Mowing wild hogs

[Redbug]

Here's a fun pictorial essay...I welded up several hog traps and have them out where I hunt. Here are a couple I welded together at one time. Sometimes you get tired of hunting hogs, and trapping is something different.

One thing...don't turn any out of the trap because they will be trap shy from there on. I also think they tell their buddies, too. I let a big boar hog loose out of a trap only once, (didn't want to eat him). I opened the door and held it up standing alongside the trap. He came out and was so mad that he came back at me that I had to jump on top of the trap...I can't blame him since he was provoked after being in that trap. I always keep the traps baited with corn so the hogs get conditioned to going inside. Then it's easier to trap them.

 

[RobertBrown]

Agree also !

Now chasing hogs with dogs,capturing for live transport(tieing) or killing with knives is another type of encounter,but as far as one flat out attacking you(once again free-range) very rare and overplayed as others have stated.Just MHO.

Boone

That's been my experience to. I've been hunting/killing them for a long time. I was bluff charged only once by a sow as I had run up on her and her piglets.
It's much more likely they will either ignore you or run like he!!

 

[Mark Page]

I've killed them with a bow, an 1894 in .30-30 and a 6" Python. They are tough but not as indestructable as they're made out to be. Had one try and stand me down while I was on the tractor. One round between the eyes and bang flop. The 357 seems to do a good job at close range. I rigged a holster to the ROPS so it's always handy.

 

[E/S]

Do coyotes eat piglets?

Sure.
I have all you could ever use, now catching them is a different story.

E/S

 

[Chilly807]

You guys are making me want to spend a few days in Texas... I have dreams of racks of ribs sizzling on the BBQ.

Sean

 

[RobertBrown]

. I always keep the traps baited with corn so the hogs get conditioned to going inside. Then it's easier to trap them.

I'm surprised that that trap works so well....we make them a lot bigger here and assemble on site. A lot harder to handle (especially when it's 98f @ 90% humidity) but you can trap more hogs,
We split the trap into 2 compartments and reset/bait one side, keeping/isolating a few hogs in the other side. The "new" hogs are much more likely to enter when there are other hogs inside.
Hog traps here cannot have a roof. That's because it turns them into a turkey trap, and trapping a turkey is against the law.

 

[bullbreaker]

That's been my experience to. I've been hunting/killing them for a long time. I was bluff charged only once by a sow as I had run up on her and her piglets.
It's much more likely they will either ignore you or run like he!!


Robert nice pics ! :thumbsup:
I luv it when I get to pop a big-un with lots of red on him(colored hair).

Boone

bad pic camera phone( I'am 6'1" 245 lb) so you get idea weight and size of hog.
standing next to him,trick game photography is another thread unto itself.
BTW: That red on ground is not MF or Mahindra red paint.

 

[Redbug]

I'm surprised that that trap works so well....we make them a lot bigger here and assemble on site. A lot harder to handle (especially when it's 98f @ 90% humidity) but you can trap more hogs,
We split the trap into 2 compartments and reset/bait one side, keeping/isolating a few hogs in the other side. The "new" hogs are much more likely to enter when there are other hogs inside.
Hog traps here cannot have a roof. That's because it turns them into a turkey trap, and trapping a turkey is against the law.

Robert...I also have taken 4 cattle panels, wired them together along with a door panel and held it all down by wiring to t posts. You catch many more that way...sometimes too many at once. I have had hogs climb out if there is any kind of corner. You haven't had that happen? When walking to the trap they will panic, up and over one or two may go.

I have not used a hog as a bait hog. That's a good idea I may try that, later.

When they do get trap shy, I will leave the door down and still keep corn inside the trap, while spreading corn around the outside of the trap. They will root around and try to get the corn inside the trap, but can't. After a couple weeks, I take the door off and most will go back in and eat the corn I place in there. Conditioned just right again. Just a tip I learned...

 

[EddieWalker]

I have hogs here just about every night. Sometimes I see them during the day, mornings and evenings. I rarely carry a gun, and usually when I see them, I don't feel like cleaning it if I was to shoot it. They do cause a lot of damage, but I don't mind too much. It's just dirt and I'm not growing hay, raising animals or doing anything that they cause me any real damage. My biggest issue is that they do drive off hte deer. The advantage is that they are open to hunt year round, they taste good, and there isn't any real rules on hunting them. Night time with lights, baiting, traping, and any weapon are all legal. Basically, they are such a pest that anything you can do to kill them is approved and appreciated!!!

Eddie

 

[toppop52]

I was born and raised in northeastern NC, there we had a population of true wild boars as they were called. Rarely over 100-120 lbs, razorback looking critters. They were dangerous when cornered, hungry or with a litter, a friend and I had a sow with pigs keep us in a tree for a long while and gathered several other hogs in the meantime. We finally just started shooting the males and after 2-3, they finally ran off. That was rare and not the usual scenario, you rarely saw them at all and even less often had a direct encounter.
The problem there, and nearly everywhere else is the interbreeding with domestic ferals, we've ended up with hogs that have the strength and speed of wild hogs and the size of farm hogs, all blended with a bad attitude! We have just started having a feral pig issue here and it's still isolated so far. There are enough signs near the back of my property by the airport to have me paying attention now.