Trapping/Killing Feral Hogs

[drbewley]

I need a trap for some hogs. Any of you folks have any advice regarding the type (guillotine, push through, etc)?

I'll hang up and listen.

[Jason Essary]

I know a friend that made a small pin out of fencing (8 by 8), with a trap door that was really successful. He baited it with leftovers and corn. Done wonders.

[jdmidwest]

I don't know about a trap, but I know several people that like to hunt them. The MDC wants them dead any way you do it. They have been causing problems in many locations.

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

Myself and a few of my friends like to hunt hogs as well. I'll do some checking to see if anyone has any ideas on trapping them. I'll let ya know.

John

[Don]

DrBewley,

Do you plan to eat any of the pig if you trap one?

The reason I ask is that a friend showed up at camp at Little Red River a couple of years ago with a backstrap of a good-sized pig. He bowhunts them regularly in Texas every year and had some good pictures and stories to go with them.

He injected the loin with creole butter and coated the outside with cajun/creole seasoning. After marinating several hours, we sliced and grilled. He said that we should not expect it to taste like pork loin bought at the grocery store. It was the first and only time I've ever eaten wild pig. Whoa son! That was good stuff .

Good Luck.....Don

[Terry Beeson]

Hey Doug... Pick up the phone!

Where are these hogs? I may know some guys who'll take 'em out for you... They are a HOOT to hunt! And Don is right... the meat is WAY good! Emeril would slap his momma for some good wild pig loin...

[kelly]

I know some guys who use an old pickup bed stock rack turned upside down. Once it is turned over hinge a heavy door at the top with a rope between the catch and the food pan. Be sure to stake it down and fence around the bottom so the babies don't get out.

Kelly

[drbewley]

These hogs are near Dover, Arkansas.

I'm not a finicky eater, but I just don't want to eat a feral hog. Those things are nasty and they carry a lot of diseases. My plan is to put them to 'sleep' and drag them away from the trap so I can trap some more. I have heard the others will eat the dead ones though.

[Terry Beeson]

There ought to be plenty of guys around Moreland who would be more than happy to help you rid the area of hogs... Find some of those Teague boys... or the Heltons from around Hector. Hell, they've probably helped you without you knowing it already if they know they're there....

[Wayne SW/MO]

I know they'll come a long way for soured field corn. A tin can filled with syrup and placed on some burning briquets will give you large scent area.