DotShot Report post Posted August 2, 2014 So today is the first day of the Arizona Badger season and, while out on a desert drive, we came across this big boar. I must say, they are some nasty smelling critters. This is the 5th Badger we've taken in this general area. Seems to be a decent population you just have to look hard! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnie blaze Report post Posted August 2, 2014 You should be a badger guide Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted August 2, 2014 Lucky sob!!!! See 5 in one area and on the first day! I've only seen two that were alive in my life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rkv09 Report post Posted August 2, 2014 Shoot all the badgers I see are along side of the road! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rcdinaz Report post Posted August 2, 2014 I would pay for a badger hunt! It sounds cool, probably not as cool as it sounds... Nice badger, good trophy and would make a really cool mount! I found a freshly dug burrow from one a few months back but never did go back and put a cam on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sherman Report post Posted August 2, 2014 Lucky sob!!!! See 5 in one area and on the first day! I've only seen two that were alive in my life.. I called one in a few years ago out by your house. I can let you know where to go hahaha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted August 2, 2014 Haha alright then!!! I see them dead on the road here. Two live ones were in 27/28 area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hyperwrx Report post Posted August 2, 2014 I've called in a few in the past and trapped a brute last year in a cage trap. I skinned him out and fleshed him and threw him on a stretcher. Had a fella offer $60 but he's 32" long (nose to tip of tail) and the pelt looks fantastic. I passed. It's a keep sake. He was mad at a wet hen when I was right against the cage ready to shoot him. Hissing and shaking like he was having a fit .22 short from my Rugar six shooter right between the eyes shot out a stream of blood 2 feet. It got me on the chin and all down my shirt. His head musta been under some extreme pressure. Skinning and fleshing a badger is no east feat. Hide does not peel off like a fox coyote or bobcat. You have to cut it off inch by inch. The smell wasn't too bad but Im a trapper and after a while nothing really bothers you much. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cosninocanines Report post Posted August 2, 2014 WOW! I didn't know there was a season for badgers unless Flagstaff was playing Prescott! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues assassin Report post Posted August 2, 2014 Sweet badger! What did you shoot him with? Looks like a 22? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hyperwrx Report post Posted August 2, 2014 22 short in the forehead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DotShot Report post Posted August 2, 2014 Definitely a .22, wanted to preserve as much of him as we could. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZbowhntr Report post Posted August 20, 2014 They definitely have an odor to them. The only one I have ever called in smelled so bad that I had a hard time cleaning it. Ended up giving the hide to someone else. Wife said no to having it mounted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted August 20, 2014 Badgers make really cool rugs to... they are neat critters, I've only ever seen there, called and killed one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
