hope this worked. I tried to drawn it in paint. This is how I make them withj a swing door. They will load up, you can catch several at a time this way but I also use a slam door(or Guillottine Door) that falls strait down for one at a time.

This on is a 4' by 8' the door mounts inside 1" by 1" channel and use 3/4" plywood for the door. The angle it set at will always shut but others can come in, but the ones inside can not get out. Hope it makes sense.

 

We have used both. The gillotine is the best but the swing door will work. We had to cut a sheet of plywood 2'x2'. You drill a small hole in the center of it close to one edge. You place it at the opposite end of the door. You run your trip wire up from the door to hold the door open. You bring the wire up through the top of the trap and you drop it in ( we use pulleys ) striaght down to the hole you drilled. You attatch a cotter pin ( the kind you bend both sides out just like the cotter pin that holds your prop on. You take the cotter pin and spread it enough to hold the 2'x2' piece of plywood about four inches off the ground at one side. the other side touches the ground. Pour corn all over the plywood and under it and such and when the hog steps on the plywood it pulls the pin out and prestow the door shuts. The wire has to be adjusted to hold the plywood up some. The pin can be adjusted to need more pressure to release.

Biggie

 

ya here is my set up sort of, I'm no artist. but the hog steps on the gate trap that is hooked up top and runs to a trigger pin that goes into the slam door. The bucket is tied to the back of the trap so he has to fight to get in it. we fill the bottom of the pen with corn and they will eat it then go for the bucket. It also a 4' by 8' trap

 

We'd tie a small bucket of water in there too. Just in case some_________ comes and checks it out and cries bloody murder that the animals got no water. Don't need it but will keep the heat off from outside sources.
Spout that pic looks a lot better than the other one. A had to assist when i saw the first pic. LOL

Biggie

 

Biggie two different traps.
1) is a swing door for more than one to come in. One can be in and another enter while the first on is eating
2) is a standerd slam door, more than one can go in but once that door shuts its all over.

The X on the top are the angle frame the purple is the swing door that fits into the angle. Its really a good set up, I like it alot.

On the bottom one for door guides I use the post for signs like stop signs. The 3/4 inch plywood door falls perfect down the tracks.

 

Yes and the trick is knot to kink your wire so it releases smoothly. A smart hog will hold the door open for the others. The swing door ain't as good as the gillotine.

Biggie

 

On the swing I use no wire they will push it on their own. Heck I got four one time right before dark and of course my boy thought they all needed to be ready for the pit. About two oclock in the morning I said Never again four is just to many.LOL now! He had fun though!

 

I like this type of setup. We use rebar with grinded pointed ends as two gates (one on each side) that overlap each other when shut. We stick a stick between the two rebar gates about 100 lb hog high. When one comes in, his back knocks the stick out activating the weights to shut the gates. It will only close on his body and he can't back out because of the points clawing into him. he can only then go forward if he aint already in the trap. Once shut, anything sticks its head in can only go forward. Keeps on trapping as it is shut. Below is my paint pic of an example of what I am talking about, and an example of the rebar point (it aint a filed down sharp point that will stick a person working on/in the trap, just enough to make them want to go straight in rather than pull out):

 

J that's pretty darn interesting, never would have thought of that but it makes sense. May just thave to try it on the next one.
Rick

 

Anyone got actual pictures they can post ?

 

J , definitely would like to see pics of your set up

 

I am not sure when I will have a chance for actual pictures. I tried to come as close as I could with my very limited computer drawing capabilities. Below is the gist of the trap setup. From memory I think the cable tied to the doors on an extended piece of vertical rebar if that makes any sense and had maybe an additional roller between the door and the outside pulley wheel. It may be a long time but I'll try to remember pics next time at the trap.

 

On the lease I was on in Rocksprings. The rancher used a 20 ft. hog panel in a circle with T-post driven in. He had a gate that would swing open to let the hogs in. Had nine in there one time. Lots of hog cleaning.

 

We have used traps with a door that will drop, but have a friend that uses a door thats somewhat simular to the 1 in the last pic. One with a drop style door connected to a 'trigger' in order to catch multilpes you need to put lots of bait around sides and away from the trigger so as to draw the hogs there and away from the trigger. You could put a little around the trigger but you want hogs to stay away from it as long as possible. When they go to fighting for the bait 1 will get into the trigger. One thing to consider is when you get close to trap start looking for hogs on the outside as we have drove up on ours and have had big sow inside with a cpl of pigs and others were laying on the outside. If you want to have some fun try and rope the pigs by there back legs and pull over sides and then let the sow go. We have done this on several occasions and bring the pigs home to fatten up and change the little boars. If you do this be sure and have someone there to film it as it is a hair raising exp. And if you want even MORE action try and cut a lrg boar while in the trap and then let him go. I promise this is a THRILL A MINUTE WW

 

We used to use the bar room door style of hog trap door. They would slightly overlap and had logging nails welded on them . My dad made the doors out of 1 x 1 box tubing and used sucker rod as cross bars. He welded a swivel scocket on the top of one of the doors and used a gun plug to put inside the socket end so when the hog walked in, the doors would open slightly and the dow would drop thus allowing the door to close. This proved to be a continously loading trap, catching as many as 13 hogs at a time. Wish I still had pictures to show as it was a hog catching dude.