Badger

[NMFowler]

I did know where he was denning, but he has moved to a new site. The land owners keep seeing him in roughly the same areas, but he defiantly has a new den site. I just waxed 8 more traps, so it's pretty much full scale war now. I think the next step would be to locate his new den, then call out the air strike with a few bunker busters. Napalm just wouldn"™t have the right amount of penetration for this subterranean weasel.

[NMFowler]

Rammer,
you don't think the skunk odor would deter a coyote? I was hoping to catch a coyote/fox or two as a consolation prize while concentrating on the badger, but I thought the skunk odor would have hurt more than it helped. I have trapped coyotes and fox in the past, but when I would catch a skunk I pulled my set because I didn"™t think it would be effective there anymore. If I"™m wrong please let me know. I would much rather reset my trap than pull it, deskunk it, and set it somewhere else.

[Rammer]

Now that is a good idea!

[mez]

Leave the skunk set!! Good medicine for a coyote. Should make it more appealing to a coyote. I never pull a skunked set.

As for the badger. Find his den. They are easy to catch with a blind set at the mouth of the den. You should be able to see where he is walking and just bed a trap at the mouth of the den. I would use a #3, 4 coiled trap for the badger. Put your stake directly under the trap!! Badgers will dig furiously when caught. They pull to the end of the chain and dig as deep as they can all the way around the circle. You will be shocked when you see the mess if you catch him.

[NMFowler]

Thanks mez. I have a few rebar steaks close to 30" or so long that I'll use if I can locate his den, and I guess I'll be resetting the skunk set.

[nick_bleuer76]

Good luck!

[zach54]

ive shot a bagder i jumped the fence got with in 3 yrds of his den could see him and my 30-06 ended it