Monday, August 8, 2011
How do I catch a wild hog?
Yes I have an answer for you. You need to get yourself some heavy (Tubular steel posts) and some very strong steel fencing. You will make a trap for the pigs by having them walk into a trap door gate that they push open to get in, but they can't open it to get out. you will dig in posts into the ground about 5 feet away from each other in a circular or square shape and then attach the fence to them making a corral or kennel. You could also use heavy trees as posts to attach the fence too. You will make a heavy duty spring retained one way door for the pigs to push open. you can throw bait in the center so the pig will be lured in. This is very effective but by the sounds of it, you need to make a permanent trap for all those hogs around there. You can then go back in the morning WITH SOMEONE ELSE ALWAYS AND BOTH OF YOU SHOULD BE ARMED AT MINIMUM WITH 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN WITH SLUGS or a rifle with equally high stopping power like a 30 06 or 30 30. Do not ever go out to the pin without being in a vehicle capable of going to the site and/or being armed to stop a charging 500 pound or heavier boar. I mention this because if their is a couple young pigs in the pin that can't get out, the mother pig may be sitting right out side of the pin trying to stay with her young and will attack viciously to protect her caged young. Always be careful and NEVER NEVER go to a pig pen alone. If you get hurt or wounded by a pig, you could be killed if nobody is their to help you. Check out videos of pig traps on you tube and you'll get an idea. It works very well. When you go back to the trap in the morning, the pigs will be trapped in the big cage and you can shoot them on site with your firearms right in the cage. You can adjust the size of the trap to your standards or the area. A 50 foot circle would be ideal to allow room for multiple pigs to enter and graze for the evening...... and don't forget to donate the dead hogs to the local butcher for feeding the homeless or less fortunate. Thank you if you decide to donate the hogs. Its very sportsman like of you and of course keep some for yourself to be processed into delicious lean bacon for breakfast. Sorry to hear about your cattle getting maimed. Those hogs are something else.
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