Haven't been able to find much info on the forum on hunting these critters. A couple of years ago when I drew a Nevada 'lope tag, the area I hunted looked like a mine field with badger holes everywhere. I talked to a cowboy who was rounding up cattle and he suggested that March and April would be the best time to hunt them. It's a fairly short run for me from Calif. and maybe do a badger/coyote hunt for a week or so. Has anyone had any success or at least pointers on hunting them?
Badger Hunting Nevada
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I've wanted to get my me myself with no luck. I found an are that has a ton of holes and I did see one crossing the Raod during the summer. I tried to find an active hole but didn't have any luck.
Colorado Cowboy
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I am wondering if baiting them would work. I've had a couple of encounters with them I Wyoming. Once one took a cow elk head & hide and pulled it about 50 feet, dug a hole under it and started eating. Happened again (not the same area) with an antelope head.
Just wondering if you knew where there were some active holes, try and bait them out.
Just wondering if you knew where there were some active holes, try and bait them out.
It's a good idea. Make sure to video the guy you send to move the head away from the Badger's hole, that just might get interesting! They will dig under dead cattle too, not sure how'd one would go about getting it out in that case.
6mm Remington
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I would think that if you had an area where there were a lot of holes that appear fresh and used, that it would work to use a predator call to lure them in. I think that would be a lot of fun too!
Colorado Cowboy
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One thing for sure, when you get one pissed off Badger, watch out! When we pulled off the elk head, it came out of the shallow hole snapping and growling. You definitely want to stay away from one. They could put a hurt on you if they got ahold of your leg or hand.
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Thanks for the baiting tip CC and it makes sense to give it a try for as little as I know about them. My neighbor hunts hogs regularly in the Spring so I've got a supply of hog heads and hides.
about 5 years ago I was archery hunting a big buck I found hanging out just outside of town, wasn't a place ive seen big bucks in early fall before but he and a buddy made it home that year. had no luck and as I was walking out across a big wintering field i seen a big hare about 80 yrds away and crept in closer using a gulley to hide in, when i popped up on top i seen the rabit @ 20yrds and i pulled back on bow, just as i was resting the pin i noticed something move to my right, it was a big ass badger running right at me!!!! i thought i could get pin in front of it and shoot but learned something that close moving in fast isnt what a bow was for! haha so i jumped to the side and that big ole badger jumped up and dove in to the hole that was next to me. didn't realize i was on top of his home. was kinda scary.
A few years ago a friend of ours shot a badger with his pistol on the way to camp. When he was skinning it the smell was awful.
This badger was in AZ during my bros elk hunt. Just minutes before it was fighting with a pretty big hawk over a piece if something. The hawk ended up flying away with the prize. It's not a great pic..
This badger was in AZ during my bros elk hunt. Just minutes before it was fighting with a pretty big hawk over a piece if something. The hawk ended up flying away with the prize. It's not a great pic..
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They stink. Near the back end there are a couple scent glands or something very similar. I was unaware and managed to nick one skinning a badger, apparently it was under a bit of pressure, a terrible smelling milky fluid shot all over, making the already smelly task unbearable. Not sure I want to shoot any more of them.
badgerbob
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I have had them come to a call. Mostly encounter them while doing something else. They come into the alfalfa fields after cutting, I think after wounded rodents. They are not afraid of you.....
Sawfish
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You should send your story to "Dangerous Encounters". Bet that have not heard that one before!
Sawfish
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I carefully chased down this fella on foot to get some close photos. In the real close photo you can make out the sunset in his/her eye. Its a shame I didn't take video footage as well. There was some neat sounding audibles directed at me. I've been chased by a few badgers in my day.
My uncle told me a story of when he was plowing a field many years ago, when he was young, he spotted a badger and decided to shoot it with his recurve. He claims he hit it right in the head and the badger grabbed the arrow, pulled it out, then chased him all the way back to the tractor.
I have a brother that did some work with black footed ferrets in prairie dog towns for a summer job. He got all sorts of closeup photos of badgers sticking their heads out of prairie dog holes at night while they were spotlighting. Apparently they can be quite nocturnal.
nvgoosehntr
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We were out scouting 011 last year for my brother in-laws goat hunt and saw quite a few holes and saw 2 on the way back from Cedarville just towards sunset.