I have been running snares the most of my trapping life and have never used any supports. For those that do what do you prefer to use. I am coming into certain setups that I am having a few problems supporting a snare so it hangs right especially with limited snow.

I like these.

https://www.fntpost.com/Products/Snare+Supports/Freedom+Brand+Snare+Supports

What do you use on your snare to connect it to the support. I have made some supports with pigtails they seem to hold the snare well but just don't know if there is something better. Looking for some good advise.

My tie wire is my snare support.KISS,

Vinyl tubing as a whammy....must put on when snare is built

I don't tie my snares off. I have tree locks on 99% of my snares. If I have plenty of snow I go with just my snares and I am set. Worked for me this long.

This is what my snares have, vinyl tubing. It works well for my setup.

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9 wire and make a lower case letter h, think mine are 28 inch before its bent.

Vinyl tubing wammy. I pre-form all my snare bottoms with coils that I can slide my trap stake through when setting the snare. Trees can be few and far between in some areas I hang snares.

A simple round shaft welded to a base the anchor point goes through a couple nuts then wraps around the shaft several times the far end stays straight to take the nylon whammies. 9ga wire blanks around 30 inches.

I like the idea. But I know you get some frost, can you drive your stakes in this late in the season. This year I can in some area and I do use some kill poles for these areas with no trees.

fish tank tubing for a whammy and came across some high tensile wire of around 11ga once thatis very stiff and will support a snare high off the ground. If the snare is close to a tree Ill just use my tie wire as the support does not have to be too long and the annealed wire wont droop

Now Ill admit Im not master snare man, when I caught my first beaver in a snare I was more surprised than he was

Those work well in hard ground. They royally suck in sandy/soft ground.

The h or u shaped supports are much more versatile , and can be sharped to be driven into trees as needed. PDKsnares.com carry them. Not sure who else does. If you're more DIY..tomato/tobacco stakes or furring strips with one or two holes drilled for your wire are great except in hard ground.

There's a lot of different set ups for snares.
They've been mentioned in the comments , I like the plastic tubes for a whammy , but used my trap tag for a whammy also.
No 9 wire for a support.
Everyone has used a different system , at one time or another.
Depends on the situation at the time and what you have to work with.

I like the idea of the trap tag used for the whammy. Its a must on our equipment also. I just think that less is better when snaring. A lot of good advice. Thanks everyone!!

Petty much depending on moisture here but it’s seldom an issue. Lots of things can be done with 9 ga wire

If you ever get down to St. Cloud, I have a few snare supports I have made out in the garage. They are similar to the ones at F & T. Can be driven into frozen ground without much trouble. You are welcome to them. I can always weld up some more

I use black annealed #9 wire welded to rebar stakes or kill poles for all my snares and I use real metal wammies properly sized to fit the cable diameter + #9ga wire. IMO there's no better way. I use a home made driver like a fence post driver to pound the killpoles in so if the ground is frozen they still drive in. I've driven them through 10-12" of frost and it sucks but it works great.

I use 11 or 9ga wire as the situation may require an a 32 double ferrule as a whammy:

I use nothing but # 9 wire. A 1/2" driver rod with a U in the end is place about three inches from one end of the wire and is drove in the ground. When you drive it in, the wire fold on each side of the driving rod. I snare very open ground with no trees or brush. I also like to stake as far as I can from the trail I am setting.

When I set trail snares in open(grassy) country in late fall I always drive two stakes(before ground is too frozen)one as a support to tie the snare and the other is a kill stick.
Snaring in open country is futile here in winter because of the snow and wind.

Here's a video. You only need to watch the first 6 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nMVmFJsjuM

He initially drills a hole through the re-rod to put the #9 wire through before wrapping it around the stake.

The has another video posted on how to build one.

Watched the whole video. We don't have much open country but I can say that system would work in some spots. Thanks for sharing.