I've had coyote jack single rebar stakes in soft ground when snaring but have never had one pull up a pogo or even a berk.
I'd frozen or dry ground rebar holds really well. This past december we had a ton of rain and freeze/thaw conditions that turned everything to mud on warmer days. Had a coyote jack a single rebar stake in muddy pond dam with trail through it. He also hit the snare farther down the trail held with a pogo and held him fine. First coyote I'd ever snared twice and what a mess, two snares and the one still had the rebar stake on it. Thank god for the second snare. When I drove that stake in it was solid. Then came a light rain and a warm up for several days and what a thaw the ground took! 24" rebar, one heck of a catch circle on first hookup, and a clean hole where the stake was initially driven in. Never thought that would have happened in a million years, but it did. This year I wi not use rebar on those setups again.
If ground is frozen I use a rebar stake to make a pilot hole first. I snare a lot of pond dams, grassy trails, and frozen ditches late in winter. Often there is nothing nearby to wire off to in these locations but they are real funnels and great for snaring coyotes, fox, and cats in open farm ground.
I started using cheap anchors like pogos, Berkshire disposables, etc. And they hold really well for me. When weedy draining ditches freeze up they become highways for predators and there are some really great snare spots in tight narrow areas but darn few trees to anchor off to. A rebar stake can be driven down through the ice for pilot hole then use an anchor like pogo or berk driven into the mucky bottom under the ice. A support wire can go right into same hole and if you bend a little u shape in end going into the hole it wont weather vane (spin) on you and supports the snare well.
Anyway, hope that is helpful, its what I've been doing around here in open areas with success.
Jim
Last edited by jabNE; 08/03/19 08:53 AM.