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Trap shy pigs #3032438 02/04/20 05:06 PM 02/04/20 05:06 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,311 Alabama T T-town OP 8 point
T-town OP 8 point T Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,311 Alabama	Twice this winter we've had remote traps set up from USDA invasive species guys. First trap was a fixed panel with 2 drop gates and the current one is a Boar Buster. Different locations and different sounders of pigs. Pigs have been hitting same site every day/night for 2 weeks and then the trap is brought in. After trap is there, pigs are gone, only to show up on another camera in different area. Any suggestions other than dogs, IR/thermal rifles and putting up hog fences?

Re: Trap shy pigs [Re: T-town] #3032567 02/04/20 07:16 PM 02/04/20 07:16 PM
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 10,399 northport deadeye48 Booner
deadeye48 Booner Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 10,399 northport	Bait the traps real good and be patient...they'll be around when they feel comfortable with them When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself The older I get the better I used to be

Re: Trap shy pigs [Re: deadeye48] #3032782 02/04/20 09:58 PM 02/04/20 09:58 PM
Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 146 Rock Creek P PYhunter 3 point
PYhunter 3 point P Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 146 Rock Creek	If we have a sounder that's shy of the trap after we put it up we take 100# of corn, put it in a tub, pour a case of Natties in it, cover it and let it sour for a couple of weeks. Put it in and around the trap and leave it alone. They'll show up for it eventually.

Re: Trap shy pigs [Re: PYhunter] #3042037 02/14/20 12:25 PM 02/14/20 12:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 5,101 Opp Alabama bward85 12 point
bward85 12 point Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 5,101 Opp Alabama	Originally Posted by PYhunter If we have a sounder that's shy of the trap after we put it up we take 100# of corn, put it in a tub, pour a case of Natties in it, cover it and let it sour for a couple of weeks. Put it in and around the trap and leave it alone. They'll show up for it eventually. How dare you waste Natties that way😄

Re: Trap shy pigs [Re: T-town] #3055351 02/29/20 10:47 PM 02/29/20 10:47 PM
Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 8,077 Right behind you Mbrock Fancy
Mbrock Fancy Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 8,077 Right behind you	Leave it baited. They’ll eventually go in. Takes a great deal of patience to catch some sounders but I’ve never seen a group that can’t be caught. Bait it a lot on the outside until they get comfy with it. Then move the bait near the door. Then go inside and only offer bait inside. They’ll go in with time.

Re: Trap shy pigs [Re: T-town] #3057123 03/03/20 11:56 AM 03/03/20 11:56 AM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8,030 Central Alabama M muzziehead 14 point
muzziehead 14 point M Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8,030 Central Alabama	We have a boar that refuses to enter the trap. We have pics of him every single night for the past two weeks walking around the trap and right up to the door but will not enter the trap. I guess we are just going to have to kill him the old fashioned way. Last edited by muzziehead; 03/03/20 08:14 PM. "Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."

Re: Trap shy pigs [Re: T-town] #3057269 03/03/20 03:33 PM 03/03/20 03:33 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,744 Lower AL K k bush 12 point
k bush 12 point K Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,744 Lower AL	I'd remove the snare reference since the state refuses to consider the use of hog snares. Louisianna and Texas use them effectively and they another tool in the toolbox for hogs. I've suggested creating a special opportunity license for hog snaring with some training and reporting requirements but it gets no traction. I figured if you sold it as a "special opportunity" fee program they would be on it like a chicken on a junebug. "Cull" is just another four letter word...

Re: Trap shy pigs [Re: T-town] #3059566 03/05/20 10:15 PM 03/05/20 10:15 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 11,347 Prattville AL E ElkHunter Booner
ElkHunter Booner E Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 11,347 Prattville AL	Originally Posted by T-town Twice this winter we've had remote traps set up from USDA invasive species guys. First trap was a fixed panel with 2 drop gates and the current one is a Boar Buster. Different locations and different sounders of pigs. Pigs have been hitting same site every day/night for 2 weeks and then the trap is brought in. After trap is there, pigs are gone, only to show up on another camera in different area. Any suggestions other than dogs, IR/thermal rifles and putting up hog fences? Call me. Alabama Hog Control, Inc. www.alabamahogcontrol.com Barry Estes The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke

Re: Trap shy pigs [Re: T-town] #3062325 03/09/20 06:13 PM 03/09/20 06:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 19,661 Pelham Ben2 Old Mossy Horns
Ben2 Old Mossy Horns Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 19,661 Pelham	I have had to slowly set the trap up. Some pigs dont like a trap just appearing some need you to put poles in the ground around the trap so they get comfortable going in and out of gaps. Then once they are comfortable bring in a few pieces of panel let em get used to it then put in the gates. Patience rarely catches the hogs I fool with if they are scared of the trap when I set it up.