WWII Soldier K-Ration Mouse Trap Catches Rats & Mice. Mousetrap Monday.

During WWII U.S. Soldiers made mouse traps from K-Ration boxes. In this video we catch rats and mice.
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[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

*_"Let's get this out onto a tray. Nice."_* *_"Nice hiss."_*

[@gwiyomikim5988]

Finally figured out your comment refers to catch phrases used in the MRE channel Shawn plugged! Thanks.

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

@@gwiyomikim5988 congrats. you solved the puzzle du jour. 😃

[@explorenaked]

Looked like the first rat had a dead eye. No reflection in the left eye at all. Not sure if that was the one that accepted the Shawn Woods relocation plan or not.

[@R8V10]

That article was quite enjoyable to read!

[@GCJACK83]

Smitty? Sheeeeeeyit, my gramps was in the European theater back in WWII and was known as Smitty. I doubt it's the same guy, though. as for the K Ration, that most often contained a strip of toilet paper, a few cigarettes, some matches to light the cigarettes, a meal, a drink, usually coffee, and a Hershey candy bar that the soldiers would usually hand out to local children who more than likely never had chocolate until that time.

[@MB-st7be]

If it was Hershey's those poor kids still haven't tasted chocolate!

[@timmynormand8082]

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[@timmynormand8082]

Made plenty like this as rabbit traps. Same trigger system

[@jimmiller6704]

That has one of the better trigger systems.

[@davidh.4944]

ISTM that there has been an increase in native deer mice (and wood rats, I guess) being caught recently, and fewer non-native "humane dispatches"-and their accompanying wildlife appearances. I wonder if Shawn's efforts have been affecting the population balance there.

[@jsbach1750]

Definitely my suspicion as well!

[@Rdr2449]

No, it’s more he’s not allowed to kill animals anymore

[@RoxUnlimited]

@@Rdr2449he still dispatches the non native species off camera…

[@davidh.4944]

@@Rdr2449 Um, no? His videos will just not be monetized if he shows the deaths on-screen, so he either finds some way to hide the action, or converts the traps to live capture. Then if the rodent captured is a non-native species he humanely "dispatches" them off-screen (with CO₂, AIUI) and feeds the carcasses to wildlife. And if it's native he hauls it out into the wild and releases it, like today. I am simply pointing out that I have seen much more of the latter recently than the former. The ratio of native to non-native species seems to be changing in his neck of the woods. Almost like he's managed to kill off most of the non-native rodents. Unless you have heard somthing about policy changes that I haven't. But I watch every video, and he has never said anything to my knowledge.

[@Rdr2449]

@@RoxUnlimited yes but he can’t use kill traps anymore but I don’t think he’s allowed to say what he does with non native species even though we all know

[@stephendaurie9344]

reminds me of the homemade live traps my family had when I was a kid. the difference was they were made with a wooden frame and wire mash and much larger for catching Racoons, they did catch rats and weasels from time to time

[@forteandblues]

Steve mre is a damn legend. Thanks for the shoutout vicariously

[@denisewoolsey4735]

Those are very similar to the rabbit traps my dad used.

[@THEDUDEABlDES]

Yeah I used to build rabbit trap similar to this myself. So satisfying

[@treed873]

I've seen that one eyed rat before. He must have found his way back to your barn. Nice build!

[@sejembalm]

Ahh! Giant one-sided rat! To quote the Lovecraftian Burniston video, "There's an unnameable, unimaginable thing in my basement ": "The size? It's cyclopian in scale; immeasurably huge to the point where if you saw the whole thing at once you'd be driven instantly insane. It's hard to get a grasp of the actual size, what with all the non-Euclidean geometry flying around in that basement, so I want it punted."

[@madv40mike]

Let's get this trap onto a try, nice

[@awatt]

Nice hiss

[@tehkill3r]

"The K-Rat Mouse Trap, lets set this out in a barn, mice!"

[@razorboyXVII]

Very impressive, Shawn!

[@skippes_view]

Yes thank you Molly .. I’ll be making one to use in my greenhouse.😊

[@facesmile4667]

still glad I subscribed years ago!

[@THEDUDEABlDES]

Good job Shawn. I will be building it.

[@tpl608]

Pet mice PTSD alert. Lol

[@SaycoRa]

Good work Crawdaddy.

[@Caramel_Latte_is_Delicious]

Yay! Great video Shawn! I love that you mention Steve1989, hes another favorite creator of mine :)

[@LuckyStone888]

Thank you for the interesting content.

[@can-cruiser]

Man, that's a MASSIVE rat.. leaning towards the size of a rabbit..!!

[@2copy3copy4cpoy]

Steve × Shawn crossover! two of the best youtube channels ever

[@AdamosDad]

When I was 10 or 12 dad, built us a rabbit trap, same thing but scaled up, he was in the pacific war, I wonder if that is where he got the idea.

[@muskokamike127]

we've seen that 1 eyed rate before......

[@eamonahern7495]

Nice that it can be dual purpose, both mice and rats.

[@shuitaoyang]

How the trigger hold in place? Thanks

[@HipsterianArchive]

I would die happy if there were some sort of Shawn Woods and and Steve1989 crossover video where you did a video together, you're my favorite youtubers!

[@fragglet]

Looks like that rat had a bad left eye

[@vicionez]

I've watched your channel for several years now, so that gave me an idea. The rat pulled the trigger and this opened the door. Perhaps replacing trigger with a string that mice or rats chew on might solve this potential problem.

[@mojavepatrol4767]

in the pacific theater the rat problem was so bad in some areas that the powers that be offered a bounty of one can of beer for every rat tail brought in.

[@dustinh4175]

Cool trap

[@billbucktube]

Since there is ingenuity shown here, is there OUTgenuity?

[@HARRUMPH-SAL]

4:03 Shawn... didn’t you just discuss sealing holes and entryways in a recent video to keep rodents out?

[@censusgary]

I didn’t realize K-Rations came in wood boxes. That must have used up a lot of wood!

[@gkeyman565]

nice trap, have a great day

[@mqa1963]

pretty much a rabbit gum.. good job !!

[@bigpoppajersh]

Steve 1989 videos are awesome. Hope he sees this and gives you a shout-out too

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

Might work a bit better if the trigger somehow detached so the door couldn't be lifted up, but it's far enough away that I don't think it matters too much

[@dustinandrews89019]

We had traps like this that pull a pin that was holding the door. So once it was set off the trigger was no longer attached to anything.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

@@dustinandrews89019 something like that, yeah

[@erikmcdaniel5736]

THAT WAS COOL AS HE**LL ! TO WATCH I LOVE YOUR VIDEO

[@ihcfn]

Shout out to Steve1989......nice!

[@madv40mike]

My thoughts too

[@tpl608]

Looks like a kid's wooden truck. Lol

[@varcherry421]

great video- trying to get the vidoe more popular

[@tpl608]

WW2. They should have used a 10 gallon bucket and walk the plank. They had those supplies.

[@justausername1]

@GoldShawFarm for your rats!

[@rawbacon]

Better late than never, that article was less than 2 months before the war was over.

[@cwookdev]

I bet @Steve1989MRE would like this

[@kyngzay9124]

I heart mousetrap

[@CanadianBakin42O]

Weeb

[@xai38-809]

Weeb

[@michaelmcgourty9535]

SW is the BEST!

[@LisaG-fu9zp]

The soldiers would of been impressed with this

[@tenchuu007]

Why are native versions of animals so much cuter?

[@bellenesatan]

Because they evolved in harmony with their home environment rather than in spite of it.

[@KelikakuCoutin]

Thanks for the content. Keep up the good work. בס'ד

[@oldrrocr]

they probably liked the rat meat better than the rations.😅

[@dennisfisher1430]

Same basic trap as the ones in the old paintings from a few years ago.

[@WestTennessee]

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[@MrDanbecker]

🙂👍🥂

[@mickymouse1232]

THUMBS UP "

[@Pygar2]

No link to the pdf? BOO!

[@abidanjose4109]

👍👍👍👍🧐🧐🧐🧐🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@tpl608]

Go to any nuclear shelter and see plus 70 year cans of biscuits.

[@merlesgarage]

In metal containers...

[@tpl608]

@@merlesgarage yes. Sealed ones. They are probably dust by now. It is a felony to open them

[@Muladeseis]

Since that trap looks like a wooden vehicle, I think you may camouflage it with military colors and make it look like a vehicle.

[@faizalf119]

When I saw the thumbnail I thought it's a trap for soldiers and rat is some kind of nickname for them

[@Rambone1957]

What are you using for bait. And it looks like it just traps 1 at time. Lame.

[@markhodgson2348]

You could eat them instead of the rations provided

[@THEDUDEABlDES]

😂 maybe you could. But rats carry diseases and plague

[@daveco1270]

Seems like some sort of bucket trap would have allowed the soldiers to catch more than one mouse at a time. I wonder about that rats eye. One was very reflective but the other wasn't. He should have that looked at my a professional.

[@tpl608]

As always Shawn, gloves Shawn, gloves. Protect yourself and your family.

[@midge486]

I’m sure you leave this comment on every video🙄

[@portersorensen8814]

For as long as he has been doing this, I’m sure he understands the risk and knows if they are or are not necessary

[@corey6393]

go away troll

[@tpl608]

@@corey6393 the troll is you.

[@tpl608]

@@midge486 just for figure that out? Have sinc his 4th video.

[@deliciousMRE]

Really interesting project. The mice and rats are still a problem on the frontline today.

[@deshaefromarounthawayricha7324]

Who else is watching this while they at work?👨🏾‍🔧

[@WestTennessee]

👍🏻😎🇺🇸