I can no longer shoot in the area I used to hunt hogs in. I am gonna start snaring them.
The "Corps" removed all of the trees along the bottom of the levee when they widened it. So, because there are practically no trees, I must use an anchor of my own making to hold them.
Another snare trapper suggested trailer Tie-Downs. I don't know if he was serious or not, but I found this. Watch the little 2-second animation. Check out the amount of weight they hold.
https://www.milspecanchors.com/shop/category/6-arrowhead-earth-anchor-and-anchor-assemblies/I can make the anchors out of 4-6 or 8-inch flat-bar. Each anchor would cost me about $1.00 apiece to build myself including the blade, cable and ferrules. I plan on putting 2 homemade swivels in the line to the snare.
Fur trappers have been using a smaller version of this anchor for years to catch everything from muskrat, coon, beavers to wolves. I'm just wondering if a rig like this would hold a hog. We see some 200 pounders. Not many heavier than that.
I believe this will be as difficult to pull out as a T-Post would.
Y'all have any thoughts on this?