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Your tongs should be notched and the notches on
the inside squeezy side
You grab the eyes of the spring and compress it
and any larger BG traps should have a safety catch
like a bent wire or strip of metal. you hook that
over to hold the spring compressed while you are
setting the dog and trigger wires, or if it's a double
spring trap, you compress the other spring and set
the safety