Photo courtesy of texas agrilife extension.
Guillotine trap door trigger.
Note handle at bottom to raise the gate.
Rooter lifting gates require that a hog use its nose.
The guillotine door raises up to create an opening into your trap and falls straight down when it s activated.
Therefore it is extremely important that the trap be strategically baited to insure that most if not all of the pigs in a sounder have entered the trap.
This is not a continuous trapping door once it s closed it s closed until you come and manually open it or reset it.
Right outside of gate door.
Guillotine or sliding drop gates use a trip wire to trigger the door to fall.
A dropwire secures the tire to the main wire.
Rooter lifting head gate on box trap.
Guillotine or drop style doors are called single catch doors because once the trap has sprung that is the door has closed no more animals can enter the trap until it is manually reset.
Lower right tripwire secured to trigger and to the far end of the trap near gate.