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I guess new members can welcome other new members - so WELCOME. I got you beat age wise by four years, but all that means is we have more life events to have enjoyed. You'll really enjoy the hog experience, and it is as expensive as you let it be. My first hog was hoisted on the meat pole 39...

Thanks for the welcome. To answer - it depends on which trap (s) I set. My corral trap is huge - 68 x 32 and on a good weekend it will catch five or six on average. The portable traps will catch two or three, but mostly singles. I don't set in the summer because I'm not down there enough, and I...

Another vote for the barbed wire - but I do stretch mine pretty tight - just because a limp fence bugs me. Another hint - drive "T" posts next to the feeder legs and wire the legs tightly to the posts. A hog loves to rub, and many of those feeder legs aren't very thick, and will fold up - there...

Over the years I've tried just about everything - from diesel soaked corn, to jello coated corn, fresh roadkill (!), fermented mixtures (yuck). Didn't seem to matter - they aren't too picky. In the fall, I'll substitute acorns for the corn. The commercial stuff you see in the feed stores doesn't...

New guy here, so if this has been batted around before, please bear with me. One of the regular discussions (arguments) around our hunting/trapping lease campfire is the pros and cons of portable trap structure. The most common discussions are about different door designs, panel choices, and the...

First time here - looking forward to reading all the posts! I've been hog trapping since 1995, and am still hooked. So much so, I stopped deer hunting because the "fun factor" trumped the hunting fun.