I have looked at lots of videos (a hundred?) dealing with hog trapping and eradication. This looks like a really good system that addresses some of the basic problems with trapping. Typical traps have a door that either falls or is spring loaded to close, and one got-away could repopulate an...
Here is a couple of similar threads full of information.
https://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/threads/new-hunter-with-loads-of-questions.1250006/#post-6326123
https://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/threads/complete-hunting-newbie-has-a-stupid-question.1879987/
They are nocturnal. They will come out in the day if it is freezing out. They sleep 16-20 hours a day. Primarily active after sundown. They have about an 8 acre area they range over. They need to eat everyday as they don’t have fat stores.
The farmers have been burned, As a boyscout, the words were take only pictures, leave only footprints. The disrespectful hunter who tears up the field and leaves his garbage, spoils it for the future. Burn me once, shame on me. Never do that again.
https://www.amazon.com/Edgemaker-Sharpener-Perfect-Sharpening-Durable/dp/B000HAXJAQ?th=1
Something like this is simple, light, and any idiot can use it
https://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/content/blogs/dan-schmidt-deer-blog-whitetail-wisdom/video-deer-hunting-trespasser-blasted-paint-bomb
some folks think they can hunt on your property
I haven’t taken one yet. On my property the longest sight line I have is less than 50 yards, and the property is over-run with them at night.
The one time I actually stood out at sunset with a rifle in my hands. I heard them bleating and breaking through brush. I saw the white of the tail...
Unless you have some unique open space that affords a longer shot. Any (caliber) well placed bullet will do the trick. Many years ago I worked with a guy who never used anything other than a 22LR. I don’t know if that was legal in that state. But he was all about one shot, one kill.
When I called up Findleys asking about cutting up cows and deer. They pretty quickly said they don’t do that. Maybe it was just the one I called, but the one I talked to didn’t do butchering like that.