They definitely work. We back up a trailer, load them up and sell them to a high fence place. Try to recoup some of the money they’ve ate out of our protein feeders and turkey feeders.
I hunt them and my nephews have night hunted them. The issue with trying to control them with hunting is it’s not that effective. You kill one and another sow has six piglets and now you have five more. We spent quite a bit of time with the wildlife department and they feel that the only...
We've trapped at least 40 coons since the first of the year in dog proof traps. One sardine down the pipe and a couple of small marshmallows does the trick for us. We set t-post around our deer feeders and attach the DP to it.
I hate pigs when they are on our land. The amount of destruction that they do far outweigh having them to hunt. We caught a whole sounder (6 adults and 10 piglets) last night in a remote-controlled pen.
Haven't tried the Coon Collector, but we've probably caught 40 coons since the first of the year with dog proof traps. We put them attached to t-post around our deer feeders. They don't get out of them.
^^^What he said. Buy a $4 bottle of wind checker and learn to hunt the wind. If the scent free things worked, every drug cartel would be using it. IMHO the biggest mistake a lot of new hunters make, is thinking the scent free spray etc. will let you hunt when the wind is at your back.
I'm lucky enough to have a room in the house dedicated to gear storage. Pretty much everything I use except for tree stands, chairs, and other outdoor items go in the hunting room.