Hardin County Game Warden Michael Boone said that traditional traps, which are usually operated with sling or trap doors, are effective to an extent, depending on where hunters place them, but ...

Once inside, the farmer or operator remotely closes the door to trap the pigs. "They're all smart traps. They connect to your phone, so you can monitor when those pigs go in that trap," Gipson said.

Hog traps are live traps that operate using some type of spring-loaded door that closes behind the hogs once the trigger is tripped.

At no cost to the landowner, Nueces County loans out a trap to landowners in need. What’s unique about these traps, is instead of catching just one feral hog, they’re built to catch a pack.

A contractor removes trapped hogs daily. They become barbecue or sausage or the like, because their meat and hides are the only pay the trap contractors get.

The Alabama Feral Hog Control Council held its first meeting Thursday. The animals are a $44 million problem for state agricultural interests.