Long story short:
My dad left for the deer lease this afternoon and asked me to check on the two pig traps that he is running on the ranch neighboring my parents place (yes, with permission from the land owner).
When I talked to him he mentioned that he didn't have time to check them this morning so I figured there might be pigs in there from last night and I better go look.
As I walk up to the first trap, I hear the panels of the trap rattling and I smile to myself as I chamber a round into the .22... As I get closer the rattling of metal gets more frantic and I become more excited and think "maybe it's a big ole boar, or maybe there's 4-5 pigs in there!"
No. It was a 1.5 year old spike beating the living **** out of himself trying to get out of the trap.
I immediately ran to the trap, dropping the .22 in the process (I know, not safe). My quick movement didn't help the situation as the spike doubled his effort to escape what I'm sure he thought was certain death. He got his head caught between the gaps of the panels due to his short spikes, and began bawling something awful. I could go the rest of my life without hearing that noise again.
I get the trap door locked open as fast as I possibly can but his head is still caught. Luckily, his horns were short enough for him to free himself without my help. He continued to beat the holy hell out of himself in the trap until I backed away and he found the open door and hauled *** out of there!
As he left I noticed him bleeding all over his face and out of his mouth. I hope he has no broken bones and makes a full recovery.
We even had tried to prevent this from happening by putting wire across the door so that only pigs could squeeze through. I guess that wasn't enough.
Anyways, that's my story. I feel horrible for what happened. And I hope that spike is okay!
My dad left for the deer lease this afternoon and asked me to check on the two pig traps that he is running on the ranch neighboring my parents place (yes, with permission from the land owner).
When I talked to him he mentioned that he didn't have time to check them this morning so I figured there might be pigs in there from last night and I better go look.
As I walk up to the first trap, I hear the panels of the trap rattling and I smile to myself as I chamber a round into the .22... As I get closer the rattling of metal gets more frantic and I become more excited and think "maybe it's a big ole boar, or maybe there's 4-5 pigs in there!"
No. It was a 1.5 year old spike beating the living **** out of himself trying to get out of the trap.
I immediately ran to the trap, dropping the .22 in the process (I know, not safe). My quick movement didn't help the situation as the spike doubled his effort to escape what I'm sure he thought was certain death. He got his head caught between the gaps of the panels due to his short spikes, and began bawling something awful. I could go the rest of my life without hearing that noise again.
I get the trap door locked open as fast as I possibly can but his head is still caught. Luckily, his horns were short enough for him to free himself without my help. He continued to beat the holy hell out of himself in the trap until I backed away and he found the open door and hauled *** out of there!
As he left I noticed him bleeding all over his face and out of his mouth. I hope he has no broken bones and makes a full recovery.
We even had tried to prevent this from happening by putting wire across the door so that only pigs could squeeze through. I guess that wasn't enough.
Anyways, that's my story. I feel horrible for what happened. And I hope that spike is okay!
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