Anchoring Snares in Open Country

What's everyone's preferred method of anchoring snares in open country when you don't have anything to wire to? Is a single piece of re-rod OK on a seven foot snare due to the fact that the coyote will not be pulling directly up? Thanks in advance.

Go on YouTube and type in Dustin Drew's ultimate snare support system. I haven't tried using one but if I lived in open country I think that's what I would try. I'm also a fan of the Marty senneker dispatch snare if they are legal where you trap.

I've had coyote jack single rebar stakes in soft ground when snaring but have never had one pull up a pogo or even a berk.
I'd frozen or dry ground rebar holds really well. This past december we had a ton of rain and freeze/thaw conditions that turned everything to mud on warmer days. Had a coyote jack a single rebar stake in muddy pond dam with trail through it. He also hit the snare farther down the trail held with a pogo and held him fine. First coyote I'd ever snared twice and what a mess, two snares and the one still had the rebar stake on it. Thank god for the second snare. When I drove that stake in it was solid. Then came a light rain and a warm up for several days and what a thaw the ground took! 24" rebar, one heck of a catch circle on first hookup, and a clean hole where the stake was initially driven in. Never thought that would have happened in a million years, but it did. This year I wi not use rebar on those setups again.
If ground is frozen I use a rebar stake to make a pilot hole first. I snare a lot of pond dams, grassy trails, and frozen ditches late in winter. Often there is nothing nearby to wire off to in these locations but they are real funnels and great for snaring coyotes, fox, and cats in open farm ground.
I started using cheap anchors like pogos, Berkshire disposables, etc. And they hold really well for me. When weedy draining ditches freeze up they become highways for predators and there are some really great snare spots in tight narrow areas but darn few trees to anchor off to. A rebar stake can be driven down through the ice for pilot hole then use an anchor like pogo or berk driven into the mucky bottom under the ice. A support wire can go right into same hole and if you bend a little u shape in end going into the hole it wont weather vane (spin) on you and supports the snare well.
Anyway, hope that is helpful, its what I've been doing around here in open areas with success.
Jim

I've held eastern coyotes using 30" rebar stakes in the past without any issues but have switched to earth anchors.

I use rebar stakes with a quick link that way there's some play between the swivel and stake when it's pulling around. No issues yet even in softer ground

12” 1/8” super stake for me. Hold better than rebar, lighter, easy to hop out with half a dozen snares with preattached cable stakes coiled up in snare bag when setting up bait stations.

If you anchor away from the snare location and then put in a tangle stake you will have no problem with your anchor. Plus probably dispatch the coyote and possible save the snare location. Check state laws first. Doing this is probably not legal in cable restraint locations.

If in cattails or weedy creek/small drainage ditch bottoms I use a fence post. Either T - type or wood, at least 6' long with snare extension of 7-10'. Two wraps in a cattail trail and you better have your C-7's as its a tangle. On dryland its cheap Berks with a retrieve cable. If frozen use a pilot hole first. When I lived in MN I caught a majority of my fur in those cattail areas with the snare attached to a post and just looked for the circle which was never far. If I had no post I used beaver chews at least 6' long and they worked everywhere in thick ground cover. Saved a lot of pounding ... the mike

Use to use earth anchors , but last year i started using keith gregerson cross screw anchors. And with frozen ground its the ticket. Just need to have a good cordless drill to drive the screws in.

No one good answer for this question. There are times snaring in the middle of winter that I hammer in 8 inches of a rebar stake and couldn't get it out without hooking up a log chain to it and using my truck. Same day I might end up having to use a disposable stake in a ditch with heavy grass and a little snow that's insulated things from getting frozen so solid. Your weather and soil type will play a big part in this. If you're just starting out, pull on it yourself and see if you can easily remove it.

I use pogos but have used rebar with cross staking. I would cross stake if using rebar and you won't having problems. Better safe that sorry!

Get more cable incorporated into your setup.

Get some 7-8’ extensions to attach your 7’ snare to. Getting the catch out away will help. They’ll dispatch faster too if that’s the intention.

My “go to” snare anchor in open country is 24” of 1/2” rebar.

I’ve used shorter in rock hard frozen ground, I’ve used 3/8”, I’ve used smooth beet chain rod.

My stake is also my support, all incorporated into one. So the beauty of using 24” is, if the grounds harder than hades, I dont have to go down all 24”.

Earth anchor for me