Selecting Doors for Wild Pig Traps

There are several kinds of doors, or sometimes called gates, that can be used on wild pig traps. Whereas there is no "best" trap door to use, this video will provide you some guidance on selecting a trap door that suits your needs and your budget.

[josephprzygodzinski]

would be really nice to include various trip mechanisms for doors.

[smhmay]

Very helpful and informative. Thank You.

[andrewallason]

Then there’s the simple ‘overlapping mesh’ style with the natural form of mesh ‘sheets’ on posts, with a v shaped entry way that the pigs just learn to push through to enter.
I learned a way for trapping sheep on a sheep station in Western Australia. We had 5 acre paddocks, with a central water trough. Around the fence was multiple gates, each with a ramp beside it. Normally the gates were open, but at mustering the gates were shut, leaving only the ramps with around a 1m / 3ft drop. Once the sheep are in the paddock, they can be moved through a ‘bugle run’ (starts off wide, but funnels down and loops back) at one end to smaller holdings yards. In the case of hogs, the yard size could be reduced significantly, due to the use of feed bait.

[SouthWestIron]

Good door designs. What I'd like to figure out is a GSM automated switch and door latch.

[panhandlepilot]

What about the type where there is only one door (like one saloon door) that sells closes at an angle, allowing pigs to enter. ?

[davidhendershott]

pen traps with wide doors (8 to 10')with brush at the sides, my best success (after ranch used box traps) set it up, fed it 4 days, then set it (40' dia trap) cought 49 pigs then fed it 4 more days, then 34 pigs . wide

[charlesdjones]

Sounds like Jimmy Page did the sound track. 🎸 I've got feral hogs tearing my backyard to hell, got to do something soon, the falling doors look like a great idea, thanks.

[huntera]

Very interesting. Thanks.
It gives a context to the growing interest in remote control trapping systems.

[kylewilson]

would like to see a close of the metal frame door or plans

[domenicozagari]

Why multiple doors, one door should be anogh.

[wildthoughts]

The last door can easily be bent by a large hog, the bending process gets it out of track . None of these doors are ideal . You need to engineer ONE-WAY-TICKET door that's quiet and doesn't create panic . The calmer they remain, the more join in, and the less education u give to the ones still circling outside. All of the doors you showed lack long-term thinking . Hogs are smart, but human is smarter . I like the entire trap to be built with natural material like wood and fiber nets . This way the animal still feels at home .