Plan the Mission
The I.C.E.® Cam photo shows the month is May and the overnight temperature is 70°F. We have established an automatic feeder as a food source. Sounder Intel verifies eight adults and no juveniles. We have determined one trained and certified Hog Control Operator™ will employ the trapping process using one M.I.N.E.® Trapping System. Our performance standard is 100% success which means we must remove all eight pigs expending the least amount of fuel, time, labor and money.
Harvest Efficiency Report
Date of the Blow Down captures were 29 May 2017. We effectively captured five adult boars and three adult sows expending five labor hours. Six additional adults were removed in the food plot. The four shooting events expended 4.25 labor hours. Harvest Efficiency Report column totals for Episode 14 verify 14 adults and 8 fetuses were removed from this property. 22 pigs were impacted, in six events, expending 9.25 hours of labor, which equated to a little over 25 minutes of labor per pig.
Solar Lunar Calendar
Observe the solar lunar calendar for another element of our strategy. The previous week of 23 through 27 May was the optimum movement time for the month as the 26th was the new moon. Both groups had overlapped their feeding pattern during excellent and good day ratings. We are counting on 21 May’s 21% fair rating and after midnight’s 13% poor rating to spread out their movement.
Official Shoot Date: 30 APR 2017
Official Shoot Date: 06 MAY 2017
Official Capture Time: 29 MAY 2017 – 2159 hours
Fetus Count: 08
Official Shoot Date: 30 MAY 2017
Official Shoot Date: 30 MAY 2017
Mission Assessment
We removed 8 of 8 targeted pigs for a 100% removal success rate. Therefore, we accomplished our performance goals, using a trained and certified Hog Control Operator™, by trapping and shooting during winter months, using our M.I.N.E.® Trapping System and a thermal scoped rifle. The total number of pigs impacted during this mission was 22.
Return on Labor
Our total trapping labor was 5.00 hours. Trapping labor per pig was 18.75 minutes. We arrive at this number by multiplying 5.00 hours times 60 minutes which equals 300 minutes. Divide this number by 16 pigs trapped to equal 18.75 minutes of labor per pig. Total shooting labor was 4.25. Shooting labor per pig was 42.50 minutes.
The annual damage prevented by trapping was $6,400. Annual damage prevented by shooting was $2,400. $6,400 divided by 5 hours gives us a return on labor of $1,280 per hour from trapping. $2,400 divided by 4.25 hours gives us a return on labor of $564.71 per hour from shooting.
