what kind of stakes do you guys prefer? I can see the benefit of using both. Just leaving a "disposable" in the ground kind of rubs me the wrong way, and from what I have seen they are a little more work getting out vs. a rebar stake. However it wont be pretty if for some reason a tractor tire goes over a rebar stake........Do either have a distinct advantage, or is it just personal preference?

I use rebar, cause that's what I started with and still works for me. I don't set where tires will go over them. A pair of vise grips pulls them out pretty easy, unless they are frozen in, then its a bit more work. Downside is they are heavy. I walk a lot of my line and I carry stakes in a backpack.

If you just setting say 2 dozen traps then re bar but if you are setting a lot more traps use disposable stakes.

Disposables can be used a few yrs in a row if you trap the same properties, just leave them but mark them

I use drags 95% or more, since I can PRE-HOOK it to a sapling or log, and don't have to hunt a critter. If I can't then I use Hvy Duty Berkshires...or a bullet with TWO cables, one for retrieval.

I use rebar or smooth steel rods. I weld washer on the end and use a pry bar to get them lifted some, then I made a puller to take them out. If someone drive over my stakes they do not get them in there tires. I cross stake my coyote sets. If I have my stakes set with snares ,I keep them out of where they can be drove over. I use a UTV to run my line so I do not worry about weight.If I do walk part of the line I use a otter sled

I would rather hammer in 80 or 100 times than using rebar and doing twice the amount of work for the same results.

That was one of my main points without asking it; I see that a lot of guys double stake with rebar for coyotes. I'm guessing one earth anchor for coyotes is fine, because I never see anyone say they use two..............

and why two rebar stakes in the 1st place? is 1 rebar stake not strong enough to hold a coyote?

A single stake can be pumped up out of the ground, two stakes crossed aren't going to budge.

Started with rebar, use earth anchors with chain now

Both have their place.

Or you can use a single B.W. curved stake.

I prefer earth anchors. Cheap to make and less weight. I walk most of my line .

I have used both. The rebar IMO is harder to steal the trap with. I mostly run rebar for traps and anchors for cables. Have had it hold a bear.

That's true but they are pain to drive. LOl

Or cross stake with two curved B.W. stakes like he does!!!

I use chained Super Stakes and use a drill and a anchor puller to get them up. No big deal in the right ground.

This and I was using bent stakes before I ever heard of Bob. I didn't always use double stakes though because coyotes are fairly recent in my piece of the earth, and a single bent stake will hold most other critters.

The common earth anchor is way too much trouble what with pre-drilling pilot holes, then having failure to rocks and carrying around a special driver and then trying to recover a "disposable" anchor and the required pulling device- they would be OK in the right place- soft loam and near the truck.
Wood stakes and angle iron stakes can be useful too "in the right place". As can a dead-man with solid wire or chain.

Not sure why you’d want to carry all that weight and bulk.

Pogos are easy to make, weigh nothing and don’t take up hardly any space.

But hey, everyone has their own way of doing things.

At home I use earth anchors plus I have a few I made from change that stay in the ground all the time. (places I make sets every year) When I am away from home I use rebar. Coyotes are double staked and the rest single.

I suspect much of the preference depends on your soils. One considers that he has to put in pilot holes for his disposable stakes. Others mentioned weight because they do a lot of walking. When I walked a good portion of my area, weight was an issue. Now that I drive, it isn’t. In very dry years, pounding anything into the ground is a chore. But as has been mentioned on here many times, you have to decide your own circumstances and adapt to your own situation.