyotes!

[@giulian2992]

Ngl I thought you were joking when you said it's a dangerous animal

[@aerina_eclair]

It looked like a deep one also

[@SashaInTheCloud]

They're a pest that destroys 50 billion USD in crop yield a year. They also carry a very lethal virus called hanta.

[@itsnotallrainbowsandunicor1505]

Me: It's so adorable! Cat: It's food. Let me have it.

[@TankieBoi]

My dog: *W* *H* *A* *C* *K* *A* *M* *O* *L* *E*

[@Phyoomz]

I hope you gave the vole that bit you a little flip.

[@terryv]

That’s right - the "little flip" seems to have gone away!

[@ironbomb6753]

We remember...👍

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

@@ironbomb6753 never forget

[@Caseytify]

Probably a big ole flip...

[@dawnblaze924]

the slap works too

[@m.k.8158]

you should probably be wearing thicker gloves-I suspect that a Vole could easily bite you right through the gloves you are wearing(unless those gloves are thicker than they appear to be).

[@terryv]

My thought exactly!

[@turtlez8903]

i thought that too, its probably a latex glove which is not thick but still something

[@bf945]

@@turtlez8903 Probably less than nothing regarding a bite. But it protects against peeing, pooping, and fleas.

[@snevan]

Leather glove plus latex underneath?

[@sailor5853]

The thing is, while its teeth are able to pierce the glove, they will slide instead if they don't get a good grip.

[@elfpimp1]

Just once, I'd like to see a mouse getting released and see a falcon or other raptor sweep down and grab it..

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Statistically, you just have to wait.

[@aberf9441]

@elfplimp1 I can’t believe you want a mouse to die for your entertainment.

[@elfpimp1]

@@aberf9441 absofuckinglutely....

[@1bah]

elfpimp1 hire a falconer put him off camera and bingo there you go nature at its finest.

[@elfpimp1]

@@1bah 😁👍

[@ejej6934]

Perfect timing. I was just shopping on Amazon for live traps that would work for voles. My yard looks like swiss cheese with all the vole holes.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Gotta put goal poles in those vole holes

[@Chipmunk41]

Great video. I've had several voles in my garage. I do the catch release. If they stay outside in a certain area I will feed them by hand. I have become friends with a few of them over the years. I could go outside and knock on a garden edging and out it would come for some food. Really funny. I could call to them and they show up to get some food. I eventually was able to pet it while it would sit eating. I've also fed short tailed shrews, plenty of chipmunks and birds. Tonight I held one and I was petting it and it was nodding off. It got relaxed. Lots of silly stories, videos and pics. They are a cute critter. 😁

[@purplealice]

I had a vole get inside my house a few years ago. I saw it run inside when my husband opened the door when he came home from work one cold night. I thought it was a mouse, and I had a small teeter-totter live-catch mousetrap, and I set it up with peanut butter, but the vole's body was so long that it could stretch itself to lick the PB out of the trap. So I got the small HavaHart trap, the same one you're using in this video. (The vole made several attempts to get into food in the house. I trapped the vole, and I took the trap to a place where there are a lot of weeds growing, and let him go there.

[@pawza6]

I really like the short video format, and how you spoke your outro while showing the release footage; keeps it concise.

[@JohnDoeTheTroll]

"Whack a Vole"... Love it! lol

[@BV-nq7wd]

Been there done that! I actually had one of those little buggers try to chase me around the yard. It was going to be him or me and I won with the big rock.

[@katheymann2334]

I had a huge delivery of bulk mulch delivered for my yard. The soil was awful & a year of a mulch really enriched the soil. Then added a bulk load of top soil the next year. This developed into a serious vole problem because my cat was old & no longer was interested in hunting. Adopted a new cat & was amazed by how many vole offerings were layed on my front stoop. Definitely made a difference in the amount of destruction I saw with my plants. Everything flourished on all the property.

[@haveyougotyourtowel]

The footage of chasing after it when it ran out onto the table would've been priceless. Thanks, as always, for what you do! ❤

[@riderofthewhitehorse]

At 2:09, when you describe the vole, it reminded me of the late Steve Irwin. Keep up the great videos.

[@MrRABC1]

*Great job Shawn. I really like your video's. I usually post them on my Minds group page!!*

[@michaelschleifer9003]

My dogs and cats love to hunt down and gobble up voles in the pasture and the yard.

[@brianm6117]

You want to send them to my house to get rid of the moles and voles?

[@psychedforlife7176]

Does it mess up their digestion?

[@hearnjack]

I wish I could borrow your dogs and cats for the summer

[@thatrandombananaunderyourb7337]

My dog eats flies...

[@hamsterama]

That vole was surprisingly friendly. He could have fled, or he could have bit Shawn, but didn't. Some rodents, such as hamsters, grind their teeth when they want you to go away. But, maybe with voles, teeth grinding means something different. Maybe he was saying, let's be friends?

[@timothymills5410]

Wow people been making Shawn Woods fan art.. Happy for you for how much the channels grown. People really do love your videos

[@ultimate_animal_showdown]

Once I saved a vole that had fallen in my window well and I took it out by hand it didn’t bite or even chatter it’s teeth it was relatively calm and stayed around for a bit after but after seeing this I know think I should be more careful oof

[@daphnemorales7907]

Ultimate Animal Showdown you were lucky.

[@House_Of_Brine]

Why does it have to be so cute? 😭

[@bearicade5582]

You won't think it's cute when it bites your finger to the bone. The little bastards spend like 40 percent of their life chewing. they bite Hard and have sharp teeth.

[@hotpepper2491]

BEARicade ! Well you can’t really blame them what if this 100 foot tall giant locks you in a metal cage then shakes you out and holds you to a mysterious box 😂 at least it’s cute looking

[@espenschjelderup426]

They have very soft furr 😊

[@bearicade5582]

@@hotpepper2491 they are a serious pest. they eat my seeds.

[@Dwigt_Rortugal]

It's a defense mechanism 😊

[@o0GreyKnight0o]

Love the “snap” of a snap trap at the end

[@1972cjn]

Alright Shawn, you were giving me anxiety moving your finger in front of his face while talking about how bad the bite is! lol

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Today, we caught a bear. I'm gonna poke it with a stick and see what happens

[@eltipodepan6373]

We caught the worlds most venomous snakes, we let it stare for a while and we’re gonna show you it’s features.

[@BV-nq7wd]

A few years ago here at my home in California we had what I guess you would call a plague. Voles were so numerous that they didn't have enough to eat.They were chewing off the bark around my trees after they took out most of my greenery. There weren't enough holes in the ground for them to get into so they started invading my home.I could hear them in the walls with their vicious teeth chewing on the wood.They seem to be very similar to mice in that they like peanut butter. So they were fairly easy to trap. The comical thing is that a year or two later we had a another plague. It was grasshoppers. They came through and stripped out the greenery. Since then everything has to return to normal. Just a lot of holes in my lawn.

[@punkrock4401]

Ok, so now I've seen a mole and a vole.... now WHAT IS A GOPHER???

[@MuskratOutdoors]

I've never seen a Havahart trap that small, neat! We have caught them in the house at times. A few years ago, there was a population boom where they were really bad. Killed all the barberry bushes and several trees. Dug tunnels under the snow through the lawn too. They are really more rat like than mouse like. They will eat meat, including each other.

[@TedsHoldOver]

I cried when you let it go.

[@greateagle2076]

Hello!

[@mohndelcrackaboukheir6899]

S ame

[@prestons3400]

Hahahahaha

[@paulharris2070]

Thanks for showing a trap I've been using since I was 10 years old.

[@terryv]

I remember seeing that style trap (but bigger) when I was a kid - MANY years ago.

[@tgnm9615]

Today i learn something new from Shawn. Thank you for cool video :)

[@Robborti]

So cool, what a lucky catch! Great video as always.

[@rohit368]

Shawn,my dad loves to watch your videos! We learn a lot about catching mice

[@davidcovington901]

Thanks, made me start learning more about Voles. They eat more veg's than mice, and also eat roots and tubers underground. Wiki cites a 2016 study that shows Voles have empathy towards less fortunate Voles! Medicine was Augmentin, by the way.

[@SashaInTheCloud]

They are indeed empathetic creatures. They're clumsy like hamsters! But carry hanta :(

[@liveitfree950]

4 min is a short video. I like seeing more detail on how the traps work. Keep up the great work.

[@Bsquared1972]

Very cool! Never seen a Vole before...thanks!

[@trainboi014]

Shawn: we need to be careful! Also Shawn: no gloves in thumbnail

[@NellaKitsune]

The voles face reminded me that of Syrian hamsters’. I couldn’t help but awe at him! 😆

[@hamsterama]

I just did some googling, and it turns out voles are scientifically classified as being in the family cricetidae. This is the same family of rodents that hamsters belong to. So, it's no coincidence that voles resemble hamsters. They even have a shorter tail. Also, what's interesting is that those other native North American animals that Shawn catches, like deer mice, wood rats, are in the family cricetidae. That means that those deer mice and wood rats are more closely related to hamsters than to Norwegian rats and house mice. Pretty interesting! Oh, and I love hamsters, too!

[@muddyducker3336]

They also have a very strong musk smell. We had a bad year where they were constantly getting into the house. My cats were very happy.

[@Sourdoughgirl]

We used to have voles in our front lawn where they did quite a bit of damage by making runs and digging holes. One day a new neighbor moved in with her cat, never saw another pesky vole again.

[@tribesvanguard7007]

I dont Kno when it happened, but I think I really am addicted to your channel. Like I really love it.

[@dougalexander7204]

I have 11 cats and still, a vole problem in the flower beds. Also have moles in the yard. As soon as I catch one, another comes out of the woods and takes over. Setting traps is a daily chore, along with recycling , composting, and pulling weeds. Much respect Mr. Woods.....,

[@cmnr8487]

I just got 3 cats hoping they would help with my vole problems, they are ruining everything. I don't even want cats, but the voles are destroying so many things.

[@MyNameJeffOG]

Just realized you passed 1 million subs good job!

[@darkei]

I accidentally pressed this notification and I dont regret it

[@HaruKiyoshi643]

if youre planning to stick around, watch out for goat nuts.. that will stay with you for life

[@daryl2328]

Haru Kiyoshi that video is good everyone should watch it at least once

[@HaruKiyoshi643]

bruh

[@Bessie-vb9yw]

Why are they SO ADORABLE?!!!!!! I could NEVER kill that cute little thing !😍😍😍😍😍

[@Calnus1]

I always laugh at the end cause mouse trap sound make it sound like he walked off screen and got caught in another trap lol

[@geoffkim4327]

Should have given it a little flip! Thanks Shawn, that was very cool.

[@nickbalmes6640]

There are no voles where I'm from so this was quite a refreshing episode 😀

[@mharm734]

I'd love to see you test some of the urban legends about ways to repel mice. One of them I've seen is the claim that if you fill holes with steel wool the mice won't go through it.

[@sammylou5716]

My cat bought one in house few years back I managed to catch it and release it on fields

[@DaviddoesStuff]

Definitely a different kind of critter. They leave little trails in my yard when I have them.

[@monica-mn2cd]

Omg she's so cute and fluffy and look at this mini wishers 🐭aww and cant with her cuteness!! Thank you for letting her go, like 👍

[@itssean4337]

hey, fellow Shawn love the videos I wish you could show the kill traps if you know what I mean but keep it up man your doing well with how bad youtube is getting keep it up.

[@espenschjelderup426]

They look very similar to the Arvicola terrestris, that I belive is closely related to this vole. We had a big problem where I live in Norway a few years ago, with the voles destroying probably thousands of strawberry and raspberry plants in the winter an through the summer that year. Very hard bastards to kill. Most poison don't kill them, but I catched many in traps. I even caught a few with my hands that year, with gloves I have to say. One almost bit me through a glove.

[@azsegrxdhtfgvijnkomlewrhtg9508]

I was walking outside when I saw one wandering around in the snow. I watched it for a few minutes thinking it would get scared and run away but it actually came up to me and snuggled against my shoe for a few minutes before wandering off again and digging a tunnel into the snow. That was a cool experience. I've never had a wild animal just come up to me like that.

[@marquisdemoo1792]

As a kid I used to catch voles by waiting for the grass to move in their runs and then quickly cupping my hand over it. Got bitten a few times too but no swelling. The easiest way to catch Bank Voles is a 12" tubular biscuit tin with grain at the bottom leaning up against a dry stone wall or bank. Unlike field mice voles cannot jump out. I used to catch them by the dozen. Much as they chew up my lawn and make holes everywhere I still think they are cute and as you say they don't come in doors. Hate mice, love voles.

[@simonphamandcompany]

I guess that vole was re-vole-ting against you the day he bit you BTW, good catch. I really hate Vole, rat and squirrel

[@elnortenobeefjerky]

I used that trap to catch a chipmunk that was in my garage. Cool video.

[@jerrystott7780]

We have voles here in Alaska, but during the winter they will invade your home. It's rough to get rid of them due to the short gestation time. It took me a month and a half to get rid of them the time they invaded my cabin.

[@onion2533]

THAT VOLE LOOK CUTE AWWWWW

[@haveyougotyourtowel]

House mice here have been munching on the darnedest things: squash and other vegetables, paper around soap, and especially butter. It'd be messy, but butter seems like it would make a good mouse bait.

[@stargirl9875]

Voles are cute and adorable, but they're pretty much wild.

[@darkharlezucreek]

I have caught three in my house. My 100% indoor cats were playing with them all 3x. Broom, trashcan....far away outside. They do come if you have an old fieldstone cellar. They made it upstairs 3x that I know of. Probably WAY more that I do not know of.

[@TH3C4NN4BL3C0W]

i like how the auto subtitles hear 'foal' half the time. ah yes, the small trap is perfect for mice, shrews, and baby horses

[@ArlVaCitizen]

Had a flock of voles that destroyed my rug junipers. I didn’t want to use poison due to neighborhood cats; you’d think they could have taken care of the voles! Garden center recommended a solution of castor oil and water, sprayed on the remaining junipers. That was sufficient to repel them.

[@kanayiwennie2051]

That is so cute a little furball i kinda seen voles at our aunt's backyard she lives in country side of arizona were japanese but we always seen voles

[@westybestie]

I've never seen a vole before. It's a lot cuter than I thought.

[@flyingpancake3983]

Meadow voles. They also burrow through the snow in the winter

[@markiangooley]

Land I used to live on had a vast colony of voles. Tractor towing a bush hog would bring hundreds at a time to the surface...

[@halaheleu7013]

WOW! that many? Where?

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

Awesome information channel . Best mouse catcher around. Mike Espo .

[@SnowySaint]

I just caught a vole in in a bucket trap and now I have nine adorable babies! Also I live in Alaska so if you get bit you SOMETIMES get a little swelling.

[@billsomrak]

So what does a 'Vole Hole' look like? You've shown us Mole Holes, with all the dirt around them. I'm thinking maybe I have Voles, not moles, since I have holes with no dirt around them.

[@griffinkearns7683]

Hope that helps.

[@psychedforlife7176]

@Chris Banowetz I like your commenting style. It's like a kind letter from a friend.

[@larryg6507]

Sounds like voles to me

[@colstace2560]

Maybe that's what's digging my yard also 🤔🤔

[@foamer443]

@@psychedforlife7176 The Mister Rogers of rodents.

[@rbog8345]

In spain we call em "topillos" and are insanely destructive each 4 years, i sometimes hunt them with my crossbow

[@Claudia-lq3ns]

I have a small family of voles living in my back porch area. I would consider this "indoors". We don't do any gardening, but we have noticed out bumpy lawn in front. These little guys that live in my porch will come out when they hear me singing. I give them fresh greens, seeds and fresh water. They aren't being too destructive, so we made a decision to let our little friends stay and keep us company. They are so cute 😍

[@ladybug5093]

I love them 😍

[@VioletScarelli]

I saw that fanart of you and my heart just melted. Could you put that on a t-shirt? I'd buy it, but only if it had the caption "Give it a little flip"-

[@gloriavandolson2435]

I think this is what we found in our house tonight. Seemed to have a longer leaner body and shorter tail than a mouse. We do live right near a wild meadow and there are bird feeders all around our home. Somehow got into our house. It was dark grey and didnt have the big ears of a mouse.

[@jameslivingston8301]

👍👍💜 Thank you Shawn again!😷

[@S0fizzy]

Ive always wondered what it ment when the warriors were eating the voles

[@StuSchuk]

Love the music at the end

[@juliestevens2894]

We've caught two voles in our house. Two teeny juveniles caught & released, but momma is still rattling around in our basement ceiling.

[@sirdovermeyer]

My cats catch them often. They even brought one in once. It was a nightmare to catch with no traps.

[@classy_southern4637]

I have this exact trap it is one of my favorites to use

[@VenuZz]

Great video!

[@jamesshawcross3656]

Voles: the cutest pests that ever lived

[@rhymereason3449]

No... I think that title goes to chipmunks....

[@jamesshawcross3656]

@@rhymereason3449 yeah, they're definitely adorable too.

[@josephboley]

Cool video thanks for posting.

[@josepacheco9291]

Have you considered tagging the small animals you release and tracking where you release them to see if any turn up again? I’ve always wondered, how far away do you need to release small animals in order to keep them returning to the point of capture. If you release a mouse 100 yards away in a field, does he think “Ahhhh, where the heck am I!”, before settling down to his new life 100 yards away, or does he think “Ahhhh, where the heck am I! Wait, I know exactly where I am”, before starting the trek home?

[@SnowySaint]

Hey! I actually thought of that idea myself as a live catcher!

[@dorothyfrew6147]

LOL

[@xxOmponxx]

I literally just got on break and this was uploaded. Great surprise

[@howwired5656]

Love your videos

[@cobalt1754]

2:24 "Here's what I think about your traps and KZbin channel!" -vole, probably

[@dawnmichelle4403]

It's soo cute! 😍

[@Dr3Mc3Ninja]

What a rotund little fellow.

[@danielled8665]

Doors: closed Vole: ???? Also, I’d argue that shrews are more dangerous. They’re venomous; I was bitten by one, my thumb and soon while hand swelled up and the pain went right down my arm.

[@corey10gaming56]

Thanks

[@Rascal77s]

Not sure why this was in my recommend list. Not even sure why I watched the whole thing. But now I know I don't want to be bit by a vole!

[@tatianaes3354]

*WOW, looks very dangerous, indeed.* I am terrified.

[@astardustparade]

Omg it’s so cute! 😍

[@DrPriiime]

I like the longer Monday videos.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

So adorable

[@breadlowry]

Well done Shawn.