On my Belisle 330s I use 6 ft of #2 chain with a single stake end attached. I also have a heavy duty split ring attached on the tree so I can tie off if a tree/root is close instead of staking... Cable is nice but it starts to kink bad after a while and will eventually rust into if submerged too long.

1/8" diameter 7x7 cable, a loop in one end large enough to fit the swivel and snap through, and a crunchproof swivel with locking gate carabiner on the other end. These can be looped around trees, limbs, roots, or staked. They can just be clipped to each other for extensions, if you need more length. Thus, I make a variety of lengths, because sometimes I want longer, or shorter cables....

All of my 330s have about 3-4 feet of 1/8” cable with a snare end swivel. I usually use my stabilizer’s leg.

Many places I trap have clay soil which means that the 20”+ leg of my 330 stabilizer works well anchoring my traps’s swivel.


My 48” H-stands are useless for anchoring traps due to the legs being too short. For those, I have to wire or stake my 330 to something nearby.


If the soil is loose or there’s a chance of theft, I either use an extension cable or I’ll use a wolf fang on 20” of cable with a fixed loop. I attach the loop to the eye of my Trap’s swivel. While this may work well in securing the trap, I am very careful when using them. This is the one exception to how I set 330s, because every large trap I use has some form or another of a quick release in case I catch myself and don’t have the means to compress the springs. I already know how well my 330s hold, so I’m in no hurry to become not only caught but staked down.