Badgers seem to occur about anywhere in the west, but not usually in big numbers. Usually 6 or 7 is it for a season. The very best "fur" badgers I've seen were from the Montana "High Line" that were super-fluffy and nearly white-colored.


This was a nice-colored badger from mountains of eastern Idaho.



Here's a badger put up. Usually they are worth much more put up for taxidermy.



The back.



A whole family of badgers from southern Idaho. Not a very good price, as they were "hair" badgers.




A portrait of a young badger.

Great photos! Thank you.

One of my favorite animals to trap. Amazing amount of dirt they can move, even in hard frozen or dry conditions.

My haul from short 13 day December trapline this season. (December is too early for badger here but it was mild and they were moving and causing problems in couple of fields)

Amazing Animal

Awesome pictures

Like other trappers, I don't pick up more than one or two preseason but it is always exciting to find one in one of my traps. As you can see, Loki is not a big fan of them and always has to put in his 2 cents worth.

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That first photo shows they are mean little cusses.

Nice pictures and catches.

Badgers are among the prettiest colour combo in design , to me. Such gorgeous dark outer fur , with rich translucent apricot below. Contrasted with white and black. Mini wolverine, I call them.

I really would love to do up a nice colour portrait of one sometime. I think a garment , such as a hat or even a coat, would be absolutely amazing from their fur.

Here's a badger hat I made for a fellow 'skinner.

That's such pretty fur , what a great hat, Snow. It resembles crystal fox .

Just love that apricot undertone with the black tipped outer fur . I really can see a coat of badger hides , complete with the white contrast on the head onto the back, with the black accents in legs used, would be amazing. Somehow there must be a way of cutting hides to fit together to make such a coat. It would have to include the contrasting whites and blacks of the legs to have it pop , the way I'm seeing that in my head.

I bet that was an interesting rodeo.

When skinning them out, I always forget how low on the side of their head their ears are.

Where was it that they had an annual "badger grab dare". Grab a badger out of a barrel and run over and put it in another barrel?

Beaverpeeler -

I don't remember where they had the :badger-grab." I used to mark dozens per year on the southern Idaho desert by running them down at night and using a net. Then jump on them and ride like a bull, giving them Ketamine st the same time. Ride for 3 minutes and the ketamine would start working. Much more efficient than trapping. Course,did it all at night.

Ketamine is almost impossible to get ahold of anymore! Won’t even let WS use it.