I use a crowbar to pry them out. It's usually not easy. W'eve got rocky soil here. I wonder if there's a better way out there...

i use a pick axe (flat blade side)

TRUCK WINCH

same as Gary only I ground a notch in the blade,makes it a little quicker for me.

Vice grips used to turn them loose.

Crowbar

Just a pair of larger vise grips. A couple twists and they usually come right out. However, if you bend them then wont. I make sure mine are straight before pounding them in.

A short shovel (3' long or so). I pry them out.

pick ax w/ a notch ground in the flat side.

crowbar. Use the deep bend end for leverage.

If you spin the stake with a wrench or vicegrips. Then pull on the trap the normally will come right up. If that doesn't work use the pry bar.

For me i just start twisting and turning them with my hand and wiggle em around hit em a few times with a hammer and they ussauly come out

Small crowbar with a block of wood.

Woofman, Seems like most of my rebar stakes are either frozen in or are driven down thru rock. I got tired of trying to pry them out with a pry bar. I now use a handyman jack with a short length of chain and a hook and then I simply jack my stakes out of the ground. Hope this helps. Take Care, Tater

If the ground is frozen sometimes it helps to actually pound them in a little more to break the seal, then pull them out.

SWAMPFOX not a bad idea i think i will make one for myself.

pickaxe

I use a leather glove and that bloody center part of my hand... seriously-I have an EASIER time when the ground is frozen...??? When not frozen I have to DIG... Frozen with some prying and rocking I seem to be able to get them moving (must be all that granite up here)

I made mine from ½" round rod. It is about 20" long and the two ends are about 1 ½" long the T-bar handle is about 6" long. All it really does is give you a very good handle to pull on the stakes. I heat the rod to make the bends and it is important to make the one bend on the main rod less than 90 degrees so it actually points up a little. It is also important to be sure the T handle and the bends are oriented the same as the picture. That way you can swing it into the ground at the stake, it goes right under and makes pulling them very easy. Sometimes I have to hit the stakes down a little to break the frost then hook this under and they pull easy.

~ADC~

VISE GRIPS lol, no need for jacks or anything else, like has been said, a twist at the top and never had one I couldnt get out. Frozen ground, different story.

Swampfox that looks god but you stake looks like a smooth 3/8 bar.

my teeth...

actually, a pair of pliers(to spin the rebar) and the trap it hooked to,i clamp the trap over the nut on the top and use it as a handle, works purty good for me, lotta rocky ground here, especially round the water.

HB

bulldog puller sold at sterling fur

I use a gruben hoe I use the flat side for rebar and for cable stakes I put the point of the other side in the loop or quick link.

way too much effort here.......take another stake and drive it down about halfway right next to your original at the exact same angle... pull the second stake...grab the chain of the trap and give it a yank sideways toward the new hole, then yank back the other way and pull it right out with a steady straight up pull
its thatttttttttttttttt easy

pick axe with flat side, cheap, easy and use it to break up the soil some if need be.

Gorilla bar (< $20 Menards)

I tried the vise grip method on six traps yesterday. It worked like a charm. Much easier than prying with a crowbar, and the vise grips can be carried in a back pocket. Anyone who hasn't tried vise grips should give them a try.

Paul,,, That stake is a smooth one.I happen to have more rebar than smooth ones. But to tell you the truth I notice no differance in them . I suppose you are thinking they won't hold as well.Only fox here so they work well.

Vice grips !