The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has recorded increased fecal E-coli bacteria levels in the Pennahatchee Creek, (Dooly County) Georgia watershed. JAGER PRO will remove approximately 1,000 feral hogs within the targeted area during the next two years.
The goal of this hog removal project is to use precise, high-technology removal methods to eliminate entire sounders at one time. This will ensure there are no hogs left to reproduce or become educated. We will document the efficiency of each removal method and provide monthly video updates via this newsletter starting next month.
Please share this e-mail with the feral hog subject matter experts in your organization who could benefit from this research. Below are three videos of past research projects to better understand why we will NOT be using traditional removal methods during the Pennahatchee Creek Project.
The continuous catch theory believes feral hogs will continue to enter a one-way trap door until all are captured. We tested this theory on 20 different trap sites by pre-baiting each for 10+ days while locking the door in an open position. After hogs were conditioned to use the trap as a food source, we set the trigger on the one-way door.
This video demonstrates feral hog behavior around continuous catch doors and the low success rate associated with this trapping method.
Disproving Continuous Catch Doors
SELECTING THE MOST EFFICIENT TRAP & DOOR DESIGN (VIDEO)
This video demonstrates feral hog behavior and their reactions to various sized traps and doors. Trappers should make informed decisions about equipment and methods based on actual results. The only effective trapping program is to capture 100% of the sounder group at one time. If not, the remaining hogs become trap shy, breed and easily replenish the population.
Selecting the Most Efficient Trap & Door Design
TRAP TRIGGERING MISTAKES (VIDEO)
A common mistake in trapping feral hogs is to use a trip wire as the door or gate trigger. Those trusting this theory position the trip wire at the back of the trap where hogs will trip the gate closed as they feed. This trigger is very simple, yet far from efficient.
Our video segment will use three trapping examples to demonstrate how trip wires would have missed 16 of the 38 hogs captured- a horrendous 42% failure rate. Trapping will not effectively reduce feral hog densities using methods and equipment which only produce 58% success. The most effective trapping program is to capture 100% of the sounder group at one time.
Trap Triggering Mistakes
Call or visit us on the web today. Talk to our wildlife control experts who make their living controlling feral hog and coyote populations. We are committed to testing and developing new technology, products and methods needed to better control these invasive species.
