Guillotine Trap Door Design

Guillotine drop head gate on corral trap.

Guillotine trap door design.

This is not a continuous trapping door once it s closed it s closed until you come and manually open it or reset it. The rooter lifter door can be modified to increase capture rate. We have been asked to explain how a guillotine hog trap door works. I personally prefer the guillotine door as it generally has a bigger opening and it is positively closed with an active latch to prevent pigs from rooting.

Although most trap styles are derivatives of the basic corral or box designs several modifications can be made to trap doors. This version simply turns a full sheet of plywood sideways to make an even wider doorway. Our cage trap design reduce the magnetic field intensity measured inside the trap to reduce the animal s ability to detect the trap and increase your catch percentages. The door is essentially the blade of the guillotine supported by a rope and two pulleys.

The cost for this gate vs. Therefore it is extremely important that the trap be strategically baited to insure that most if not all of the pigs in a sounder have entered the trap. One drawback of guillotine gates is that they do not allow additional pigs to enter once the trap has been triggered. Door designs include the guillotine drop door spring swing door and rooter lifter door.

The guillotine door raises up to create an opening into your trap and falls straight down when it s activated. Modified gate design 8 wide door for single door trap. Essentially there is a trigger or trip wire that releases a door to fall down similar to. Guillotine or sliding drop gates use a trip wire to trigger the door to fall.

Townsend traps are the best traps science can design. Rooter lifter door modifications rooter lifter doors are a. Tt 1000 double door spring loaded guillotine trap. Rooter lifting head gate on box trap.

By kirk dekalb new arrival. Photo courtesy of texas agrilife extension. Detailed design including trigger of two gate guillotine style repeating corral hog trap for texas wild pig eradication. The 4 wide guillotine gate detailed previously is slightly higher because of additional.

Now when it comes to the actual trap imagine a guillotine.