Guillotine Hog Trap Door Designs

As feral hogs continue to spread across texas landowners are developing innovative trapping techniques.

Guillotine hog trap door designs.

Cattle panel is welded to inside and outside. Three gate designs are among those most commonly used for trapping feral hogs. Those trusting this funnel theory believe hogs will push through panels to enter a trap enclosure but cannot escape out the same funnel opening. Wexford and circle 6 designs are also referred as funnel traps since they require hogs to push through a panel or panels shaped as a funnel instead of using a gate or trigger system.

It has a drop down door with a double locking device. The gate should be designed to prevent captured hogs from escaping through the trap entrance. Door designs include the guillotine drop door spring swing door and rooter lifter door. The trap weight is 280 pounds.

Animals that are not captured. Guillotine drop head gate on corral trap. Head gate door design for feral hog traps. Although most trap styles are derivatives of the basic corral or box designs several modifications can be made to trap doors.

Some trap designs do not require a gate or door. These designs function similar to a minnow trap used to capture fishing bait but they are not very effective in catching trap shy hogs. This is not a continuous trapping door once it s closed it s closed until you come and manually open it or reset it. This design has the outside panel stationary and the inside panel loosely laid against it allowing hogs to push their way in but not out.

The guillotine door raises up to create an opening into your trap and falls straight down when it s activated. I personally prefer the guillotine door as it generally has a bigger opening and it is positively closed with an active latch to prevent pigs from rooting. One is the figure 6 type in which the panels are shaped into the shape of the number 6 fig 1. Our wild hog trap is 93 x 93 in diameter across center 48 tall.

It has 4 tie down stakes with an escape hole in top to let turkeys and black bear out. The cattle panel and t post hog trap. Therefore it is extremely important that the trap be strategically baited to insure that most if not all of the pigs in a sounder have entered the trap. The rooter lifter door.