Re: Question on hog trapping
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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02/24/22 10:53 PM
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Yukon John
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I have wondered if a guy couldn't make a pen with a funnel, sorta like a giant fish trap, and act like fish in a barrel.
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Re: Question on hog trapping
[Re: Turd Furgeson]
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02/25/22 02:01 PM
02/25/22 02:01 PM
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Wolfdog91
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Yes targeting the mature pigs first then dealing with the piglets later will be much easier than catching the piglets then trying to deal with an educated sow or boar, but you really need to try and get them all at one capture if possible. I’ve had entire Sounders disappear for weeks or forever after leaving “witness pigs”. Your best bet that’s relatively cheap would be a 3 panel trap with a 6 ft gate. I’ve personally seen 26 caught in a 3 panel. Drop traps are definitely the way to go in the long run, adult pigs will generally enter a completely raised drop trap in 1-2 nights if they haven’t been (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) with, so less pre baiting required. To avoid catching only small pigs just set your trip wire higher or use a tripwire wired to a heavy log that only a big pig can push around. Interesting
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Re: Question on hog trapping
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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02/25/22 09:16 PM
02/25/22 09:16 PM
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Mark June
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I have a deep respect and admiration for you hog getters. It is flat hard work with heavy gear and catching critters with little bitty things running all over them. Ah, no, thank, you.
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Re: Question on hog trapping
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02/25/22 09:24 PM
02/25/22 09:24 PM
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Turd Furgeson
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I have a deep respect and admiration for you hog getters. It is flat hard work with heavy gear and catching critters with little bitty things running all over them. Ah, no, thank, you. I did 3 years in pig (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) as a pig trapper, I knew day 1 on the job I’d made a huge mistake. Basically nothing enjoyable about it, even when you made a good catch you then had to deal with dragging them out in mud with ticks chiggers, skeeters, gnats bothering you. Loading corn every day, pounding t posts in rocky ground in 90 percent humidity, loading and unloading 16 ft panels....couldn’t get back to coyotes fast enough.
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Re: Question on hog trapping
[Re: Aix sponsa]
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02/26/22 01:10 PM
02/26/22 01:10 PM
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This one is shaped like a rectangular fish trap. The front side is setup with a straight funnel entrance with the cattle panels forming a cone. The back side has a more conventional flap gate. I rig the trap with a notched and hinged 2x2 that fires the gate once an adult starts feeding in the trap. Once fired, the flap gate allows additional pigs to enter. My best catch to date in that trap is 20. I've used similar setup and worked well but I had too much tension on my entry point. I haven't took the time to set one up again. Anyone having trouble with random robo calls tripping your cellular triggered gates?
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Re: Question on hog trapping
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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02/26/22 07:34 PM
02/26/22 07:34 PM
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Mark June
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Mark June
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Like I said, I deeply respect you hog dudes and dudettes. You are my heros.
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