I've been reading through my library of outdoor books recently and one think that I've noticed it that almost all of them will show a snare or some other trap attached to a stake of some kind that appears to be stuck into the ground a couple of inches.
Come on, I mean, What's the deal with this?!!?!! If you or I were trapped in a snare that was attached to a peg driven into the ground a few inches do you think that we'd have any trouble getting it out of the ground? Animals in traps are literally fighting for their lives and can exert extreme pressure on whatever the trap is attached to and a stake simply isn't good enough. An animal with either take your trap or snare with it as it removes the peg or will injure itself breaking free the attachment.
I always use drags on snare ... by this I mean that I attach the snare to a big log or something similar with enough give in it to take the strain off the tie used to connect the snare to the log but heavy enough not to moved too far.
Why do they show such a silly arrangement in books? In my mind the stake is the single most irresponsible thing that you could use and I have no idea why - unless the images are drawn by people who don't know better.
Does anyone actually use stakes? If so, how big are they and how deep do you put them? Do you find a lot of snares that are just GONE?
Come on, I mean, What's the deal with this?!!?!! If you or I were trapped in a snare that was attached to a peg driven into the ground a few inches do you think that we'd have any trouble getting it out of the ground? Animals in traps are literally fighting for their lives and can exert extreme pressure on whatever the trap is attached to and a stake simply isn't good enough. An animal with either take your trap or snare with it as it removes the peg or will injure itself breaking free the attachment.
I always use drags on snare ... by this I mean that I attach the snare to a big log or something similar with enough give in it to take the strain off the tie used to connect the snare to the log but heavy enough not to moved too far.
Why do they show such a silly arrangement in books? In my mind the stake is the single most irresponsible thing that you could use and I have no idea why - unless the images are drawn by people who don't know better.
Does anyone actually use stakes? If so, how big are they and how deep do you put them? Do you find a lot of snares that are just GONE?