re: Overrun With Hogs

Large scale removal requires large scale thinking.

Set up a large round pin at least 4 ft high. A 4' by 100' to 150' roll of 4" hog/goat fencing will work well. place t posts every 4 ft or around the perimeter and make sure you secure the bottom of the fencing to the T psots well. It is important you have no corners as the hogs will actually stack up in the corners and jump over the fence. Have someone make you a drop style trap door with a cable trigger or a one way door 3 to 4 ft wide for the front. Try to find a natural funnel near your pond that guides them into the trap and try to place the trap so if follows the tree shrub/ line.

Put a spin feeder that throws only at night (stake it down with t posts) in the trap and wire the gate open for a week or more until you know the are coming to it good. Set the trap while leaving as little scent behind as possible (rubber boots, leather gloves) and make sure to check it the next morning. If it works well you should have 20-30 hogs.

Find some one who wants all the hogs first as some people will actually buy them from you live. If no one wants them, but a 22LR in each of their heads and cut out the back straps.

Repeat the process the next day. Then let the trap sit for two weeks wired open and repeat again two days in a row.

Shot at any remaning hogs you see while hunting and you should have a couple of hog free months... if you are lucky.