Volunteer Trapper Feral Pig Damage Kyle Campbell Natural Resources Branch Bringing home the Bacon!!! Fort Rucker, AL
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Training/Management Land Damage
Photo by Chris Hunter Photo by Brian Mooney **Trapping Tips** Feral Pig Gestation Facts: 1. KNOW THE LAW!! Read Fort Rucker 215-1 for the most up to date rules and regu- A female pig will have her first litter of piglets lations on Fort Rucker for hunting/trapping. Alabama State when she is about one year old. law also applies to all hunting/trapping on Fort Rucker. The sow is pregnant for about 4 months, and usu- 2. TRAPPING IS HUNTING On a regular basis we have volunteer trappers aggravated be- ally a sow will give birth to around 8 to 12 pigs at a cause the pig wont just walk into the trap to be caught. You time. have to understand that there are traps all over the installation A sow can have 2-3 litters each year. That means which have tried to catch the same pig previously. You have to that a mother pig can give birth to over 24 piglets be patient. Never set the trigger until you know that all pigs are each year! going into the trap, otherwise you have just caught 2-3 pigs but the other 8 are now wary of the trap and will take much more effort to trap. Lets do the math! 3. MY BAIT IS ALWAYS GONE! 1 Sow in 16 months can give birth to 8-12 pigs. In an- When your bait is always being eaten by a non targeted animal, other 4 months she gives birth to another 8-12 pigs, place your corn in a small bucket filled about 2-3 inches over the corn with water or the liquid of your choosing. This will imagine if these litters of pigs are half female pigs! keep raccoon, deer and other non targeted animals, getting your corn, down to a minimum. Lets say 1 sow has 6 female piglets twice per year… 4. ODORS within 6 years how many piglets do you have? Keep strange odors out of the area as much as possible. A hogs sense of smell is exceptional. Any foul human like odors may With humans being the most privative opposition to the keep the pigs from never coming back. 5. TRIGGER population of Feral Pigs, we would never be able to Make sure the trigger is easy to trip and the door can fall with- fully-eradicate an entire population on an entire parcel out obstruction with the frame. Having a trap door that doesn't of land with only volunteer support, but we can manage fall is like having a weapon with no ammo. the population WITH YOUR SUPPORT. 6. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! Always place your traps in the shade or provide shade. Trapped For More Information Contact hogs CAN NOT take the heat. Many trapped hogs die of expo- sure in this situation. This is why in the summer months they (NRB Chief) Doug Watkins………………………..255-9363 stay in the low lying bottoms next to water sources. Go to Trap Feral Pigs!!! them, but keep the trap in an area with easy access. Dragging a (Fish and Wildlife Biologist) Daniel Spillers……....255-2416 Photo by Burt Bruner 100+ pig through the brush is not fun. 11 Objective: Trap Diagram Corn Dosage The Feral Hog Volunteer Trapping Program is to supply the trap and corn for volunteers to help eradicate the nuisance of Feral Hog devas- tation. All the volunteer needs is time to check his/her traps on a daily basis (depending on whether the trigger is set). The rest is on us. This is our way of helping you help us. The feral hog damage on Fort Rucker has substantially grown over the years and will continue to grow if a control program is not continued as part of the overall natural resources management pro- gram at Ft Rucker. Photo by Brian Mooney Resources: ALWAYS Double up on wire! We supply; Actual Layout 1 50lb Bag of Corn> Per Trap> Per Week
You Supply; YOUR TIME...it’s that easy.
Requirements: Alabama State Hunting License Fort Rucker Hunting Permit Designated trap Monitor the trap on a daily basis if trigger is set Notify wildlife personnel of game numbers on a Photo by Brian Mooney weekly/monthly basis. Photo by Brian Mooney
Trigger without Corn Determining the Track
Photo by Brian Mooney Photo by Brian Mooney