Trapping Wild Hogs
Trapping wild hogs becomes a problem-solving option for landowners when the mammal has overtaken their property and starts to inflict damage. Many times a property owner might not even realize they have wild hogs canvasing the area unless they physically see the animal or start noticing visible signs of a pig problem. Wild hogs have been known to be aggressive, so anyone dealing with them needs to use extreme caution.
U.S. Wild Hog History and Their Range
In the 1500s, Spanish explorers brought the first pigs to the Americas and during the following years of colonization and the habits of free-ranging livestock, the pigs escaped their enclosures and established populations of wild hogs, which spread. In early portions of the 1900s, Eurasian wild hogs were introduced for hunting purposes and they too escaped their enclosures, leading to larger interbred populations that spread …show more content…
They usually range in size of 4-feet tall and 6-feet long and 4-feet wide, or 4-feet wide, 5-feet tall and 12-feet long. This style of trap differs from box traps in that they have an overhead enclosure, which can trap untargeted species such as deer and not allow them to exit the trap. Cage traps trap small quantities of wild hogs, but are easy for one person to handle.
Corral Traps:
If you desire to trap a large population of wild hogs then corral traps are the way to go. Using a circular deign over square allows the hogs to spread out and not congregate into one corner. Construct a corral trap by securing 16-foot by 5-foot wire livestock panels together using U-bolts and installing a 5-foot tall trap door. Generally, three to four panels secured together is large enough to capture a small group of hogs, though you can increase the trap’s size by adding more panels. The con to using corral traps is the extra time it takes to set them up.
Steps to Trapping Wild
Trapping wild hogs becomes a problem-solving option for landowners when the mammal has overtaken their property and starts to inflict damage. Many times a property owner might not even realize they have wild hogs canvasing the area unless they physically see the animal or start noticing visible signs of a pig problem. Wild hogs have been known to be aggressive, so anyone dealing with them needs to use extreme caution.
U.S. Wild Hog History and Their Range
In the 1500s, Spanish explorers brought the first pigs to the Americas and during the following years of colonization and the habits of free-ranging livestock, the pigs escaped their enclosures and established populations of wild hogs, which spread. In early portions of the 1900s, Eurasian wild hogs were introduced for hunting purposes and they too escaped their enclosures, leading to larger interbred populations that spread …show more content…
They usually range in size of 4-feet tall and 6-feet long and 4-feet wide, or 4-feet wide, 5-feet tall and 12-feet long. This style of trap differs from box traps in that they have an overhead enclosure, which can trap untargeted species such as deer and not allow them to exit the trap. Cage traps trap small quantities of wild hogs, but are easy for one person to handle.
Corral Traps:
If you desire to trap a large population of wild hogs then corral traps are the way to go. Using a circular deign over square allows the hogs to spread out and not congregate into one corner. Construct a corral trap by securing 16-foot by 5-foot wire livestock panels together using U-bolts and installing a 5-foot tall trap door. Generally, three to four panels secured together is large enough to capture a small group of hogs, though you can increase the trap’s size by adding more panels. The con to using corral traps is the extra time it takes to set them up.
Steps to Trapping Wild