body grip traps?

[mattw4466]

hey, i am new to trapping and i was wondering how exactly body grip traps work. Can you use them the same way you use foot hold traps? For instance could I hang a bait over a body grip trap as I would a foothold trap. How exactly are they set off? Some pictures of sets would be nice. Thank you.

[Bogmaster]

 Body grips are not used like footholds.An animal swims or walks into a body gripper.This fires the trap onto the head or neck region of most animals.This kills tha animal.
 As a sidenote,in most instances,bait is not hung over foothold traps.In most states,it is illegal to set a trap,within so many feet of a foothold.This is to keep our raptors from accidently being caught.
 Tom