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.

Came on here to give a few updates. Still grinding on them as pups have left the den around here and started traveling with parents. They’ve been falling quickly to about any set they come across, except for standard dirtholes that I have all but pulled from the lines. Simple rebar punch holes filled with Mr. Jamesons mice oil has been killer, putting down over a dozen dogs in the last 14 days. They seem to dig to the center of the earth to get at it.
I’ve also had great luck dropping into creek bottom and setting along the banks. Can’t remember who recommended that but it’s been a great tip and I’m catching dogs in those bottoms whenever they aren’t moving anywhere else.
Travel corridors have become much more patternable the past two weeks, with last week having a cooler front and putting them on their feet and moving.
Lastly, I tried the big bait jackpot style sets. We don’t have many dead cows or horses laying around, so I’ve been using Alligators and setting the roads coming to them. Drop the gator dead in the middle of an intersection and start setting each direction 50’ to 300 yards down the roads.
Definitely seen some good progress with all the tips.
I appreciate it guys.

Good to hear you are making progress. I was able to put 3 in the box this morning.

Was gonna post a pic but just can’t figure it out.