Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7231081
03/30/21 07:07 PM
03/30/21 07:07 PM
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Turtledale
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I'd take a look at the wolf fangs to make sure you didn't get a bad lot. And another look at the driver with a file You might have a burr or something bent. Season is a long way off and you'll have time to find the problem. I have very Rocky ground and have no trouble with wolf fangs. Your stake puller will pull the wolf fangs. I made one from a 5 foot bar a piece of chain and a hook
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7231118
03/30/21 07:42 PM
03/30/21 07:42 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 17,660 Rodney,Ohio
SNIPERBBB
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Bullet stakes with the the retrieval cables makes life a ton easier. Haven't really tried them in rockier areas so I'm not sure how well they'd go through hard rock like the spade type disposables. Rock I just go to drags or extensions.
Last edited by SNIPERB🦝; 03/30/21 07:43 PM.
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Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7231376
03/30/21 10:23 PM
03/30/21 10:23 PM
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Joined: Feb 2020
Posts: 149 Pennsylvania
JesseA
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Jesse--In the past, I liked the Wolf Fangs. Something was different this year.
I got distracted and didn't do my inspection this evening. I uses them some last season and liked them, but this year was nothing but issues. I believe part of the reason they bend so easily is you're pounding on the very back of the anchor when driving, unlike the super steaks you're hammering on the solid point
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Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7231385
03/30/21 10:29 PM
03/30/21 10:29 PM
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Posts: 443 Hot Springs SD
Larry Bowden
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I tried the wolf fangs but were hard to drive in most soil in my areas. I still mostly use the standard berkshires for most coyote sets and some bobcat sets. I have found it works best to make a pilot hole first for the berkshires and sometimes use my berkshire driver to make the pilot hole for the wolf fangs too. I do use some drags and at times use a trap with a drag setup chained around a tree with a heavy carabeaner or chain repair link around the chain. Mountain lions can be problem around here. The last thing you want is for a lion to run off with your trap.
Western SD Fur Harvesters, SDTA, NTA, FTA and life member of NRA. Cancer survivor (7 years) and still fighting it.
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Re: Anchors
[Re: SNIPERBBB]
#7231595
03/31/21 06:23 AM
03/31/21 06:23 AM
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Posts: 11,165 Central NC
traprjohn
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Bullet stakes with the the retrieval cables makes life a ton easier.. we make them for some customers and they say they are the cats meow in our eastern clay
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Re: Anchors
[Re: traprjohn]
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03/31/21 08:02 AM
03/31/21 08:02 AM
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Posts: 17,660 Rodney,Ohio
SNIPERBBB
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Bullet stakes with the the retrieval cables makes life a ton easier.. we make them for some customers and they say they are the cats meow in our eastern clay Especially if you move traps alot like dps.
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Re: Anchors
[Re: AuthorTrapper]
#7239855
04/10/21 10:59 AM
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Posts: 14,312 Montana
USMC47 🦫
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Jesse--In the past, I liked the Wolf Fangs. Something was different this year.
I got distracted and didn't do my inspection this evening. Hard to beat MB Super stakes on chain!
Having moved every three years over 25 years in the Marines, I had to constantly adapt to different soils and rocky conditions over 11 states. In some soil conditions, the wolf fangs were great. At the end of the day, wolf fangs eventually bend, even if slightly enough to not see with the eye and they hang up on the driver. A quality heat treated driver helps but even then a bend fang gets caught. Finally settling here in Montana, I use only chained super stakes and love them. The only complaint I have is retrieving them. I started leaving them in the ground at some places I know I’ll trap the following year. Makes connecting traps real quick with a quick link.
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Re: Anchors
[Re: Tailhunter]
#7239860
04/10/21 11:01 AM
04/10/21 11:01 AM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 14,312 Montana
USMC47 🦫
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I have used pogos for awhile now. I enjoy making them and using them. Don’t have any problems. Made my own driver, the tip is a hardened bolt. No problems. I used pogos for a few years when I was stationed in NC. Easy as cake in sandy soul and about as cheap as you can get. I bet I wouldn’t get down an inch here with them. I sure miss the sandy soils.
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Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7240572
04/11/21 08:13 AM
04/11/21 08:13 AM
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Posts: 29,894 williamsburg ks
danny clifton
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I tried disposables when they first started being talked about. If your walking they could be a plus I guess. But drivers and pullers kinda screw that up too. I trap out of a pick-up and off a four wheeler. I use 1/2 inch rebar with a 5/8 nut welded on top, or drags. They last forever. So lots cheaper. Some western cat sets I will walk in. Climb on foot really. Not often though. Even cats will cross whatever trail your driving on at some point. If I beaver trap its with a boat. This is 2021. There just is no reason to not use an internal combustion engine. Unless maybe your just catching a few critters to protect your chickens and get some exercise or something. Or maybe your 15 and your only transportation is a bicycle.
Rebar cross staked. A whole lot less problems. Cheaper. Don't wear out. Pull them with a 28 ounce estwing straight claw framing hammer. Same hammer you dug your trap bed and drove them in with. (once in a while an adjustable spanner wrench or vise-grip plier to turn them a couple turns and facilitate pulling.)
Simple effective and cheap, no gimmicks, is still what I prefer.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7240613
04/11/21 09:28 AM
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Posts: 2,494 Garden,Michigan
Buck (Zandra)
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I trap off a 4 wheeler and truck too,and there's no way in this country are you going to set close to the two tracks without serious losses.And here in Michigan,anyway,the moment your vehicle leaves the trail subjects you to violations from the COs.We have alot of sand here,there's no way your not going to leave to road numerous times checking traps that your not going to make your own two track.Granted,I use more drags than stakes nowadays but walking off the trail to get away from the weekend warrior crowd is a fact of life up here,always has been and always will be.Small game hunters,bear hunters,sight seers,use these same 2 tracks,let alone a good share of the 700,000 annual deer license buyers.And in our sugar sand conditions disposables hold fantastic,I have yet to lose a coyote pulling a disposable,and I've never had to double stake them.Bullet stakes and wolf fangs work great in this country.My re rod stakes have joined other relics from the coyote line,like using No3 Herters and No.4 Newhouses.
Buck(formely known as Zandra)
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Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7240937
04/11/21 06:26 PM
04/11/21 06:26 PM
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Posts: 23,854 Wisconsin
The Beav
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My wolf fangs are free and truly disposable. But I do try and remove most of them If It's easy. I lay my tile spade flat on the ground make a wrap around the handle close to the shovel part and reef up on It. If It starts to come up I lower the shovel and choke up on the cable or chain and reef up on It again. If It doesn't pull out I cut the cable and leave.
The forum Know It All according to Muskrat
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Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7247506
04/20/21 02:33 AM
04/20/21 02:33 AM
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Willy Firewood
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Chained super stakes with retriever cable is best.
DRILL HOLES FIRST. It saves aching wrists.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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Re: Anchors
[Re: AuthorTrapper]
#7261094
05/09/21 08:30 PM
05/09/21 08:30 PM
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Mark June
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Mark June
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Hard to beat MB Super stakes on chain!
Only way to fly AT. Only way to fly.
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Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7261376
05/10/21 08:55 AM
05/10/21 08:55 AM
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Posts: 2,092 NB, Canada
MySide 🦝
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Finned super stakes will hold an 18-wheeler...... now I'm not saying they are the best, cause they take forever to get out, but they will hold anything you catch!
All for the Greater Glory of God
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Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7261591
05/10/21 04:08 PM
05/10/21 04:08 PM
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Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,358 Firth, Nebraska
jabNE
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Crossed rebar is only thing ive found i can retrieve here in late January when I'm done with coyote line. That said, I do like the lighter weight of bullets on cable when I'm walking that line due to crappy weather. For my coon sets, mostly 1.5s and DPs needing anchors, I use berk disposables. Jim
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7261646
05/10/21 06:07 PM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 5,527 West Central MN
20scout
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I went with Super Stakes with chain two years ago and won't look back.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7264637
05/15/21 06:40 AM
05/15/21 06:40 AM
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Posts: 8,358 Firth, Nebraska
jabNE
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Trappergreen62 that is a great idea to keep cats out of trees. Also like the chewed up sobered on logs as attractors after a catch. Nice work. Jim
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: Anchors
[Re: niit_train12]
#7267318
05/18/21 09:56 PM
05/18/21 09:56 PM
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Joined: May 2018
Posts: 10,930 SW Georgia
Wanna Be
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As a new trapper, these forums provide a plethora of knowledge. This past season, my first, I used Berkshires and Super Stakes (chain and Cable) in WV. Mostly rocky soils. I can honestly say that if you’re trapping from a machine (ATV, snowmobile, truck, etc) using a T-post puller from a farm store worked wonders. I only bent one Berkshire. The rest pulled with ease. About flipped my 4-wheeler end over end before I chickened out, lol. Hooked the winch to the super stake and the back tires got off the ground. I got to about 60 degrees and said nope, that one can stay! It’s still there and I add a trap and quick link and still catch a coyote and or bobcat in that spot every year. The pipe stays in the ground there as well. It about gnawed to the deck, but I just clean it out what’s still in the Earth and add bait.
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