How to secure a trap

[Grumpy Grandpa]

(5 September 2013, 11:35)Scythe13 Wrote: ...snow anchors...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.

Not so sure that would be effective Scythe. A snow anchor is inserted into compacted snow and relies on the undisturbed integrity of the snow above (depth, not further up the slope,) and around the anchor for it's strength. A peg buried in essentially loose earth/rocks I don't think would have that, unless it was really deep.

(5 September 2013, 11:35)Scythe13 Wrote: ...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.

Not sure about that one either, sorry. I can't imagine successful trapping within a distance you could cover with a line from your base camp. Just you being close would spook the 'locals'. I'd think you'd have to trap a good bit further out than would make this practical.

What would be wrong with a sturdy peg driven fully in? Or, with a fence line sometimes being a good location to identify a run, using a fence post?