Re: Anchors
[Re: Blaine County]
#7231081
03/30/21 07:07 PM
03/30/21 07:07 PM
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Posts: 7,365 W NY
Turtledale
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W NY
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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: 17,652 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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Joined: May 2012
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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Joined: Dec 2006
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: 17,652 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]
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04/10/21 10:59 AM
04/10/21 10:59 AM
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Joined: Feb 2009
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]
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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: 29,888 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]
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04/11/21 09:28 AM
04/11/21 09:28 AM
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Joined: May 2011
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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