I am going to build a few round pens for hog traps and wanted to pick yalls brains on what you use or have had success with as the best gate/trigger system. Open to all ideas and feel free to post pictures if you have them. TIA
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This is my gate---I have a rope across the top about 3' above the doors with another rope and a wire hook on it to hold the center door open. Then there is a long rope from the hook to the back of the pen to a cross-rope about a foot off the ground. Pile of logs on top of a bucket of corn under the cross rope so that when they root the logs away they hit the rope which pulls the hook off the door and it falls. I only use the center door---used to have all 3 up but had way less success that way for some unknown reason. Most I've caught at one time is 16.
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Thanks for the input. Antlercollector I looked into those but since I live about an hour and a half away I will probably only be able to actually set the traps on weekends. With that C or figure 6 pen I wouldn’t be there to check them enough for them to freely trap themselves. I know they are a nuisance and they tear stuff up but I still want to put them out as quickly and humanly as possibly.
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Originally posted by Apodz View PostThanks for the input. Antlercollector I looked into those but since I live about an hour and a half away I will probably only be able to actually set the traps on weekends. With that C or figure 6 pen I wouldn’t be there to check them enough for them to freely trap themselves. I know they are a nuisance and they tear stuff up but I still want to put them out as quickly and humanly as possibly.
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Originally posted by Quackerbox View PostRope/wire to top of trap door other end to stick/1/2 pipe. Pipe goes behind two pieces drove into the ground at an angle.
Pour corn over pipe in ground. Pig roots corn and trigger stick from behind ground pipe. Pig is trapped
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Originally posted by JonBoy View PostI just built my first pen and I'm doing this as well. I believe they call it a "rootin' stick" online. Been thinking about trying the trip wire thing though...maybe a higher chance for trigger?
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