I was just looking at the Wisconsin trapping regulations and for larger bodygrips (60sq in.-75sq in) they have to be in a cubbie or elevated 5 ft up or higher. What would be a good set for raccoon to take advantage of this. Would there also be a way to use elevated footholds to avoid dogs and such? Any advice is appreciated.

I started using 160's on trail sets last year, they worked wonders.

If my math is right you would have to be setting a 280 or larger to be in that square inch range.

I'm pretty sure it supposed to be from the outside of the bodygrip jaws. But my main focus is avoiding dogs

160s in tightest spots on coon trails are awesome, gets even gigantic coon right behind the ears every time.
Only elevated set I've seen work were baited coon boxes with 160s or 220s used up overhead and attached to trees with wire or bungy chords.
I would think the 160 trails sets would be more productive though. St least they are for me here.
Jim

Not to hijack but plenty of big coon will do whatever it takes to avoid a 160....but that's your options in WI (and other states) so it is what it Is.

Plant a 1.5 on trail with 160s on it (and/or DPs for that matter) and see what shows up...

It would be better if they just did like Illinois and stated nothing bigger than a 220 on dry land. But even with your states regulation a 220 is only 49 square inches.

And plenty of dogs that will fit their heads in a 160. Maybe Plan B if you're worried about dogs.

Definitely, I can legally set 220s on dry land but I wont set one on dry land due to all the free range dogs.

One land owner has 2 dogs that could get their heads in a 110

big body traps on barn rafters work - but cats....

Running Pole Sets

deerhunter65322 tony hursman made a set on leaning trees using 220 and bbq sauce trail past the trap set head high and claimed he did well. Even caught a few greys

I've caught them in vertical 160 boxes but you definitely have coons walk by these sets. I wouldn't target them off the ground but caught a couple in fisher boxes.

The way we have to measure body grips here in WI is outside of the humps to outside of hump plus outside of rivet across to outside of rivet. Measuring this way a 220 is over 60 square inches, close to 64” actually.

My experience has been like Calvins snow told the story but I did not set a large amount or try different setups this was in tall grass trails and maybe I used to much grass to blend in the trap giving the coon a chance to pick a spot of least resistance

if you want to avoid dogs, why not use dp's?
Seems more logical choice than trying to hang a conibear in a tree and worrying about how to measure it??

May be because of the lethal set “advantage ‘