I want to be a Badger

Wispete

Wispete

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My neighbor took this picture last night in our driveway. In the trees right behind the badger is a hole that appeared this spring. I thought it was made by a wood chuck now I know different. The neighbor said he had seen it eating turtle eggs. This is the time of the year that turtles come from the river to lay them. It is unusual to get to see a badger they can be around but hidden. You don't want to mess with a badger... The title is the first line of a song that we use to sing.

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"Badger? Badgers?! We don't need no stinking Badgers!"
Yep, don't be messing with no badgers. I threw a rock at one once and I'm pretty sure it threw it back at me.

Best wishes for you tomorrow. Just keep that tough stubborn badger in mind... but listen to the Dr.

Tim
 
Yep, steer clear, I think they have the nastiest personality of any 4 legged critter I know. When I was a boy my uncle convinced me that I could trap a fox by hanging a dead pidgeon from a bush and putting a trap underneath. What I caught in my #2 double long Spring was a very, very pissed off badger - by two toe nails. He had leveled the ground as far as the trap chain could reach, ripped up all the vegetation and dug several holes deep enough to hide in. A hint to all you kids that think you want to trap..................Don't pull on a trap chain that's headed down a hole if you don't know what's on the other end. Came real close to crappin in my pants when he came charging out of that hole.

Good Luck tomorrow Pete. I've been saving good vibes to send your way in the morning. You already sent your scout so you know they know what they're doing.
 
Hey Pete, when I used to go down to Madison, all the college kids would say, "You don't want to mess with a Badger!"
Like that picture. Do you have the Wisconsin River for your back yard?
Al
 
Pete

Good to see there are still some of those animals around. I haven't seen a Badger in Wisconsin for twenty years. There used to be one that lived on my grandfather's farm. He had excavated out an entire hillside in one of the cow pastures, and made some sort of super-deluxe Badger compound.

Being just a kid, I asked my grandpa why he let the Badger do that? He said "There are plenty of other hills on this farm that belong to me. That hill belongs to the Badger, and it wouldn't be a good idea to argue with him about that fact".
 
Pretty cool picture of Bucky...you could send that to Bret Bielema.

I wonder if you could get a little red sweater on that guy and get a pic...now THAT would sell in Wisconsin
 
Peter
We have plenty of Badgers in the UK but they are starting to spead disease to the cattle. they sure are things not to mess about with, there nickname is Brock and if they come into contacted with a dog, they fight like hell and with those claws they are like a Bear, one swipe and you are ripped apart.
Good luck today mate.
Take care and God Bless
Eddie and Amber
Its all about Building that Bond.
 
Scott I'll let you try to get a red sweater on him. I'll be wait with the med kit and a stiff drink because you will need it. Well maybe you should have the drink first to get the courage up. :)
 
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