Thread: Pig traps

12 or 14ft gates work great, 2 for the sides, one for the roof, gotta have a roof! And tie the bloody thing down with well driven Waratahs. Make a gate for one end, or both ends, as Micky described. A barred gate, with the bars vertical, not horizontal, and simply let it swing down to the ground. Leave both ends open for a week or 2 so Mr Pig is comfortable walking through, then drop one end, and a week later drop both ends. Boiled barley works great as a bait, smell goes a long ways and they love it. Spuds work too, and old bread. Dont touch it or scent the place up when you walk in to bait it, and check it out from a distance if you can.
And then we want to see the pic's once you have 'im.

Husky...there are two I know of just across river from you that regularly catch pigs,the farm hands kids look after them....I did have to laugh when saw two LIVE sheep in it one afternoon.

Some of the boars are very clever. The one in the photos I posted had been in and out of that trap 5 times eating everything in there except the bait around the trigger stick. I ended up setting up a trip wire using fishing nylon to the base of the trigger. That eventually led to his downfall.
We had another big boar (about 180lb) in another trap that worked out that once trapped if it pulled on the string (that goes from the trigger to the door) it could open the door. Fortunately, it couldn't work out how to pull on the string and get out the door at the same time

Hi there
The li k below will help with how to build and use.
file:///C:/Users/smill/OneDrive/Documents/Rural%20Assist/Pest%20Info/trapping_of_feral_pigs.pdf
Regards
Ruger7mm

Oopps
Here is the correct Link
https://www.waikatobiodiversity.org....feral_pigs.pdf

Originally Posted by Ruger7mm

Oopps
Here is the correct Link
https://www.waikatobiodiversity.org....feral_pigs.pdf

The funnel gate on page 12 is what I have seen. It was made from the steel mesh used in concrete flooring for houses, and the cut ends of the mesh criss-crossed inwards so the sharp bits also stopped the pigs trying to get out.

A pet sow 'in season' penned near the bush has been known to get a boars attention