Question on hog trapping

So gotta question for hog trappers that a little bit out of the box.
So looking at the longer game where your both shooting trapping and snaring hogs in conjunction, would using a trap initially that only target larger s hogs be beneficial? Now the trap I'm talking about would be something similar to one of them big cattle pannel l coon trap looking deals that's been set up to only trigger on big hogs. Little ones and come in and out all they want but only one of the right hight can trigger it.and there three or four ways I'm looking at this rn.
Now my idea behind this is from looking into guys who do alot of the thermal stuff in conjunction with cell traps and the like , it seems at least from listing to their dialogue once you take out certain members of a sounder ( and apparently the whole sounders things is..... A contested argument with the advent of the Judas system and what it's revealed) that the rest of the group kinda becomes ....aimless for lack of a better word and more susceptible to other forms of control.
Now I know everyone says that the corral traps are the best thing to use but there seems to be various circumstances where they cannot be properly used for various reasons. Be it lack of cell service , bad terrain, or just plain cost. I'm just trying to figure out how you could possibly get the most impact out of one of th se traps as possible. And I know alot of folks think that is strictly how many you can catch in one go but again after studying some guys who really do this hardcore I'm starting to think there might be more to this then just that.
Anyhow just curious what y'all thought...

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.

That's actually a common design 6 figured traps what their called

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.

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.

Interesting

Never had them b able to get out of that style ?

I will occasionally use a trap with a top on it but things have to be just right.

I have no desire to have to kill another deer that beat itself up past saving in a hog trap. Open top cattle panel traps they can jump out of. Don't tie off the panels over halfway up and hogs have a hard time climbing out because the panel bows back and dumps them off

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.

Just another day in paradise!

A recent catch. An entire group of 31 caught at one time in one of my cellular wireless equipped, monitored, and triggered coral style traps in Central Florida. This was possible by the use of cellular and IR trail cameras to monitor the group and obtain an accurate headcount, use a trap capable of holding the entire group, begin a prebaiting regimen to entice all into the trap daily, then patiently waiting until the time was right and all were in the trap at one time, and only then triggering the gate. The time period for the process was about three weeks. The group was comprised of mature male and pregnant females with three generations of offspring. Within a few months that number of hogs could/would have doubled or trippled.

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?

Like I said, I deeply respect you hog dudes and dudettes. You are my heros.

Built a small circle trap for about $100. Works great. Make sure you really secure the panels to your posts, or they will rip the panels up and get out. They are also pretty good jumpers for their size. Very aggressive when caught.

We use a Hog Eye trap. Think the most we caught at once was 13, but we don’t generally have large sounders to deal with. We had used the panel style with the gate but had deer get spooked inside and actually get their heads stuck in the panel. This new style trap is raised and falls. Comes in a few pieces and one man can actually set it up himself, but much easier with 2.

What we’ve seen with shooting is it will generally run them off for a while so it doesn’t do much unless you can specifically target the larger sows and boars.

Dogs do nothing but run the hogs off after catching one. It would be different if they left for good but they don’t. They’ll be back.

If I was to get another, I think we’d try a pig brig. No cameras needed, not that we have any issue with a cell signal where we’re trapping, but want to see if it’s as good as they say.

Guy I know doing really well with a Pig Brig. A true continuous catch trap. Has caught 24 at one time. He has only had the trap six months so jury is still out on durability. No phone service needed. Set it in the bottoms and if water comes up, dont have to worry. About $2k - so not nearly as much as the phone triggered traps.