The online videos are pretty good for answering your basic questions. Here is one from T A&M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1T5dKuwLfYFrom my experience, the most important factor in catching a large sounder of hogs is to have the proper area for the trap. Flat level ground is one thing, but more important is locating an area that is on the travel path of the devils. Getting the area prepped and with enough attractant to get them used to it before you close the trapping device (trap panel on the "6" style or trapdoor) is highly recommended. I helped a neighbor build a basic (no electronics just a Tposts and cattle panels) one that was pretty effective...he caught 11 at one time (night after we put it up) and then several more smaller groups later. After a month or so the results really fell off. He disassembled it and stored it away for the next window of need.
Good luck!
Thanks for the info, some really good stuff from a&m.
Has anyone made any non electronic, man-triggered, designs? The pigs I’m after are far from the smartest I’ve encountered, real big sounder with little natural food so they get after the corn hard. Don’t think they’ll be that skittish about a new trap showing up, they don’t even bat an eye about a truck rolling up to the field and shining lights on them.
Curious if I could throw together a larger figure 6 trap but keep the “door” wedged open by a log and then manually close it via rope to make sure I get the highest percentage of them at one time.