I wouldn't trust that screw in any of my soil, although I would screwed into a root. I feel we have some it would hold in during the summer, but I wouldn't trust it, and a good thunderstorm might loosen it up. But I figure he knows his soil conditions better than I do half a country away.

I have seen trappers use long screws in videos from Australia. I went so far as to buy some screw in tent pegs, but I never tried them in actual trapping. I’d feel stupid if I had a coyote pull out. Maybe I’ll get the guts to try it sometime. If I do, I’ll let you know how it goes.

Ok, I pulled my 6-trap line yesterday. Three of the traps had been there 3 weeks, along with 6 DPs.
I had intentions of adding a drag to one, but when it came down to it, I just said to heck with it. I was tired of fooling with the line.
I think I'm probably working with 2 or 3 coyotes, and by this point they were completely unimpressed with the dead hogs (and the 6 coons), as well as my lures and inaccurate trap placement.
I did test the screws' holding power, at a 90° pull and straight, and they held.

I actually got the Idea from the YT dingo trapper, but he uses 2 screws, wich is something that I should probably do.
They can be screwed into the ground at 90 degrees from each other by going through adjacent chain links.
I'll try them again.

I played with those structural screws.

My hang up with them was stressing them putting one in and having it break during a catch.

I twisted a couple heads off just getting them in.



They make big 1/2” lag bolts all the way up to 20”-24” long I believe.

A friend tried them with a cordless impact.

They’re expensive but showed lots of promise.