Hog Trap Guillotine Door Trigger

The door is held open by wedging the root stick behind the set stakes.

Hog trap guillotine door trigger. If you re using a cellular controlled door trigger this becomes a non issue and the only potential disadvantage to using the guillotine door is that it isn t continuous trapping. Like other trigger designs sufficient bait is placed inside the trap and around the trigger when camera data confirms the pig s acceptance of the trap during training. Now the rope needs to be short enough that when secured under the two l shaped pieces the door guillotine blade is raised and open. Remote trigger systems where the trapper uses a cellular phone to remotely release the trigger are usually more efficient and effective at capturing all hogs compared to those requiring a hog to trip a trigger.

Bait is placed around and on top of the root stick and the trap is sprung when feeding and rooting pigs push the root stick out from behind the set stakes. If a soured bait such as corn or milo is used a lid can be placed on the bucket to help maintain moisture content and to dissuade non target species. The idea is to spread corn in a trail to the trigger mechanism and focus a large supply of corn around this. The hogs being hogs will hit the trigger and release the door and they are yours.

You can deter cattle and deer from entering by placing a strand of barbed wire across the opening about 3 off the ground feral pigs will go right under it. Guillotine or drop style doors are called single catch doors because once the trap has sprung that is the door has closed no more animals can enter the trap until it is manually reset. There are several types of trap doors available that can be used on wild pig traps. Some work some don t.