If you want to catch wild pigs easily for your farm or bushcraft food supply, learning how to make a quick, powerful wild pig trap using a hand saw is one of the best bush skills you can develop. Wild pigs destroy rice fields, banana plantations, and vegetable gardens, so building a trap can help protect your crops while providing meat for your family. This guide will show you how to build a working pig trap with only a hand saw, strong sticks, and natural vines. It is quick, powerful, and proven to work 100% if you follow carefully.
Step 1: Choose the Right Location
The first step in building your amazing wild pig trap is choosing a location near a pig trail, water source, or mud wallow where pigs often come to drink or look for food. You will see signs like fresh tracks, droppings, and rooting marks in the ground. This is where you will set your trap for the best success.
Step 2: Gather Materials
All you need is a hand saw, strong vines or rope, and hardwood stakes you can cut from the forest. You will need:
- 8-10 long, strong sticks (about 1.5 meters each)
- 6-8 shorter sticks (about 0.5 meters)
- Heavy logs or a bamboo door for the trap door
- Vines for tying
Step 3: Build the Trap Frame
Using your hand saw, cut sticks to build a rectangular frame for your pig trap. Dig small holes and insert the upright stakes in a rectangle, then use vines to tie horizontal sticks to form the wall. Leave one side open for the trap door.
Step 4: Make the Trap Door
The trap door should be heavy enough to drop quickly when triggered. You can use a bamboo mat, a heavy log, or a stick gate. Use your hand saw to smooth the edges so the door drops cleanly. Attach a simple trigger mechanism using a stick propped up with a string tied to a bait stick.
Step 5: Trigger System
To trigger your pig trap, set a bait stick with banana, rice, or fruit inside the trap, tied with a vine to the trigger stick that holds the door open. When the pig bites or pushes the bait stick, the trigger will release, dropping the heavy door quickly to trap the pig inside.
Step 6: Camouflage the Trap
Cover the outside with leaves and branches so the pig will not get suspicious. Place more bait inside the trap to attract the pig fully inside before it steps on the trigger.
Testing and Adjustment
Once you finish setting up, test your trap using a stick or light push on the bait to ensure the door drops powerfully and closes fully. Adjust the trigger to be sensitive enough but not so weak that the wind will trigger it.
Results: Two Successful Catches
Using this hand saw pig trap method, you can catch multiple pigs if you reset your trap. In our test, we caught two wild pigs within two nights near a cassava plantation. The trap dropped quickly, and the pigs could not escape, proving the method is 100% working if you set it correctly.
Benefits of This Trap
✅ Requires only a hand saw and natural materials
✅ Easy to build alone in the forest
✅ Powerful enough to hold big wild pigs
✅ Cheap, no metal cage needed
✅ Sustainable hunting method
If you want to protect your farm and practice bushcraft skills, building this amazing quick, powerful wild pig trap using a hand saw is a must-try method. It is simple, practical, and effective for survival or rural living. Always check local laws before trapping wild pigs, and use the meat responsibly to avoid waste.
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