Gigem
11-24-2009, 10:38 AM
I got tired of building rectangular trap, so I decided to try a few round ones. The trap is 8' in diameter and 4' tall. It doesn't have a floor (but it could) and it only has a secondary ring at the top instead of a full top.
http://tacticalhogcontrol.com/clark/round%20side%20view.JPG
The spring-loaded door swings inward and is released by a simple trip string hooked to a stiff, wire "hook".
http://tacticalhogcontrol.com/clark/round%20inside%20door.JPG
One of the main things I like about the trap is that one man can easily move it....just roll it across the pasture to where you want it. Because of it's light weight, I drove a couple of t-posts on opposite sides of the trap. I wired the trap frame to those posts so that a hog can't root under the bottom frame and lift the trap up.
http://tacticalhogcontrol.com/clark/round%20outside%20door.JPG
I didn't want to put a top on it so that deer could jump out. The inner top ring will keep a hog from climbing out..... usually when they climb out, they do it in a corner. This trap doesn't have one!
http://tacticalhogcontrol.com/clark/round%20set%20side%20view.JPG
http://www.tacticalhogcontrol.com/forum/images/misc/progress.gif
http://tacticalhogcontrol.com/clark/round%20side%20view.JPG
The spring-loaded door swings inward and is released by a simple trip string hooked to a stiff, wire "hook".
http://tacticalhogcontrol.com/clark/round%20inside%20door.JPG
One of the main things I like about the trap is that one man can easily move it....just roll it across the pasture to where you want it. Because of it's light weight, I drove a couple of t-posts on opposite sides of the trap. I wired the trap frame to those posts so that a hog can't root under the bottom frame and lift the trap up.
http://tacticalhogcontrol.com/clark/round%20outside%20door.JPG
I didn't want to put a top on it so that deer could jump out. The inner top ring will keep a hog from climbing out..... usually when they climb out, they do it in a corner. This trap doesn't have one!
http://tacticalhogcontrol.com/clark/round%20set%20side%20view.JPG
http://www.tacticalhogcontrol.com/forum/images/misc/progress.gif