Humble trail set with a foothold will literally catch anything that walks . And a few that flies and probably a bunch that crawl depending on your pan sensitivity.

Was out at one of my trapping spots and saw a junk pile...so I toke some junk out and made some cubby sets about 20 feet away...old lawn mower hood made a nice cubby...

It's not about coon sets. You can catch coon 100 different ways. It's about using a certain type trap and and still have the coon In that trap when you check It.

The DP's and specifically the Original Grizz Getters made every rookie, homeowner and person off the street a coon trapper as evidenced by their (some form) presence in farm, outdoor and box stores around the country. ...................the mike

Ks wolfer, for what it’s worth, about 90% of my coon harvested over last 40+ years have come from dryland sets. For Me, DPs have really only been another tool on my bag for about last half of that and they are still not my primary tool by any stretch. I run a lot of coon-specific dryland foothold sets with #2 longs or 1.5 and 1.75 coils.
We have a daily (calendar day) check here and I can’t recall very many losses at all. Flipped traps unfired taught me I needed to bed rock solid at sets. Dirtholes are coon dirt holes with big dirt pattern, lots of eye appeal, and either a big backing or non at all. Dig the hole deep and make ‘em work for it. Finding bait a few paces away and dropped means you just satisfied a very curious animal and didn’t catch it.
In a coon book I read once the author talked about his pet coon and a crawfish in a jar. If he barely out the lid on, coon got the crawfish out and usually only played with it then left it alone. But if he screwed the kid down tight the coon worked the jar relentlessly.
Deep, big hole and pin the bait to make ‘em work for it. I get a lot of back foot catches this way and I think it’s because both hands are down in the cookie jar and the back feet are shuffling to get a better reach with the fronts. A good solid back foot coon catch, short chain, lots of swivels, it will be there at next check.
Jim

I agree on back foot catches. I don't remember any coon caught by a back foot did any chewing. But trying to target back foot catches Is a work In progress.

Thank you for the advice. Wealth of information in your post that I will certainly put to use

A simple 1 1/2 set in a coon trail. I usually set 3 to 4 per trail. No bait. No lure. Set and go. You will catch more the just raccoon on those trails. Skunks, possum, red and grey fox, coyotes,mink,muskrats,beaver,and otter. Always a bonus.

Went out to were I made those cubbies and added some leftovers to them .smooth out the sand to see what is there..well I just got back and so many tracks that I need to make more...

I read about a guy using 16 inches or so of pvc 4 or 6 inch pipe for cubbie/pocket sets by covering up one end I think it was on here a long time ago

Ks wolfer, I can’t take much credit for my techniques. Thank the likes of Charlie Dobbins, Bud Boda, Carrol Black, and my uncle Fred. I may have developed a system over the years, but it’s totally rooted in what those guys taught me in their books and conversations.
Jim

Well the cubbies I made have been visited by a coyote.
They were all dug out ....