The badger is smelling your traps !! You need to keep them scent free.If there is a spot to do it (like a small hump or bank) Punch a 2 in hole at about a 45degree angle, about 6 in deep.(I made a hole shovel out of a piece of 2in pipe about 1ft long,cut the end to make a point)add your bait then make a hole plug out of some grass and put it in the hole.Set a #2 double coil spring about 6 in in front of the bait hole.Dig it in about 1in deep or enough to hide your trap,then sift some clean ant hill dirt over the trap.The ant hill dirt will not freeze cause the ants put wax on it as the make there hill.Dont forget a pan cover,I always use some wax paper.