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Val Ramirez the hog trapper comes to collect a group of feral hogs caught in the large live trap set up in the pasture. The trap must be set up in such a way there is room to manuever a trailer to collect them.
Vals trailer has a wire cage chute which is set up on the doorway so that the hogs can enter to get into the trailer. The hog sounder visits the bait box inside the trap during the night. He watches them on his cell phone from the remote camera and closes the trap door when they are all inside. This happened at 2 am.
This family of feral hogs will be taken to a nearby game hunting ranch where they will live together on the land until shot by hunters.
Posted in
Census, 2017 Journal
A feral hog wallow
More evidence of feral hogs on the land. They uprooted a Horse Crippler Cactus to eat the root.
Posted in
Census, Habitat, 2017 Journal
The last of the small feral hogs is removed from Vulture Gulch area.
Across the road in the large pasture, a large sounder of feral hogs were seen. This large cage was delivered and set up to live trap those animals. It is called "Goin Fencing". It is 30 foot wiide and 6 feet tall. It is outfitted with a remote control camera to trigger the trap door when the sounder is all inside and not accidentally trap a deer or other animal that might enter for the bait.
Posted in
Census, 2017 Journal, 2017 Journal
A borrowed small feral hog used as bait to catch the last lone feral hog that could not trigger the trip wire due to its small size. This animal is inside a cage within the trap.
Posted in
Census, 2017 Journal
A small flood on the Blanco River. The fallen tree debris from the 2015 flood are left on the ground for erosion control and for wildlife habitat. Many birds are seen in the dead tree branches.
A group of Vultures circling in the air currents after a rain.
Posted in
Census, Habitat, 2017 Journal
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