Hog Trapping advice - figure "C" trap?

You can't really "attract them" to get into a trap. If you want to trap hogs, start feeding them. Get them coming every night. Then, start slowly building the trap around the bait spot. A little bit ever day or every weekend until your trap is built.

Yes, they will use a diesel fuel rubbing post. But it's not something I would use in a trap. And I wouldn't waste time "flavoring" your corn. Do it if you want to. But straight corn is just as good, with less mess.

Just my 2c: Pigs are getting wise to traps, as well as bait stations. It used to be that once I got them coming to bait, they would come every night until I shot them or trapped them. Now, my pigs are much more unpredictable. The same group will hit the bait 2-3 nights a week instead of every night.

Also, they seem more willing to drop bait for other feed. For instance, they may come for a week or so. And then something in the woods blooms. A fresh plant, or some sort of root comes into flavor. Who knows? But for absolutely no reason, they'll just quit using my bait stations.

They are many times smarter than a deer. So, I guess what I'm saying is: Don't be surprised if this isn't as easy as you hoped it would be.

As for a trap where they squeeze in but can't find their way out: I've never heard of it, but my guess is it won't work. They're not fish. If they come in a tight hole, they'll go right back out the same way. That's a pretty educated guess.

Pigs are so many different sizes...

This doesn't make any sense to me

We caught 9 of them at 1 timein atrap similar to that in Texas last year. Only difference is that ours had a swinging door with a spring attached. The door was propped open with a 2' piece of wood tied to a cable about 30' or so. The cable was then run through a couple pulleys to the opposite side of the pen. We spread corn throughout the pen and when the hogs made their way to the other side, they tripped the trigger cable and the spring pulls the door shut.

I was told you don't want to shoot the hogs in the trap after you catch them because it will take a very long time for more pigs to go in the trap with the blood and stuff in there.

We caught 175 in one of these, in the same spot, over the course of 7 months. So.....



ETA: They were all shot in the trap.

We built one a month ago here in Louisiana using horse panels and 8' tee posts. To get them used to it, we wired it open for the first two weeks. Then propped open the entrance with a small stick so the little ones could get in and an adult would hit the stick causing it to close. We caught 4 so far. Unfortunately the tiny babies couldn't push in once the mom went in. We also had pictures of hogs around the trap that wouldn't push in once the 4 were caught. I've read some people's opinions that they never see hogs push in after the first ones were caught.

We don't have the means of transporting live hogs away from the trap so we shot them inside. Currently waiting on the hogs to return.