How to secure a trap

[Scythe13]

Just a quick note and quest for advice.

If you are hunting, using traps....oh wait.....urm......if you are trapping using traps.......wait....okay, you get what I mean. How do you think is best to secure your snares/traps etc?

So far I've figured it would need to be some kind of metal wire, like the kind used when fishing for pikes.

As for the 'securing point' I think it would have to be something much better than a tent peg (the first thought that came to mind, but then also the first that got shot down). A tree, or something similar should be ideal, but then I came across another idea.

When out in the snow, a friend that used to do ice climbing told me about snow anchors. Where you use the weight of the snow to anchor you in place. This principle then came to mind, you could (correct me if I'm wrong) attach the wire from the snare to a sturdy object (like a tent peg) then bury it into the ground, under rocks and dirt. This would then mean that the weight of all the ground above the peg (burried on it's side) would act as an anchor.

Other ideas of how to anchor traps would be appreciated.

You could always anchor upwards into trees or something like that. Using this system you could even run a line back to your 'base camp' and attach a small bell to the line. Once the trap has been sprung, the struggling animal would cause the line with the bell on to move, thus ringing the bell and alerting you that your trap has been successful.