Texas Hog Trap year 6
Wow, I can't believe it has been 6 years since I built this and trapped my first pigs. This post is just to get it started and I will be adding lots of pictures and videos soon.
For a brief recap, incase you missed the build: https://www.texasbowhunter.com/discu...sized-hog-trap
Round 2 - https://www.texasbowhunter.com/discu...g-trap-round-2
Round 3 - https://www.texasbowhunter.com/discu...g-trap-round-3
I started to cover rounds 4 and 5, but there wasn't hardly any activity so I didn't post very many.
I have trapped over 200 pigs in this over the years. This year is starting off in a banner manner.
For this year, I added an electronic trigger but was also able to keep it manual for when I am sleeping or it is too foggy to see. I've learned about redundant systems this year and the manual system backing up the electronic wireless system was a great move on my part.
In January, we starting seeing lone boars and of course we shot them and then started trapping 2 or 3 in our small box traps. Some friends came in from the north country and had heard about this from mutual friends who participated in previous trappings. They wanted to run their dogs on small pigs. Ok. So we took off on the big trap. We cut off all feeders and only put corn and apple flavored powder that Pistol found. That stuff - Apple Craze? was the golden ticket this year. Hogs cannot resist it!
For our friends, I had a sounder coming in on the Sunday before their arrival and it was everything I could do to keep from dropping that gate. I had hopes the piggies would still be coming in. They skipped the next 2 days, but on the date of our friend's arrival, the pigs returned and I called the system, dropping the gate.
I'll have to go get the pictures, but we trapped 6 pigs.
February 26, we trapped a slew of them, but before we could shoot, a massive black hog found an armadillo tunnel and quickly turned it into a hog tunnel. Most pigs escaped but we did shoot 1 and caught 4 baby piglets. The neighbors still have them and are feeding them out.
I tried to trap 2 more sounders but the battery was dead on my wireless system and I did not put corn at the trigger for the manual system. (Did I mention I learned about redundancy?)
March 10 - trapped 16 pigs. (Video later.)
March 16 - trapped 13 pigs (yes, I have video and pics).
We are up to 40 pigs this year.
I'll upload pics and video tonight.
For a brief recap, incase you missed the build: https://www.texasbowhunter.com/discu...sized-hog-trap
Round 2 - https://www.texasbowhunter.com/discu...g-trap-round-2
Round 3 - https://www.texasbowhunter.com/discu...g-trap-round-3
I started to cover rounds 4 and 5, but there wasn't hardly any activity so I didn't post very many.
I have trapped over 200 pigs in this over the years. This year is starting off in a banner manner.
For this year, I added an electronic trigger but was also able to keep it manual for when I am sleeping or it is too foggy to see. I've learned about redundant systems this year and the manual system backing up the electronic wireless system was a great move on my part.
In January, we starting seeing lone boars and of course we shot them and then started trapping 2 or 3 in our small box traps. Some friends came in from the north country and had heard about this from mutual friends who participated in previous trappings. They wanted to run their dogs on small pigs. Ok. So we took off on the big trap. We cut off all feeders and only put corn and apple flavored powder that Pistol found. That stuff - Apple Craze? was the golden ticket this year. Hogs cannot resist it!
For our friends, I had a sounder coming in on the Sunday before their arrival and it was everything I could do to keep from dropping that gate. I had hopes the piggies would still be coming in. They skipped the next 2 days, but on the date of our friend's arrival, the pigs returned and I called the system, dropping the gate.
I'll have to go get the pictures, but we trapped 6 pigs.
February 26, we trapped a slew of them, but before we could shoot, a massive black hog found an armadillo tunnel and quickly turned it into a hog tunnel. Most pigs escaped but we did shoot 1 and caught 4 baby piglets. The neighbors still have them and are feeding them out.
I tried to trap 2 more sounders but the battery was dead on my wireless system and I did not put corn at the trigger for the manual system. (Did I mention I learned about redundancy?)
March 10 - trapped 16 pigs. (Video later.)
March 16 - trapped 13 pigs (yes, I have video and pics).
We are up to 40 pigs this year.
I'll upload pics and video tonight.
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