Finally a badger
May 22, 2021 6:40:06 GMT -7
Post by 72camaro on May 22, 2021 6:40:06 GMT -7
We had two badgers just show up and stare us down. Didn't recover one but did the other. I got a picture with the one recovered, about a 20lb female. Really nice hide but we were too far out, it was pretty hot and would have ruined shooting for the rest of the day if I skinned it and we got ice. I really wanted to bring it home but it was not in the cards.
This one, we were shooting whistle pigs and I just happened to look behind and there it was at 50yrds watching us. It took a shot in the lungs with the .17hmr as it was turning to go away and went down a hole. You could here the gurgling of the lungs as it succumbed to the shot. The son-in-law found it as I couldn't see it. You could just see the tail and maybe a foot. It was too big to pull back out so we had to dig it out and the only thing I had in the truck was a flat flag bar. I tried to convince him to put his hand in first but he would not do it but I had some long pliers I used to do the test to make sure it was dead.
This one, we were shooting whistle pigs and I just happened to look behind and there it was at 50yrds watching us. It took a shot in the lungs with the .17hmr as it was turning to go away and went down a hole. You could here the gurgling of the lungs as it succumbed to the shot. The son-in-law found it as I couldn't see it. You could just see the tail and maybe a foot. It was too big to pull back out so we had to dig it out and the only thing I had in the truck was a flat flag bar. I tried to convince him to put his hand in first but he would not do it but I had some long pliers I used to do the test to make sure it was dead.
