Do you have a wild hog problem but think our intelligent trapping products cannot be used due to poor cell service in your location? As an option for increasing signal strength between you and your trap, we offer an external Booster Antenna. The Booster allows flexibility of placement up to 10 feet in any direction from your camera. Signal strength can be improved by a full 1 to 1.5 Bars. It generates approximately 6dBm with minimal loss for distance of wire length. We use this antenna in our own traps that are inconvenient to cell service, and it does work. If you would like to read more about the technical specifications, click the link here: https://jagerpro.com/…/antennas-101-for-gsm-cellular-netwo…/
PORTABLE ATV WINCH: Transporting trap systems and equipment into the best trap areas, and groups of hogs back out, can seem daunting. It does not have to be. One of our recent projects has been to configure a trailer to improve our abilities in the field. Adding hardware to strap panels and gates on the outside of the bed makes loading and unloading quick and easy. Expanded metal baskets on both sides carry connecters and T-post mounts for rapid access, and a tongue box for tools have all improved our speed. Another handy feature that we have developed for multiple trailers, is a mounting system with a small portable ATV winch. The mount allows us to move the winch from trailer to trailer as needed. Quick-connect wire harnesses take care of the power supply. When you are faced with loading a 300+ pound hog onto the trailer in rain or mud by yourself – it is a true back saver.
GATE VISIBILITY: As the terrain in many of our trap sites can be unpredictable, Hog Cutters has discovered an easy trick for confirming gate drop in times of low visibility. We found that attaching a length of reflective paracord to the bottom rail of the MINE gate allows us to see the exact position after it is dropped. Whether it is raining or the hogs inside are kicking up clouds of thick dust, you can easily confirm the gate is down. All of the folks who purchase their Jager Pro traps from Hog Cutters are now given a section of the cord we use, just to make their trapping experience a little bit better.
BAIT AND SWITCH: The Georgia Hog Cutters crew does most of their trapping in areas that were heavily worked with square tripwire traps for many years. Unfortunately, this has led to hogs that are highly educated to the dangers they face with humans. Hence, we now have intelligent hogs in densely forested swampland, with minimal human interference. They establish travel patterns throughout the area, changing them as necessary to avoid humans.
To combat this intelligence, Hog Cutters uses a “Bait and Switch” action plan. Watching for signs of the hogs’ general travel patterns, we determine a good location along their trail to place a timed feeder and ICE camera. We approach the area during the day, when hogs are more stationary, to install the equipment. The feeder is set for a moderate spray. A full Jager Pro MINE Gate and Rigid Panel trap system is erected about 50 yards from the bait site in a more easily accessible area, away from the hogs’ comfort zone. Once we begin receiving photo evidence of hogs on the cell phone app, we give them a time to become accustomed to this free food source at the bait site. We use the photo information to see the numbers in the group, how long they generally feed and their behavior. After the hogs are grazing the bait site regularly, the spinner on the feeder time is decreased while the feeder spinner time is increased at the trap site. Scenting the food draws the hogs out the short distance to investigate the trap. Once they are all accounted for inside the trap, the gate is dropped.
This was the specific scenario used to trap the group of hogs in the photos today. The group we trapped was unusual, as they migrated to feed during late morning hours. After keeping watch, Josey went to the sites and adjusted the feeders. Within a few days the hogs presented inside the trap, very comfortably grazing. One gate drop and we eliminate 7 hogs from the land.
The arrow is pointing to the power level indicator, at P5.
Some helpful information about the ICE and MINE camera views. When you receive photos from your active ICE or MINE cameras, they include not only a photo (or video), but also some very helpful information. There is an information strip along the bottom panel of the photo or video. The details included are as follows from left to right: 1. Manufacturer name (Jager Pro) 2. How the photo was triggered. The “M” indicates the photo was triggered by“Motion”. The letter “S” would indicate a photo triggered by SMS code *500# or Request Photo from the portal or mobile app. “T” would indicate a photo triggered by “Time Lapse” and “E” would indicate a manually triggered photo using the camera’s OK select button during SETUP or scheduled event set up through the portal or mobile
app. 3. The date and time the photo (video) was triggered. 4. The moon phase on the date the camera was triggered. 5. Temperature at the location of the camera. 6. The letter P and numerical value is a measure of the battery power level for the camera. The value P5 is maximum battery power. If the power level shows P4 through P1 your camera will be rapidly losing power. It is vital to make a visit to your camera site to determine if there is an issue.
The arrow is pointing to the power level indicator at P3.
To shoot or not to shoot.
A Hog Cutters crew was recently scouting a South Georgia cotton farm for natural food sources, when they happened upon the sounder they’ve been working to trap. The hogs were feeding on acorns in the path and the woods surrounding a cotton field. Despite their intelligence and keen sense of smell, wild hogs have poor eyesight. Even looking directly at our crew, being silent and down wind of the group allowed us to observe them undetected. Although we never deploy into hog territory unarmed, shooting at the visible hogs would have proved counterproductive. Shooting 1 or 2 is far less desirable to trapping and eliminating the 7 members all together. We finished our scouting mission and made note of the hogs location, to potentially move the currently installed Jager Pro Rigid Hog Trap System across the field and into their current migratory pattern.
Hog Cutters Wyatt explains and demonstrates our use of the On Time Feeder with Varmint Guard addition. Contact us for further information.
UPDATED for 2021. The M.I.N.E. Gate is the heart of the Jager Pro hog trapping system. In this video, Wyatt explains how to quickly disassemble your M.I.N.E. Gate for easy single person movement.
UPDATED tutorial by Hog Cutters Zeb for installation of the Jager Pro Hog Control Systems M.I.N.E. Camera Control Box on a gate.
A great video on using available local foliage to help camouflage your Jager Pro Trap. Contrary to belief wild hogs are incredibly intelligent. Ranking in the top 10 most intelligent animal species on the planet, alongside dolphins elephants and primates.
Zeb offers a few tips about preparing and moving a Jager Pro Rigid System hog trap. This includes advice for the older and newer models of M.I.N.E. Control Gates. Notice in the video, the trap is not fully enclosed. At this point in the process, we were continuing the process of acclimating the sounder of hogs to the components being in their area of migration.
Hog Cutters owner Sara steps behind the camera to show details of setting up a larger than usual bait and trap site. She explains the process and behaviors of the hog groups we are watching on this property.