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I've had no mouse activity this Fall/Winter, then all of the sudden
within the last week there's poop everywhere.

I've put traps out. I have 2 kinds: spring traps, and the kind that
squeeze the mouse until he suffocates (my favorite).

I baited them with peanut butter, and the little *******s lick them
clean every night! I don't know how they do it. I've tested the
traps and they all have hair triggers. They usually go off when I'm
just setting them down.

What should I bait them with that will cause the little pricks to have
to work at it?

I use PB and smear it all over and under the trigger as others suggest.
It is also important to put traps in the mice's runways and you can even
catch them without bait. In spots safe from kids or pets, I also use
poison bait. Also use flat open glue traps which also catch other
beasties like large spiders.