Zag you run 100% pipes??? what percentage DH???
No, not 100%. More and more each year. Just hard to dig a hole when you know it'll fill with water and/or snow. My "hole" sets are usually in big 90 degree banks OR basically my pipe dream set with NO pipe and two small "poke" holes in the grass tuft. But again, at that point, why not put a pipe in knowing it'll hold and protect your stink better than just to wobble holes that won't do as good of a job.
Again, if you live in an area that gets less rain and snow than we do, perhaps traditional holes make more sense. When we trap in Kansas, we are 90% traditional holes......but the area in Kansas we trap gets LESS than an inch of precip per month on average! One inch of precip is a slow Tuesday around here!
So, to the question, I'd guess I am 80% pipes and/or T-Bones around here early season.....the rest being poke holes, bank sets, blind sets, blended flat sets, etc.
I have guys that told me they've benched their augers and no longer make ANY dirt holes because the pipe and grass (in hay fields) or leaves (in the woods) is so dang easy and fast and weather resistant. I'd never advocate that at the outset, but can't argue that there's an evolution with my own approach, and from what I'm told, by others that have drank the Kool-Aid! LOL
MZ