JAGER PRO™ Hog Trapping (27) Integrated Wild Pig Control™
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- This segment will demonstrate the successful method and technology used to remove 17 feral hogs from an agricultural farm during the months of March and April. We discuss each step of the M.I.N.E.™ Trapping System and how they are used to attain high volume capture results to prevent future crop damage from feral hogs. The JAGER PRO™ Capture Success Matrix™ and Integrated Wild Pig Control™ methodology proves to be an efficient control strategy for American farmers, landowners and homeowners without wasting any fuel, time or labor.
Another great video. Have trapped 67 hogs since purchasing two JAGER PRO traps, and following your proven trapping methodology, 52 days ago. Thank you!
Congratulations! We love to hear success stories.
67!? Holy shit. I hope that’s most of them at least. How bad of a problem do you have? Are you still seeing huge sounders?
@@JAGERPRO Can you let me know please what sort of round your using & what .22 rifle your using. It is incredibly effective. I hunt hog with my buddies on the local farmers property. We will use cameras to find out how many in the sounder. We will then wait until we get them somewhere that we can ambush them & get the whole sounder. If 2 or 3 get away its ok, as we know they will continue to use the path they have been using so we will get the remainder within 1 or 2 days. Because we use a UTV / ATV we can get in on top of them before they know it so 3 of us shooting with full auto rifles mean's we dont need to get on that hog for the 2nd shot that's needed a lot of the time to put it down. A tap of the trigger will put 2 or 3 rounds on point in a split second & using a 60 round mag means i wont run out of ammo. Some of my buddies will use the 100 round SureFire mag but i like the size of the smaller SureFire mag but either one will insure you dont run out. I find this extremely effective & the bigger farmers around use your trap's so all said, we get a ton of hog each year keeping the numbers in our area down. What need's to happen is for farmers to get their neighbor on board with the JAGER trap, & then he get his neighbor on board & so on. And the hunter will never be obsolete as far as hog goes but we sure do need more professional trappers & hunters need to learn to hunt the sounder & not just any hog they come across.
@@KyleInOklahoma -
.22 Caliber Info:
Rifle: Volquartsen Summit bolt action - volquartsen.com/departments/summit-22-lr/products/1282-summit-rifle
Suppressor: Advanced Armament Corp. (AAC)
Ammunition: CCI Suppressor, 45-grain lead hollow-point bullet (970 feet per second) subsonic
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You should have a TV show.
Definitely more interesting to watch than most of the shows on channels like Discovery and History.
They were working with someone on a TV show, which was why they didn't publish any trapping videos for a year. I don't know what became of that though.
its called a info merical dummy
Never realized how smart these animals are. They learn so fast that you have to be very strategic about culling them
I can't get enough of these hug control videos, keep posting them. Thanks JagerPro 😁✌
I’m addicted to these videos. I’m coming to Texas on a hunting trip.
Well done guys.
Kevin Lewis A purported TV show was the reason why we didn't see new hog trapping videos for a year before this one.
This is the ONLY intelligent and humane way to cut down on exploding hog populations, everywhere. And if you can feed hungry people too, all the better. THANK YOU for all that you do in containing this growing national problem.
i sure do enjoy watching your videos
Great content.
At last, a new trapping video from you guys!
More please, love these vids.
Outstanding work to help get rid of these pests.
Great video
Now THAT.... Was sooo sweet and smooth.. Awsome job and thanks for sharing your video👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👌👌👌
Great job
Good work, Gentlemen
Thank you for your good work!
Thanks for a great watch guys! I hope you can put more videos out there soon.. Thanks
Nice work! Another great video
Feral Hogs are beautiful animals. Can't say how great it is to see channels like yours that put a positive light on these beautiful animals. They are really an asset to mankind.
Well done, thx!
I'm curious I just want to know what do you all do with the Sounders when you all eliminate them
Pigs are killed inside the trap enclosure because it is illegal in most states to transport feral swine alive or sell the meat. The US Department of Agriculture does not allow wild pork donations directly to food banks due to swine brucellosis and the pseudorabies virus. Feral swine can be eaten, but it is very important to thoroughly cook wild pork to 165 degrees. Most feral pigs harvested by JAGER PRO™ Hog Control Operators™ are either processed by guests or donated to local families and churches for food.
However, there is another perspective to consider. Mission success is based solely on removing the entire sounder from each property since whole-sounder lethal control prevents any pig from escaping, surviving, reproducing or being educated to the removal process. Whether a non-native, agricultural pest is eaten or not has no value in the "damage management" decision-making process. Just as removing all termites, rats and cockroaches from your home to stop future residential damage is more important than ensuring all captured pests are eaten. Insect versus mammal makes no difference to the legal definition of a pest or the Best Management Practices needed to control them. The total number of wild pigs we successfully donate has no bearing on the number of animals we must euthanize. The United States cannot BBQ our way out of the feral swine problem and many carcasses may NOT be used for food.
Yes I understand but what do you do with them once they are eliminated do you bury them do you throw them away do you set them on fire do you leave them there for the scavengers what happens to them just curious
Pigs are killed inside the trap enclosure because it is illegal in most states to transport feral swine alive or sell the meat. The US Department of Agriculture does not allow wild pork donations directly to food banks due to swine brucellosis and the pseudorabies virus. Feral swine can be eaten, but it is very important to thoroughly cook wild pork to 165 degrees. Most feral pigs harvested by JAGER PRO™ Hog Control Operators™ are either processed by guests or donated to local families and churches for food. Mission success is based solely on removing the entire sounder from each property since whole-sounder lethal control prevents any pig from escaping, surviving, reproducing or being educated to the removal process. Whether a non-native, agricultural pest is eaten or not has no value in the "damage management" decision-making process. Just as removing all termites, rats and cockroaches from your home to stop future residential damage is more important than ensuring all captured pests are eaten. Insect versus mammal makes no difference to the legal definition of a pest or the Best Management Practices needed to control them. The total number of wild pigs we successfully donate has no bearing on the number of animals we must euthanize. The United States cannot BBQ our way out of the feral swine problem. Any carcasses NOT used for food are buried per Department of Agriculture regulations.
Nice work, very comprehensive. What happens to the big carcasses at the end?
Pigs are killed inside the trap enclosure because it is illegal in most states to transport feral swine alive. The US Department of Agriculture does not allow wild pork donations directly to food banks due to swine brucellosis and the pseudorabies virus. However, this does not mean wild pork cannot be eaten. It is fantastic table fare, but very important to thoroughly cook wild pork to 165 degrees. Most feral pigs harvested by JAGER PRO™ personnel are either processed by guests or donated (on the hoof) to local families and churches for food.
It took you awhile to bring new episodes
Might have seen and avoided some sort of trap before.
I like the dumbing the sounder approach. Take out their best, most experienced pigs with snipers, then easily trap the juveniles.
Job well done!
Damn that is a very intelligent plan!
Good job pals! Hogs are pests that cause a lot of damage. Nonetheless, they are still animals and dispatching in a humane manner is the right thing to do.
I hope more people can learn from your methods.
Yay!
Which subsonic round do you use??
What do you do with the pigs afterwards? Do you utelize the meat?
Pigs are killed inside the trap enclosure because it is illegal in most states to transport feral swine alive. The US Department of Agriculture does not allow wild pork donations directly to food banks due to swine brucellosis and the pseudorabies virus. Feral swine can be eaten, but it is very important to thoroughly cook wild pork to 165 degrees. Most feral pigs harvested by JAGER PRO™ Hog Control Operators™ are either processed by guests or donated to local families and churches for food.
@@JAGERPRO thanks for answering!
Unfortunately we don't have anything like this in Arizona, it would be so much fun.
I'm curious if there are any estimates of the total number of feral hogs wandering around out there? I've seen many videos of hog captures by your company and others, as well as videos showing wild hogs being shot in a field and there always seems to be large groups of them, numbering a minimum of twenty hogs of all ages.
Feral swine are rapidly increasing in population and range across the United States. Population currently exceeds six million animals across more than 35 states.
Have any pigs ever escaped after the trap closed
No. Our Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to euthanize pigs within 30 minutes of capture to eliminate escapes.
@DAILY OBSERVER - We observe cautious feral swine behavior quite often and the explanation is rather simple. It is the result of a previous failed attempt by an inexperienced person using a less effective product (i.e. portable box trap, narrow gate, trip wire, etc.) against the fourth most intelligent animal on the planet. Any pigs outside the trap when gates are triggered will learn from the experience and become "trap resistant" to future metal objects. This is the reason we promote whole-sounder lethal control. Removing the entire sounder at one time prevents any pig from escaping, surviving, reproducing or being educated to the removal process or product.
@DAILY OBSERVER - As we said earlier, pigs are the fourth most intelligent animal on the planet. They are smart enough to urinate and defecate away from their food sources and bedding areas. Neuroscientists from Emory University have shown that pigs share a number of cognitive capacities with other highly intelligent species such as chimpanzees, elephants, dolphins and even humans. Our answer is positively yes, pigs can think, process information and learn from failed control attempts by inexperienced people, ineffective processes and inefficient products. We certainly believe pigs associate a free meal and a metal contraption with danger if they have previously survived an event and lost their litter or family members to a similar device. We use the same concept when implementing military strategies such as ambushing an enemy convoy. The mission is to kill or capture everyone in the convoy so no one escapes and shares our methods and technology with their chain of command.
If you're able to find this piece of land on Google Maps, you can still see the Jager Pro setup on the exact spot from space lol
You mean from the airplane that took the photos. That would be cool to see.
Satellites dont exist. Just like phone companies have towers not satelites
This same process should be implemented in Chicago.
Wait, did you change your video policy to *not* show hog deaths? In two previous videos you offered good, solid reasons to deviate from policy; this video offers none.
Good observation. Yes, we changed our policy on this video because too many subscribers and viewers believe a centerfire rifle is required to euthanize pigs inside the trap. We efficiently demonstrated how and why we kill pigs inside the trap with a .22 caliber (rimfire) suppressed rifle immediately after they are captured. This practice prevents distressed vocalizations to any other sounders on the property which eliminates method education about the M.I.N.E.™ Trapping process. This also prevents pigs from urinating and defecating inside the trap all night and soiling the enclosure for future captures. Blood inside the trap enclosure does not affect new sounders from feeding during consecutive nights as long as they are captured in reverse order from traditional thinking. There is no need to use a large caliber (centerfire) bullet which can easily pass through a hog's skull and damage the gate or trap panels when a 40-grain (rimfire) .22 caliber bullet safely performs the task less expensively.
JAGER PRO™ JAGER PRO™ Yep, I know all those reasons! Important, every one.
Might I also suggest a link in the description for future videos that points to the first video where you explain in detail why you use 22LR? It won't help for those who fail to read it ... but it wil aid those who do read. (Yeah, you'll still need to deviate from policy every so often.) You can specify a time hack so people go straight to the good part.
FYI, I'm a *strong* advocate for 22LR. :-)
Is feral swine as tasty as regular pig.
The long answer is an animal's flavor or meat texture depends on at least four things: what the animal eats, how far they travel daily, whether they have testicles and how the meat is prepared. A pig eating grubs, worms and fish may not taste as good as a pig eating corn, peanuts and acorns. A wild pig travelling several miles daily may be much leaner than a domestic pig walking 50 feet each day. The “gamey flavor” some people experience from eating wild game is the testosterone in all large male mammal species such as deer, elk, bear, bison, cattle and pigs. This is the reason all bulls (cattle), boars (pigs) and rams (sheep) are castrated on a commercial farm when raised for slaughter. Lastly, any meal is only as good as the chef who prepares it. The short answer is wild pork tastes great if feral pigs have been eating agricultural crops and you are not eating a 250-pound boar.
Lean hog is delicious, and is better for you because the meat has less saturated fat.
why is the group of hogs known as a Sounder????
A "sounder" is a matriarchal family group of feral pigs consisting of adult sows (females) typically related via two or three generations and includes their piglets. A sounder of wild pigs is like a herd of cattle, a school of fish, a flock of geese or a murder of crows.
Can you eat them?
Pigs are killed inside the trap enclosure because it is illegal in most states to transport feral swine alive or sell the meat. The US Department of Agriculture does not allow wild pork donations directly to food banks due to swine brucellosis and the pseudorabies virus. Feral swine can be eaten, but it is very important to thoroughly cook wild pork to 165 degrees. Most feral pigs harvested by JAGER PRO™ Hog Control Operators™ are either processed by guests or donated to local families and churches for food. However, there is another perspective to consider. Mission success is based solely on removing the entire sounder from each property since whole-sounder lethal control prevents any pig from escaping, surviving, reproducing or being educated to the removal process. Whether a non-native, agricultural pest is eaten or not has no value in the "damage management" decision-making process. Just as removing all termites, rats and cockroaches from your home to stop future residential damage is more important than ensuring all captured pests are eaten. Insect versus mammal makes no difference to the legal definition of a pest or the Best Management Practices needed to control them. The total number of wild pigs we successfully donate has no bearing on the number of animals we must euthanize. The United States cannot BBQ our way out of the feral swine problem. Any carcasses NOT used for food are buried per Department of Agriculture regulations.
What do y'all do with the pigs i get hungry watching this i want some bacon pork shoulder even roasting the hole pig with barbecue sauce with and Apple in his mouth
I'm also interested.
I wonder if they are required to burn them or they can keep the meat.
Pigs are killed inside the trap enclosure because it is illegal in most states to transport feral swine alive. The US Department of Agriculture does not allow wild pork donations directly to food banks due to swine brucellosis and the pseudorabies virus. However, this does not mean wild pork cannot be eaten. It is fantastic table fare, but very important to thoroughly cook wild pork to 165 degrees. Most feral pigs harvested by JAGER PRO™ personnel are either processed by guests or donated (on the hoof) to local families and churches for food.
That is a lot of meat going to waste. I hope you guys can find a solution that satisfies both the very necessary health concern, as well as the overly paranoid governmental concern.
I understand however that your priorities are handling the pig population.
Why do you assume the meat was wasted? As stated above, most feral pigs harvested by JAGER PRO™ personnel are either processed by guests or donated (on the hoof) to local families and churches for food.
Are you all selling the meat from these kills?
4:03 very surgical
Aww yeah.
If you used a silencer, you could quietly shoot ALL the hogs without alerting the remaining alive ones.
You have been watching too much television as your statement is incorrect. We shoot .308 caliber, AR-10 rifles with suppressors for noise reduction but it does not change the pig's behavior after the shot. Pigs still run when either a subsonic or supersonic bullet (shot through a suppressor) impacts another pig. A 30 caliber, subsonic bullet is basically a flying drill bit and only pokes a hole through a pig carcass since they are not designed to expand at 1,000 feet per second (or less). A better subsonic bullet choice is a 44 Magnum (hand gun caliber) which is designed to expand at slower speeds and has the effective “knock-down” power needed for feral swine. However, all subsonic bullets are too slow to be effective for high-volume hog control causing increased bullet drop and increased leads on moving targets compared to supersonic bullet speeds. In our opinion, factory .308 ammo at 2,600 FPS (supersonic speeds) produces better results for hog control purposes. These rounds can still be shot through a suppressor for noise and recoil reduction.
@Jager Pro: Hi sir, thanks for your reply. I may not know much about guns but I watched in other videos, they shoot and hunt animals in herd quietly and the others in the vicinity don't know 1 of them is down. I wonder how did they do it?
mmm Show us an example so may observe to explain.
@Jager Pro: 6YPS00lU7rQ
The video you provided demonstrated shooting coyotes at 200 yards using a suppressed .223 caliber rifle. The cattle were not spooked when a 200-yard shot was fired because they are domesticated animals. The coyotes still ran when a bullet impacted another coyote. There was not an example in the video link of a coyote standing still after another was shot.
Dude, I just saw where you were ripping on a landowner in one of your earlier videos for shooting a couple of sows out of a sounder at a bait site. How it threw the program way behind and all. 😂 Not that it’s not true but I just got a kick out of the irony that of all y’all’s videos I happened to watch those two in a row. Yeah, I know circumstances vary. 😉 I don’t think you were wrong on either account. Irony aside, y’all do good work. We need more people willing to put in the work like y’all. 💪🏻🇺🇸
I'm hungry now. Can smell the bacon.
Good catch! Why you worried about them hurting themselves before you blow their heads off?😄😄
We are the industry leader with a national television show and more TH-cam views than all of government and academia combined. We use our media position to set the national standard for humane euthanization which induces the most rapid, painless and distress-free death possible. Feral pigs are euthanized inside the trap enclosure within 60-minutes of capture with a suppressed .22 caliber rifle using 45-grain subsonic bullets. You may view this very efficient process on our national television show with RFD-TV titled “TRAP EUTHANIZATION | JAGER PRO™ TV Show Preview (Episode 20)” at th-cam.com/video/OzfMUJ_bEqE/w-d-xo.html.
"Approaching the trap with the headlights on ensures that they don't hurt the trap, or hurt themselves" They then proceed to shoot them in the head because they didn't want them to hurt themselves x3
Excellent. Sounds like you learned something from our video. Just because we euthanize entire sounders of feral swine for a living does not mean we must be inhumane in our approach or damage our equipment. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) lists a bullet to the brain as a humane method of euthanasia. AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals - www.avma.org/KB/Policies/Documents/euthanasia.pdf - Page 36 - M3.5 GUNSHOT "A properly placed gunshot can cause immediate insensibility and a humane death. Under some conditions, a gunshot may be the only practical method of euthanasia."
I wasnt challenging you on humane ways of euthanasia, I thought it funny that you think approaching with a cars headlights on "Keeps them from hurting themselves".
Approaching the trap enclosure at night definitely reduces damage to the pigs and our equipment. Feral pigs tend to stand still when blinded by a bright light at night and do not attempt the same violent escapes as during the day. I added this topic to our "video project" list to demonstrate pig behavior differences between night and day euthanization. Thanks for the input as viewer communication often gives us new ideas for video content.
I Feel kinda bad for those little pigs