Several years ago, a friend told me about a disposable type stake he made that looked like a snare swivel with long ends. He made them himself from a design he got from somebody else. And now he’s moved to northern MN so we’ve lost touch. As I recall, he made them out of 11-gauge wire. And as I recall, he used them for water sets.

Does anyone use such a disposable type stake end like this and would you share the design and how-to-use info here?

maybe ask him?..once you find him using 411.com or whitepages.com or just Google his name and state, or town/state

If you know the area he moved to you can easily find him. I can find mostly anyone in the U.S. including telephone numbers and address

You can use high tensile wire in place of cable if that is what you mean, I saw that done back in the '60s, but all I've seen involved some end fitting- washer, wall tie, toggle anchor, pipe, dug and buried iron piece, bucket lid, etc.
I'd be interested in seeing an example of what you refer to.

Wasn't this?

TJM, I’m not sure how you’d use those but what I’m referring to is a triangular shaped snare end swivel with legs. He had a notched driver that he put on the triangle point. The legs were the wire ends that were 1 1/2 inches long. He used them on the deep end of his drowning rig. It was something he made in advance and just uncoiled at the set. I believe he used cable. A straight up pull got them out when he was moving sets

I'm watching this thread in hopes the full info makes it to the forum. I've heard of these but don't know the details either. Seems inexpensive and lightweight.

Ttt

? could have been a home made wire snare swivel ,with the ends left long ,after twisting

Back in the late 70's (dating myself again) a fellow in Iowa did a demo with a piece of #9 wire shaped as you said and drove it in the ground as a trap anchor for fox. I built some and they worked fine for coon and fox DRYLAND sets. Unfortunately the coyote arrival in those areas caused this anchoring devise to become ineffective and useless so it did not continued as a popular substitute for a stake. Water/mud anchoring it was not good for me so I stuck with the 2 rebar stakes on a slide wire back then.......... Now its Pogos, Iowa Disposables, Fangs, Berkshires, Bullets etc., etc., for stake replacements. Some of us use other materials but the premise of a "deadman" still holds (pun intended) our trap fastening thoughts. Where you live (north vs. south), type of fur harvesting devise, time of year that you trap, soil type and average moisture will dictate what you use to fasten a trap in place. Guys up north envy the light freezing conditions of the south, guys back east envy the dry soil conditions of the west, guys in the west envy the diverse rich habitat types of the east and guys down south envy the quality of fur in the north. The list of conditions and types of fur-harvesting situations goes on and on. I just try to be open to any "new" ideas here that seem reasonable to try to make the activity a little easier and more efficient to use. The twisted #9 wire trick that I saw/used worked for a specific time and place but went by the wayside as conditions/animal populations changed. My take-- the mike

Thanks Wife. This is the type of information I was looking for. Guess I’ll stay with what I’m using now

Was it something similar to this?