On stateland, can you set a bucket set with a conibear on land on the ground?? Any other simple laws I need to know I've never trapped state land before.

The regulations have changed this year. Get a trapping guide. It will tell everthing you need to know.

Here is the link to the Hunting and Trapping booklet, from the DNR site:
http://www.statehuntandfishregs.com/MI/mihunt09/pageflip.html

Trapping is dealt with on pages 18-22. You really need pg 18-20. Pay particular attention to page 20!! It deals with the dryland conibear laws/changes. Off the top of my head, the only laws that are diff from private to public land deal with bodygrips.

Yes you can,BUT,there are new restrictions this year.Like said,get a hunting/trapping guide,its all in there.