Can use 160s for Badgers ? Thank you

sure can if your state allows it..

With the shape of their head and neck, I'd say it would be the bare minimum size to use on them. A 220 would be a lot better, however if you can rig your triggers and get them to enter the 160 far enough before it fires, it should work.

I never tried it but just based on my experiences with badgers and catch poles they have a STOUT neck. I’d go with a 220

ADC we already beat that horse dead...

That was coons, lol. When they start asking about muskrats and mink we can change our answer.

A 220 is just a better option all the way around, but I must confess... my coni boxes are built for 160's..

You can use a mousetrap but you wont catch as many

That was seriously going to be my first answer, but I didn't want to be a smartass on this one.

I think people underestimate how strong and determined badgers are. I’ve had them rip springs off of #3s, bend pans in half, twist levers up. They’re like little destruction machines with bad tempers.

My buddy killed a badger stone dead In a 160. He turned It In to the DNR
And It was one of the cheap junk yard duke 160s that did the deed.

... and I've held them in NW #1 coil springs with zero damage and had them DOA in 220's on coon trails numerous times and never even move the trap off the stabilizer. They are also, 95% of the time, as aggressive as a possum. So there's that. lol

They must be more mild tempered in Iowa lol. I’ve had them chase me across hay fields. Never saw one back down from anything, human or otherwise

You need to feed them more corn Bob. lol They just set there looking at you unless of course you try to pet them or poke at them with a stick.

Not a lot of corn in the desert lol they’re probably mean cause all they have to eat is rodents that are full of ticks and taste like sagebrush, rattlesnakes and scorpions. That’d make me mean too I suppose lol

Me too.

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I'm sure you misunderstood their intentions --- they just wanted to "play" ,

If you have one down a hole, sometimes a 160 is a better option due to fitting in the hole. When a body grip fires in a hole, if the jaws or spring hit the sides it will be thrown away from where it hits and most likely away from what set it off. I have taken a fair number of badger in 160's set on holes. If a 220 fit I used a 220. But can assure you a 160 will often put a badger down on contact. Often they do not move from the looks of it. I was using Belisles and have a lot of faith in them. Bigger is not always stronger or better.