How long for hogs to come to trap? Paging BP

It may be a little soon, but it won't hurt to ride by and see. If its the type you build in place your going to be leaving a lot of scent. You building the octagon type out of cattle fence panels?

I've caught multiple hogs in just a few hours. Doesn't happen often but it does happen.

Leaving the gate up with no food in it doesn't make sense, they have no reason to go in it. I would put bait in it and leave the door open. That way all the hogs in the area will get used to going in and out. Once you have a large number using it, then you set the gate. If it's new and hogs come up to other ones trapped, they won't go in.

I find that just regular old deer corn works as well as any of those special hog blends. Especially when it's not deer season, you'll be the only one baiting, so it won't take much to get them drawn in.

Just my .02. Good luck!

We start baiting. Then build the trap around the feed site. Finally, we rig the trap and usually fill it up. They pretty cautious and around here, most have seen traps. Doing it this way increases your catch. Doing it right away make get you a couple small ones, but the odds of making a major dent goes down.

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Buddy built the octagon type on his place in an area they were tearing up. They were in it in no time. I want to say they had captured close to 70 out of that trap last season. Baited it again during turkey season and had some in it within a couple days.

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It's faster if its in a place they already come to and if they've never been trapped. Most of the hogs around here have seen a trap before so you gotta be more careful. And we have to try and make our traps look different. Hogs are extremely smart and can educate other hogs. What makes it tough here is that people will trap them and relocate them here to hunt. We'll now they're educated.

Good advice in here. For catching a big sounder built trap and bait with door open till you see activity in and around trap then set trap to catch.

Sometimes days sometimes weeks. Depending on population and location of trap. Scout and fine fresh sign and set trap there and you will have quicker success.