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Old 02-15-2008, 09:34 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Re: Got me another hog tonight

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Originally Posted by Megw3788
Dang nice lookin trap helo! How does the door work, I've never seen one like that?
I made a release that looks like the letter F, and I hooked a cable to it and ran it along the side of the cage through some pulleys. Then I ran it under a peice of plywood and then to the other side of the cage. When the step on the plywood it pulls the release down and a spring pulls the door shut. More hogs can enter the trap after the door is closed, but they can't get back out. Here is a pic of the first hogs I ever caught in my trap. This pic was taken before I refined the trigger, in this pic I was just using a stick to prop the door open, and had some bailing wire tied to the stick like a trip wire.


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