Does anybody use drags on their trap line?

Do you build them or do you enjoy welding?
I just made another one and set it out to test the design.

I don't use drags. too much risk

What do you mean by "to much risk" if you have a good drag?

I do use drags about 40% of the time for foxes.
The country around here is moderately scrubby so they only go about 100-200m.
I also have a scent hound so it pretty easy to find them.
I make all my own drags.
I have 2 designs that I use.
The first is just heavy wire in a lead filled pipe for weight.
It weighs about a kilogram.

The other is light steel rod and almost solid steel pipe.
This one is a little heavier, about 2 kilos

i suppose i just didn't have a good drag then, or i just don't know how to use them. i've had critters escape before using them

What kind of land do you have up there? And do you have places that it can hook? Down here we have a lot of brush so it could hook up pretty easily.

I don't use them because I've only trapped our 20 acres so I didn't want anything getting off our property. But I might start using them cuz I'm going to be trapping bigger properties this year

Cool, I trap all private because there's no public land in Texas. For me it's easy to get people to let me do stuff on their property.