Badgers?

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There must be some value to thier hides? whacked one in the head with a 22 yesterday...it was digging huge holes out in my gopher patch :D

Thing must have weighed about 20 lbs...and had very nice fur.

Never seen one that close before.

They would make a nice winter hat if nothing else :)
 
No shortage of them in my gopher field! They are digging several holes to China I think trying to get to the Olympics it seems. If they're endangered it sure doesn't seem that way.
 
I shot one once too. It came out of a hole pretty close and started its bulldog waddle towards me. Same story too, about the massive holes. A child could crawl into some of them. You never see them in Downtown Toronto, or Vancouver, so they must be endangered... right?
 
A Resident may, without a licence and at all times of the year, hunt (but not trap) red fox and hunt badger on any privately owned land to which he or she has the right of access.
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Welcome to Alberta! :)
 
Not sure what the pelts are worth either, at the time I only had a swiss army knife on me so didn't skin them out. The farmer was happy I didn't just get gophers that day.

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Well they are from the same family as wolverines, and up here, you can get 400-600 for a pelt from certain people such as taxidermists. (I have had friends who were offered such amounts when inquiring about getting their wolverines mounted, they offered to buy it outright, so I guess they must have some value)
 
Most guys with cows, horses and haying equipment hate them as the holes they leave behind are good for broken legs ,and broken axles.The holes are good for burrowing owls, which is an endangered species!!!!!! Badgers get shot by most people I know that are farmers or ranchers.!!

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tis the mating season for badgers ; look to see a lot of them in the gopher fields. they are even active during daylight hours now, so do your farmer/ rancher a big favour and whack em.
 
Alberta Separatist said:
tis the mating season for badgers ; look to see a lot of them in the gopher fields. they are even active during daylight hours now, so do your farmer/ rancher a big favour and whack em.
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unless you live in BC. they are of the jefferson subspecies and protected here.
 
you can whack in em sask all you want. In the winter they are worth $50 whole and $80 skinned out, probably more if you ship them to auction yourself but they are tricky to process.
 
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I had a look at NAFA’s (North American Fur Auctions) May 2008 sales and they reported an average for badger of $38.87 U.S., that’s pretty good. This is for a prime, properly stretched fur.
I was selling my coyotes for $15 - $20 frozen in the round last winter.

http://www.nafa.ca/trapper/reports/NAFA_08-05-28_Final_WF_Detailed_USD_SP.pdf
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The top was also $185 though, I was getting around $50 whole for nice ones last year and $30 for nice yotes whole. The raccoon's are looking good this year!
 
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A number of years ago a friend shot one with his .270. The bullet entered the badger's mouth and hit a canine tooth while it was snarling at us. All it did was to remove the roof of the badger's mouth allowing the brain to drop out. It did not even tear the lips.
This was a prime badger with very nice colouring. It was silver and black without any of the yellowish tinge most have. It brought only $70 at the fur auction. Badgers are far from endangered.
 
I haven't whacked a badger for years. In my house somewhere I already have a head mount, rug, and a full mount from many years ago of a huge November badger killed in the foothills of Southern Alberta. I know ranchers hate them for the big holes .... Back when I was trying to make a few bucks with trapping and such I got $30 for a badger .....every other one I tried to sell was not worth anything ... And that was in the early 70's.
 
Wasn't it badger fur that was used to make the old shaving brushes?

I'll shoot or run over any badger I get a chance at. One time while haying a cousin and I killed one with a large wrench. Talk about excitement. After each throw one of us had to talk the other into diverting the badger while the other darted in to grab the wrench. A cornered badger has a definite attitude to those who are intent to cause him harm.
 
If tou plan to skin remember they stink & are oily. They are fair game. Had a buddy here that was out riding & his horse steped in a badger hole. My pal boke his back & they shot the horse. I shoot lots of badgers. AJ
 
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