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Post by broper on Jul 26, 2012 12:47:16 GMT -7
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Jul 26, 2012 14:45:31 GMT -7
OK My Friend,
There ya go! More pictures than a guy may want.
Thank You Bob, I enjoy hanging out with you and George, you guys are great also. I especially like sitting and shooting the BS over lunch.
George, Thank You for driving and for lunch at Tom's Cabin. I enjoyed sharing the day, and a meal with you and Bob.
BTW: Bob made a great dead center shot on this badger - Good Shooting! And I was impressed with the Varmegeddon Bullet performance.
Later
Gary
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Big Ed
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Post by Big Ed on Jul 26, 2012 15:36:55 GMT -7
That Looks like a BIG badger, Bob you need to get a scale and take with you to weight them BIG ones. I have a fish scale that I got at Cabelas that stays in my shooting bag to weight the BIG chucks and coyotes and badgers. The biggest badger I have killed was a 32 lb male. I think yours is darn close. Good job and nice shooting.
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Post by broper on Jul 26, 2012 15:45:09 GMT -7
Thanks Ed, I have a digital fish scale in my tackle box. I keep thinking that I should put it in my shooting bag but I never remember it. When I picked it up it seemed heavier than it looked. It was a very nice one, if it would have had a winter coat, I'd have kept it.
Gary, thanks for posting the pictures.
Bob
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Post by Eric on Jul 31, 2012 21:45:07 GMT -7
Yeah that's a big ole' badger! Next time pack the de-liar (AKA fish scale) :-)
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Post by 72camaro on Sept 21, 2012 19:02:54 GMT -7
Do you bait the gopher holes with a couple Whistle Pigs about 3' outside their holes? They supposedly need to eat 2/day for nourishment. How do you go about stalking a badger? I can tell the difference between the badger holes and the Whistle Pigs but I've only seen 2 badgers and they were running as we surprised them.
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Post by broper on Sept 22, 2012 4:35:54 GMT -7
Sometimes we just run across them while shooting whistle pigs and once one will come in while coyote calling. I've got most of mine by going out early in the morning, sun up, and driving around the desert until one is spotted. Certain times there's quite a few out and about.
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Post by 72camaro on Sept 24, 2012 18:16:02 GMT -7
So you see these from a distance and then creep up unseen to get the shot? All the ones I've seen we see them running a mad dash toward a hole and they usually see us first. But we are usually talking as we are walking looking for Whistle Pigs as until then we had never seen a badger in the wild.
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Post by broper on Sept 24, 2012 19:28:41 GMT -7
No, we just drive the roads and trails on BLM land until we spot one, usually they're sitting by their holes looking at us. We just get out lean across the hood and shoot them. One of my buddies got his first one this year and he stepped out of his pickup, used the window for a rest and shot it at about 175 yrds. with .223. His second, he leaned across the hood, missed the first shot. It went in the hole but in a couple minutes it came back out, that time he got it. It was about 300 yds. Another buddy that I was with shot one that was sitting by it's hole and about a minute later another one came out of the same hole so he shot it too. Wheen we walked up to them the second one had fell back into the hole. When I went to pull it out I heard another one growl. I jumped back real quick like. He looked in the hole and said he could see one looking out so, he pulled his 40 S&W and shot it. Three in the same hole! They are curious animals and if you just wait sometimes they'll come back out. Or you can sometimes coax them out with a coyote call, or by lip squeeking. They're a lot of fun. Think I'm going to try to go out in the morning.
Bob
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Post by 72camaro on Mar 30, 2013 6:11:59 GMT -7
A coyote call like the "Rattler"? Lip squeek? Please explain. I was going to park the truck and start walking so as to sneak up on them but all I've read is you drive around till you see them, aren't they wary of vehicles?
Sunrise 7:27am, do I need to be 1/2 hour early before sunrise to watch for them or do they not move for a couple hours after sunrise? Is there a shooting restriction for time like here, 1/2 hour before and after sunrise and sunset?
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Mar 30, 2013 18:42:08 GMT -7
It all depends on the weather and temperature. If it is sunny with no or slight wind and over 52 degrees, you are good to go. But I wouldn't walk to find them, you are not going to cover enough ground to do any good.
You don't need to be there until you are able to see good. Then drive around, find a high spot and start glassing the areas below you. When you see one, moving or digging, go to that location, and start moving toward it, you can normally get to 100 yards of the badger, set up and wait for the shot.
And YES! you can call badgers, not like a coyote but, it is more like getting their attention, they are curious and will check it out, if you see one moving or digging, you can set up and call them with a handcall or an ecaller, high pitched baby cottontail, fast tempo.
The 1/2 hour rule applies here also!
Gary
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Post by 72camaro on Mar 30, 2013 18:57:03 GMT -7
I hope high cottontail is the 'Rattler' caller, that's all I got. I'm only planning on skinning and tanning one to two more as they take so much time so after that, I'm planning on doing the same with the Rock Chucks and maybe a couple Whistle Pigs.
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Mar 30, 2013 19:29:09 GMT -7
Be careful with the whistlepigs, they carry the plague, and you can get it!
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Post by 72camaro on Mar 30, 2013 19:50:59 GMT -7
Seriously? I really was planning on doing a couple of them. If they look healthy they should be healthy?
Gary, I'll be ready for the Outlaw strap too when Bob shows up. I put my small bipod on my Rem 700 bull barrel with the scope and that thing is so heavy and weighted wrong I put the barrel down with the regular sling because it is weighted bias towards the front by a lot and would not sling properly with the barrel up.
Funny, and I just now noticed Bob has a bright red shirt and blue jeans on, I've been going through my clothes trying to get more greens and browns as I have to go with some of the cammo clothes to try to blend in. I may be looking at this a bit too deep. Same thing with your guy's picture for the header. I am definitely probably going too far for the Badgers and Rock Chucks and Ninja blending in with the little cammo I do have. I'm more set up for duck/goose cammo hunting and those guys can pick you up if not blended properly.
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Post by broper on Apr 2, 2013 19:40:55 GMT -7
Camo doesn't seem to be too important for, wistle pigs, badgers and 'chucks. Of course, it doesn't hurt anything to wear camo. Some guys just wear it for their hunting attire no matter what they're hunting. I'll probably wear it when we meet up saturday, we might possibly get to do a coyote stand.
Bob
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