Badger

[beentheredone]

I can't tell you how many times I told my daughter, "Never hang with a guy who throws a badger at you."

 

[Mauser9]

Looked like a pretty dumb stunt for sure. Lucky they were not chomped but good.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Ahhhhhhh If he was a real man he would grab one of these for a Frisbee.:-)

The skin is also tough enough to resist several machete blows. The only sure way of killing them quickly is through a blow to the skull with a club or a shot to the head with a gun, as their skin is almost impervious to arrows and spears.

 

[TREE 'EM]

In a perfect world,, we could relocate animals to a place where they didn't interfere with humans,, or cause problems.
But,, due to diseases,, many states do not allow the relocation of animals w/o a special permit.
Then,, we humans have encroached upon the animals territory to where they have learned to exist in & around us.

I have a job,, due to the fact that there is a lot of negative interaction between animals & humans.
Just today;
(2) bats inside the bedroom of one home. Homeowner awoke to find this out. Bats sent for rabies testing.
Later, another home, where a bat had entered, been wrongly captured & put outside. People may be looking at post exposure treatment for rabies.
And, a beaver has built a dam, flooding a couple's lawn & garden. Beavers can not be relocated,, so they will be dispatched.

Badgers,, due to the way they feed, digging up various rodents, creating a lot of land damage that can damage equipment,, or cause expensive farm animals to be injured or killed,, are considered a problem.
Relocation is often not an option.

Nice to see another ADC guy on here.
I started Wildlife Control Solutions Inc in 1985
What company do you work for or are you a Owner/Operator?

 

[contender]

Howdy Tree 'em! I'm an owner/operator. I got certified not long after NC started the program. I'd been helping the local LEO's & others long before that, and a game warden cornered me one day to say they had a new program & I needed to get certified. As he put it; "MY job is to enforce the laws,, NOT get snakes & skunks out of houses! You'd be perfect for this!"
I didn't know what I was getting into back then!
He's now long retired,, and when I see him,, he asks; "You still doing critters?" To which I reply; "You still ready to go behind the barn for your butt whipping? "
It's our running joke!

 

[AJGUNNER]

They also move plenty fast on concrete to do some damage to an ankle with no protection.

 

[Daryll (Macbullet)]

Badgers are Sweethearts...

 

[contender]

The one badger I have mounted looked just like that,, right before I pulled the trigger.

 

[Sapo]

I've got one on game camera this year. The first Ive ever seen in Texas Hill Country. I've seen several dens dug up in the pasture, always thinking fox or armadillo.

 

[Daryll (Macbullet)]

Belly Scratcher...