Author Topic: Badgers (Read 526 times)

coyotero · « **on:** December 23, 2003, 11:39:52 AM »

Yesterday I headed to the daughters house to play Coyotero Claus.It is a 2 1/2 hour trip through good looking country.I noticed lots of fresh badger digs.Have any of you targeted badgers after they primed up.I was thinking about a 220 cocked and positioned down the hole.Cover the hole with a sheet of cardboard and mark with a stake.Ma Coyotero really likes badger fur,I'm thinking a 3/4 length coat.I stopped counting at 50 fresh digs.I'm thinking we are on a major badger population upswing.A question for Newt or Wacky Q how can you hang a 12" snare loop,12" off the ground and still snare badgers?We may have a rare sub species that walks upright? :roll: I can't prove this though.

trappnman · « **Reply #1 on:** December 23, 2003, 12:35:58 PM »

I've had a heck of a time trapping badgers with 220s. More often than not- dig arounds and knowdowns. Rally Hess has had success by semi concealing the trap with hay or straw- leaving an opening in the middle through the trap. I much prefer using footholds on short stakes.

I get $40 on carcass for good badgers.

Wackyquacker · « **Reply #2 on:** December 23, 2003, 05:23:59 PM »

I catch more Badgers than I care to...smelly critters they are and no fun to put up. Now if I could get $40 a pop for my Badgers I'd take on a whole different line of thinking :wink:

trappnman · « **Reply #3 on:** December 24, 2003, 02:39:16 AM »

Those are late season badgers Wacky. On early season- from $10-25.

coyotero · « **Reply #4 on:** December 24, 2003, 03:12:04 AM »

Back in the early 80's I used 220's and covered them with cardboard and snow.Caught 62 in December.My log says I averaged $67.00 a piece,put up.Besides I can always use the glands.I had to stablize the coni's as they seem to back out of the hole quite often.Trappnmn,you should see what a badger does on 6' of chain in a sandblow on 3 day checks.Can you say"backhoe".First time I skinned a badger I cut into the glands,almost hurled.

trappnman · « **Reply #5 on:** December 24, 2003, 03:52:05 AM »

You should see what they do on 6 feet of chain overnight! LOL

I first started trapping badgers with my double longspring beaver traps with long chains. After having to dig out TWO badgers- i apparently didn't learn after ONE) I went to the short chain.

With your 220s- have you never had dig arounds? It happened to me so much I simply gave up. Of course, most of my badger trapping is done ADC in the summer- and then I am working on overnight dens- so that may well be a factor.

coyotero · « **Reply #6 on:** December 24, 2003, 11:41:46 AM »

Occasionally I got a dig around.I just reset the trap.When this gumbo freezes it is like rock.Usually it is a pain to get a hole in when it isn't frozen.Most of my dirtholes during the fall are made by 1 of 2 augers I carry.

Wackyquacker · « **Reply #7 on:** December 25, 2003, 04:46:00 AM »

Six feet, you want to catch one on a drag in a Cholla flat then have it snow. I use closer to 10 feet of chain and the dang thing went lateral I likely never found him.

T-man I only start late season. Our Badgers fall in the class of Hair Badgers. They're big and pretty even seem to have fur but I guess they're just not like the northern diggers.

Are you selling to the fur market or Taxy's? (learned that word from RdFx)

trappnman · « **Reply #8 on:** December 25, 2003, 05:48:08 AM »

Yes, to my furbuyer, who is also a taxadermist. I don't know much about badger types- just know that ours here get very wooly in late winter- and also know that SD and western badgers are twice as good LOL

Do your badgers have a good undercoat? Or by hair type do you mean have long guard hairs but not much underfur? I would have thought you had a good badger down there- you have a real nice cat, right?.

rascal (Joe Duncan) · « **Reply #9 on:** December 25, 2003, 06:19:26 AM »

T-man;
Most of WQ's badger have a few sparse long guard hairs sticking out from a hard shell. HEHEHEHE.

Wackyquacker · « **Reply #10 on:** December 25, 2003, 07:23:11 AM »

Well, I guess I realy don't know what the difference is. I'm only going on second hand talk. My badgers seem to have a good undercoat but they don't bring much who knows. I wonder if these Badgers have longer, coarser, or just more gaurd hair.

Our cats bring good $s. They are considered, (I believe) semi-heavies and they are well marked with good size, at least in the males.

trappnman · « **Reply #11 on:** December 25, 2003, 01:22:46 PM »

Rascal- LOL

Wacky- if you want, I'll email you my address and you can send me one of your badger skins. I'll take it to my buyer and see what he thinks. Since badger are illegal in Wis where my buyer is- and few besides me trap them with any seroisness- he wants badgers.

You might benefit from selling all your badgers here.

Wackyquacker · « **Reply #12 on:** December 25, 2003, 04:33:35 PM »

T-man, thanks for the offer. Does he want them finished, or frozen in the grease? I case all mine leaving the feet. I can cut the feet long for Taxy skinnig and the skull attached at the nose. Let me know, I'm certain I'm not done with them stinky buggers.

PS I'm trapping a ranch on the Pecos...= skunks. So, I pulled out Stephs Catchatorie. Well it has lost some of its stink ...doesn't make my eyes water from 75 yards...the yote over there have shown their approval hehehehe! I think if Steph were to make a mild form of this it would be good for some regions...like mine. Maybe I need to buy some 5 year old stuff it may be mellow enough!

trappnman · « **Reply #13 on:** December 26, 2003, 01:08:14 PM »

I'm not sure. Send me one with feet on that is case skinned- w/o skull.. I'll take it to my buyer and see what he says. I'll pm you my address.