Hello,

Are body grippers meant to kill or just hold the catch? more specific: will a #1 body gripper as sold in Bass Pro do a squirrel in 20min?
Thanks everybody

I'm not seeing a "#1 Body Gripper" on bass pro's website but they are a trap designed to dispatch the catch immediately upon catching them. Outside of catching an animals leg only in one I have personally never heard of something being alive in them or taking as long as 20 minutes to do it's designed job.

Designed to dispatch quickly, however bad hits or misaligned hits can occur and not allow it to function as designed. Much can be done with tuning of the trap dog/trigger to allow for quick firing as well as how the trap is postioned and guiding used to ensure the target animal is best positioned to recieve the hit.

As for squirrels you're going to want a 110 or better yet a 120 trap.

You must mean #110... And yes they are designed to "do" critters almost instantaneously. I have caught a dozen or so squirrels in 110s and they're always "done" immediately.

@warrior

Sir, can you refer me to some video showing how to do the tuning, guiding?
I have never used a body gripper and find it difficult to figure out.
Thank you.

Described for larger BGs, but same concept for the smaller BGs.

https://www.trapperman.com/trapperman/Basic_Sets_Bodygrip_Adj.html