So on Monday I around 6 pm I checked my Covert Cam. And this is what I saw.
See those pigs on the left inside the trap? They are about to push the tire trigger and drop the gate. Fortunately, one of these 2 boars made it in before they did that.
Boom! Down it comes! They all darted to the left, but not back at the gate ... yet.
Now they slam into the gate! The one on the outside might have gone through an upper square in the gate or he may have been on the outside anyway. It also looks like a second black one may be slipping through. (I think I'm going to tie fine mesh wire to the gate to keep this from happening again.)
10 minutes later, they are still circling the pen but settling down. I counted 18 pigs.
More boar hogs circled all night.
The next morning, they are all bedded down in the grove of trees. See them on the left in the grove, in the center of the picture? All are happy and relaxed.
At 8:30 am, they come back to the feeder and corn hole to eat. They look pretty relaxed to me.
Then a few minutes before we showed up at 5:45, the feeder went off and they came in for their last meal.
One guy with a suppressed fire rifle took out the big pigs before the real panic set in and it started getting dark. The other 3 shooters started laying them down but soon ran out of bullets. Every gun was empty but there were 5 more pigs. We went back to the house and reloaded! My neighbor kids jumped into the pen and started hauling dead pigs out. Here's a few cool pictures of us cleaning up after the rest of the pigs were shot.
All in all, we gave 18 pigs new homes last night.
Trap has been reset and is now waiting on the next set of foster pigs.
One other change I'm going to make is I'm going to wire a metal pipe to the bottom of the gate to prevent it from being bowed. I might also try to weld a 1/4" flat bar in the middle for the same reason. The gate is getting pretty heavy, though.
One other change I'm going to make is I'm going to wire a metal pipe to the bottom of the gate to prevent it from being bowed. I might also try to weld a 1/4" flat bar in the middle for the same reason. The gate is getting pretty heavy, though.
If weight is a concern I bet a 2x4 would work across the bottom. Love this idea for your trigger mechanism, might have to copy that!
Oh, in there? I think the largest one was probably 130. I dragged one to the gate so I got a pretty good idea on him. The other one was the bigger one.
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