Hole driggers

Q-harley · #1 07-15-2007, 11:40 AM

Just a picture of some pests here in Missouri. We hunt them every chance we get. These had a run in with my new (at the time) Ruger #1-v 25-06.Q

Shawn Crea · #2 07-15-2007, 05:32 PM

Q, small pic, so I'm guessing - armadillies? I guess I didn't know they were hole diggers. One looks to be in bad shape!

MikeG · #3 07-15-2007, 07:35 PM

Pickup trucks work good too

Shawn Crea · #4 07-15-2007, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeG

Pickup trucks work good too

Yeah, 5000 lb bullet.

Here's one of our diggers. I like watching them more than I do shooting them, but I don't think the ranchers and farmers hold them in the same regard I do.

This one was spotted out rockchucking this spring and chased down this hole. A bit of a risky venture! And, best not to have any dogs with you because they won't come out of it well!

Keep up the good shooting Q.

faucettb · #5 07-15-2007, 08:48 PM

Those badgers are bad news for a dog. There related to the wolverine I believe. I've never shot one, but I bet the fir would make dandy flies.

Q we don't have any of those armored critters up here in the Northwest. Ran over a bunch when running thru Texas though when I was driving truck. They don't fare well against a semi either.

Ekoch424 · #6 07-16-2007, 10:33 AM

Never seen a badger before, but wow that thing looks mean!

I'll give you $10 to try and pet it the next time you see it.

tpv · #7 07-16-2007, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawn Crea

Yeah, 5000 lb bullet.

Here's one of our diggers. I like watching them more than I do shooting them, but I don't think the ranchers and farmers hold them in the same regard I do.

This one was spotted out rockchucking this spring and chased down this hole. A bit of a risky venture! And, best not to have any dogs with you because they won't come out of it well!

Keep up the good shooting Q.

I would not want to encounter a badger going to my stand in the dark.
Have there ever been any cases of a rabid badger attacking anyone?

Shawn Crea · #8 07-16-2007, 07:26 PM

Haven't really heard of badgers being rabid, but I'm not sure if you could tell a rabid one from one that's not, without testing, given their pleasant disposition.

I've heard of bats, skunks, maybe a fox or coyote here and there being rabid. All the badgers I've come across prefer to head in the other direction. But I sure wouldn't want to tangle with one. They sure make a startling hissing/blowing noise, and lunges toward you, to try to get you to leave them alone. Don't know if you can see it on your monitors if they're too dark, but you can see those 1+ inch claws tucked under his head/shoulders.

Q, didn't mean to hijack your thread, but I've seen close-up pics of armadillos, and they're nothing to look at.

Ekoch, you can keep that $10!

Kansas · #9 07-16-2007, 07:59 PM

I saw my first badger a couple years ago in the grader ditch and mom thought it was a skunk as we drove by because of the white stripes. I told her i did not think so because it was more of a silver color instead of black. The way it was haunched up, the middle of it's back was over a foot in the air. I don't think anyone could pay me enought to try to pet one. A neighbor said he saw one kill 2 dogs in about half a heartbeat!

Ekoch424 · #10 07-16-2007, 09:12 PM

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I've heard of bats, skunks, maybe a fox or coyote here and there being rabid.

Speaking of rabid things... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,284635,00.html

Q-harley · #11 07-17-2007, 02:50 PM

No problems with the thread Shawn, Post away, was the picture to small to see? I'am still working on that. Ekock, Last year while bowhunting I watched a bobcat chase a squirrel up a tree. The bark was flying, squirrel was jumping from the top of a tall oak with the cat right on his tail. The squirrel ran straight up the next tree and the cat gave up half way up the tree. For the next 30 minutes every squirrel within hearing range barked non-stop.Q

Shawn Crea · #12 07-17-2007, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Ekoch424

Speaking of rabid things... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,284635,00.html

I thought it was going to be a post about Rosie O'Donnell. She's far more dangerous.

Q, I could just make out what the things were, but really had to look to differentiate head from tail, but that bullet path in the far one was fairly apparent!

Ekoch424 · #13 07-17-2007, 06:17 PM

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For the next 30 minutes every squirrel within hearing range barked non-stop

I've always wondered if it would be legal to take a .22 rifle or pistol (with CCI CB longs) up into a deer stand with me and pop a few of those squirrels that always make a ton of noise and are just out of reach to grab when you are sitting there, however I really doubt it is.

recoil junky · #14 07-17-2007, 08:03 PM

Friend of mine in Miles City had one for a pet. Badger that is. He followed the mother to the den then dispached her and dug up the pups. Seems like there were 3 or 4 but only the one made it. They didn't have their eyes open yet and he fed them baby formula. It was pretty funny to see him walking his badger on a leash in downtown Miles City.

RJ

Shawn Crea · #15 07-17-2007, 08:18 PM

I'd like to see some pics of that RJ! Do you remember, was it a good pet, or did it have it's moments?

Ekoch,
To paraphrase that often quoted philosophical question...."if a squirrel is shot in the woods, and no one else is around, did it die?"

zthang · #16 07-18-2007, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawn Crea

...."if a squirrel is shot in the woods, and no one else is around, did it die?"

recoil junky · #17 07-18-2007, 02:33 PM

Shawn, sorry I don't have any pictures. He was nueterd at about 4 months old. He acted "like a dog, ate dog food, new when he needed to go out, made a sort of "woof" when the doorbell rang, tried to chase cats, you know "dog stuff". Played with their Boston terrier, which was about the funniest thing I've ever seen. But absolutely refused to fetch.

Tug-o-war, now THAT was fun.

They kept his toe nails trimmed real short so he wouldn't dig. . . . . much. Mostly he was fat and lazy. Kinda had an "odor" about him after he was about a year old.

RJ

Shawn Crea · #18 07-18-2007, 06:53 PM

RJ, I'd say you witnessed a most unusual situation! I would love to see a pet badger, and be able to pet one. They are an amazing creature. The ones I've come across remind me of a buzz-saw with 4 bars and chains, stuck on full throttle. They are just a mass of muscle and attitude. I guess he didn't know he was a badger, growing up with that terrier.