goob
Senior Member
Anybody build their own hog trap? Looking for ideas!
When I was a kid I remember my dad cutting all the small boars and releasing them . I bet they were trap shy ? That was before everyone hated them so much . And I’m pretty sure they hadn’t covered the state yet . I actually wish we had a few around where I live and primarily hunt .Just remember…all of the ones you miss with that small trip, are going to be educated when their buddies get caught in it. They will never go in a trap after that….more than likely…?
We often say about the same thing. Hogs have never been plentiful on our place in Union county. A couple of years ago hogs were heavily using our neighbors place and we started shooting them on our place and the neighbors place. Ended up getting over thirty of them before they disappeared. My son has said many times since then that he wished the hogs would come back. We had some good times while out at night watching for them.. I actually wish we had a few around where I live and primarily hunt .
I have TWO of these and used them (the ideas) to build my own. I think I have 8 or so of these kind of traps and a few corral type traps.Tractor supply sales a nice little Portable trap that works . If you have a welder you could probably build one like it for a quarter of the price . Kmac on here uses one and catches plenty View attachment 1090963
Think I might have a new hobby after seeing all this. I was going to take an old fence down and now I can use the material for a hog trap. Just have to figure out the door trap.
Tie the door to a stout cord and pull it open so that you create a 2' opening. Rig a trigger attached to a root stick and bait the root stick so that the hogs eating the corn will release the root stick causing the door to spring closed. You Tube is a great source for traps and triggers. It's rare for pigs to push their way into a trap and usually only happens when other pigs are in the trap eating. I've had it happen once in the last several years.Built one like this but it was to hard for the small eating size ones to push open . If I was trying to get rid of them and didn’t want to spend a fortune I think I’d go with this design .View attachment 1090911