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Guillotine trap door trigger.
This is not a continuous trapping door once it s closed it s closed until you come and manually open it or reset it.
Rooter lifting head gate on box trap.
Rooter lifting gates require that a hog use its nose.
One drawback of guillotine gates is that they do not allow additional pigs to enter once the trap has been triggered.
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.