Frozen ground trap bed digger

[buckeye hunter]

I'm curious to know what you guys use to dig trap beds when the ground is frozen hard?

[Macthediver]

Haven't done any hard ground trapping in years now. But when I did I used a 2lb hammer with a blade welded on one side. I still use the same hammer as my regular trapping hammer. If I was going to trap frozen ground now. Anything I couldn't hack into with my hammer I'd use the wide blade on my regular long handled pick. Years ago I didn't have that tool when I was trapping late.

Mac

[RdFx]

Or use a heavy duty splitting maul.  This works good.  Another thing that works is  the slide hammer wood splitter  , like a  ice chisel with a slide hammer.  You can chop out  exact size you need for whatever size trap you have or use.