My uncle is wanting to try a little trapping on his farm this year and I told him I would go out with him and help get him started. He said that His farm is mostly rocky after you get down a 6 inches or so. What would be the best way to anchor the traps in this for coyote? I have been using earth anchors or cross staking 18 in rebar on my traps so far where I'm at. I thought of taking a drill and drilling down into the rock for the rebar stakes if we can't drive them in. If I did this do you think I would still need to cross stake to hold a coyote or would one stake be enough? I also thought about using drags but I have never used them and most of his place isn't very thick so I'm not sure how effective they would be. any advise on this is much appreciated. I have only got a couple years trapping under my belt so I am still fairly new at it.

Drags (pre-hooked on vegetation) or cable/chain around something solid.
I don't have that problem here in Michigan, so that's the best I can give ya. Drilling into rock for each set seems like a lot of work.

KY is mostly soft lime stone. A cordless drill, couple extra batteries and a couple masonry bits will work. Assuming that's what kind of rock you will deal with. Rebar and cross stake. Could use pretty short and also just 3/8s if your going into 6 -8 inches of stone. Drags work great in brush. Not so much in timber. They don't hang up on trees. Trees are too big

With a cordless drill and some masonry bits and some expandable concrete anchors you can make short work out of anchoring those traps. No need to drill re bar sized holes In rock.

Just Google Anchors for concrete there are 100s of simple options. And most hardware stores will have what you need.

If there are bigger rocks on the surface laying around, Drill a hole through them with a masonary bit and cable off to them. I'm talking about a rock of appropriate size for the critter your trapping. A rock of about thirty lbs makes a good drag for a yote, and leaves a good mark to follow. Be sure to add enough chain to give him a chance to tangle, or they can still pull them a loong way, that is all they have to do with their time! lol. I have used this alot here in the flint hills of Ks.

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Thanks for the responses and ideas. I never thought about the concrete anchors in the rock. May try something like that if the rock seems hard enough for it.

Hydraulic cement in existing holes/cracks, drill holes for concrete anchors, loop cable around LARGE rocks, nuts on cable or chain in crack backed by H cement. I had all kinds of trouble when I tried drags, nowhere near enough sign.

I have some real hard ground areas. We have a weed tree called a grey birch. I cut one three inch thick ten feet long. fasten trap to middle six feet of chain or so and let coyote drag that around. wont go far.