Hog trap/Deer feed pen question...Paging BleedingPurple

Are you wanting this be used as a hog trap and feed pen simultaneously?

More or less. Probably feed pen during deer season, and then trap now that the season has ended, but it's still cool out. Good excuse to get back into the woods and shoot stuff..

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want the option of using that pen as a hog trap.

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I've seen it done. but they are tasked different at different times. combo hog trap/feeder pen will be effective as a trap and less effective as a feed pen. I would suggest only using it as a trap once or twice in a year and then running as feed pen rest of the time. So basically build a trap and tie the door open most of the time.

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What style trap door is best suited for this scenario?

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I still like a walk through spring loaded door with vertical hinges. Similar to something you would normally walk through in your home. The link has a picture of it. A guillotine door would work too.

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How tall do the panels need to be so that deer can hop in, but trapped hogs can't get out?

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Anything under 48" or anything with corners pigs will climb out of. Deer can easily hop out of 48" but fawns can not. Thus, I build all corral traps round and 20 to 30 ft diameter with 48" high sides.


If you use a guillotine door you could rig it so when door is closed and pen is used as feed pen the space over door is less than 48" high and open. You need 32" tall to keep hogs out of pen but doe and fawns jump that easily. Just make sure that when used as a trap you put a piece of plywood extending to 48" high over the space created when the door closes so the hogs wont get out there.

btw don't worry about putting a free choice protein feeder in a feed pen. just put it outside the pen. hogs cant reach it anyway. use T posts to anchor though.

"9" traps work ok for hogs but if you get a real big one it will push the "door" back through the pen.


Also use T posts on trap every 4 to 6 ft max. There is lots of info on trap build in the stickied thread.



The ability to pick up and move a separate trap to the area the hogs are using vs a dual purpose feed pen/trap is an advantage. You want your feed pen in a set spot so you develop patterns. You want to be able to move your trap ideally.



Deer will eat soured corn but not often. They will not eat diesel corn.

In my experience hogs get smart with corrals making this a waste of time. Your idea with putting a pen around your feeders is good. All of my feeders have hog panels around them. However a hog will get trained on them very quickly. You will need to be able to move them around and disguise the trap for long term success. Get a guy to weld traps using that hog panel and rig them up with a gate that drops straight down vertically. Use a pulley and tie a piece of metal barely underneath the gate to a trigger at the back of the pen.