Hog trapping weekend

We always toss them this time of year. Too hot and bacteria grows fast. Us.

Some guy a fellow club member knows in Clinton said he’ll take anything we don’t want except old boars. We ain’t caught shite anyway, probably should have baited them last weekend so they’d get used to it. One trap had all corn eaten outside trap, so at least they know about it. We just left the bait inside, hoping a youngster will venture into it today/ tonight. White cans and pastalaya under the pine trees this afternoon anyhow.

Sounds like some Catahoula baws.

If anyone is serious about controlling hogs, invest in a cellular electronic corral trap with rigid panels which can be set up by 1 person in 30-45 min. The most important step in catching whole sounders is to bait them before you build the trap. Put a camera on bait and scout size and composition of sounder. When they’ve come in at least 4 days in a row, then build the trap around the bait and don’t drop gate until all the pigs are in. If gate is dropped on a partial sounder, the pigs outside become educated and trap shy.

I’m dealer in LA/MS for Jager Pro since I retired from
career in 2017 and have been catching pigs for a long damn time. Over 1300 on my place since I bought my first Jager Pro trap in 2012 and they’re still filing in as fast as I catch them. Hate them sobs with a passion.

Half 5 gal bucket of corn, one beer, one pack of yeast, grape or strawberry koolaid pack, fill with water…keep filling with water for a week till bucket is just corn. Put in trap…absolute best hog trap bait

Just for shits and giggles, we hung them on a scale at camp, 2 weighed 42 pounds each and the other was 46 pounds, so we were off a little.

It takes patience but it’s very effective, but give Pig Brig consideration if you’re wanting to look into a trapping system. My only concern towards any hog trapping system where a gate shuts is the pigs you don’t catch inside that gate when it closes…they will never go inside one after that. The Pig Brig lets them get accustomed to the netting over time and once you’ve got them coming in and they’re comfortable you can trap them all. My forester sends me snaps of his and he catches 20-30 at a time.

I enjoy using cable snares for hogs. Not for large scale volume control but you can easily adapt as they change their trails. And it’s very economical. And I’ve never caught a dog or deer or non target animal. The success rate is less but like the big traps you got to let them get a sense of security with their trails and the new smell.

They eat it, can’t digest it and it plugs them up and they die a slow death.