Guillotine Hog Trap Door Designs

The guillotine door raises up to create an opening into your trap and falls straight down when it s activated.

Guillotine hog trap door designs.

It has 4 tie down stakes with an escape hole in top to let turkeys and black bear out. Head gate door design for feral hog traps. Three gate designs are among those most commonly used for trapping feral hogs. As feral hogs continue to spread across texas landowners are developing innovative trapping techniques.

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. Although most trap styles are derivatives of the basic corral or box designs several modifications can be made to trap doors. The cattle panel and t post hog trap. One is the figure 6 type in which the panels are shaped into the shape of the number 6 fig 1.

Door designs include the guillotine drop door spring swing door and rooter lifter door. 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. Some trap designs do not require a gate or door. Those trusting this funnel theory believe hogs will push through panels to enter a trap enclosure but cannot escape out the same funnel opening.

There are several different funnel type traps. This is not a continuous trapping door once it s closed it s closed until you come and manually open it or reset it. The trap weight is 280 pounds. Guillotine drop head gate on corral trap.

These designs function similar to a minnow trap used to capture fishing bait but they are not very effective in catching trap shy hogs. 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. The gate should be designed to prevent captured hogs from escaping through the trap entrance. It has a drop down door with a double locking device.

Our wild hog trap is 93 x 93 in diameter across center 48 tall. Animals that are not captured. Cattle panel is welded to inside and outside. Corral traps are very versatile and their use can be adjusted depending on the situation.