Over the past few months, we have seen significant damage to the crop fields at our Granger location resulting from feral hog traffic and rooting. This week we continued the process of baiting and setting up a trap at Granger to prepare for the trapping and removal of the feral hogs. We began the trapping process by using sour corn to bait a location with significant hog traffic and by setting out a game camera to monitor the area. Once we could confirm that groups of hogs were visiting the bait regularly, we began gradually setting up individual panels of our hog trap. By gradually setting up the panels, we hoped to avoid spooking the hogs away from the bait. Once the entire trap was assembled and the hogs were comfortable with walking in and out of the headgate, we used a remote trigger to drop the gate and trap a group of hogs that had been continually using the bait. After trapping the hogs, we lethally removed them and reset the trap in hopes of removing any other groups of hogs that may visit the area.
Wildlife Intern AnMarie Ulery
