— Badger Anchoring?

We don’t have badgers here, so I’m only asking out of curiosity….



In pictures I see how much badgers will dig when caught, and I couldn’t help but wonder if they actually dig up/loosen their anchor at times.



So…. How do YOU anchor your badger traps? Have you ever had problems with them digging up the trap anchor?

We don't have them either and I have wondered the same thing

They usually dig at the end of the chain in a circle and mound the dirt on top of the anchor is my experience. Most badgers are caught in coyote sets with coyote setups. When I pinch a badger I'm glad I run short chains because it seems the more chain u have the more dirt they move.

This one I was targeting for a land owner at a badger hole. He mostly tried digging back into hole until he ran out of chain. Probably about a 2 1/2 foot mount. Caught a coyote there a few weeks later and it leveled it back up for me. It sucks when u catch them in a field road.....

Catch a handful a year. If caught by the front foot they dig a big circle. If caught buy the back foot they dig a big mound. But for some reason they never dig at the stake. I just use an 18” wolf fang anchor and never had one ever come close to digging out.

Same here. I've actually had them dig under the disposable stake but their direction of pull is across (or below) ground level so they never get the stake out of the dirt. I've literally walked up and picked up the trap and have the stake come out of the ground using only one or two fingers but the badger never did anything except go round and round in his digging.

I've caught lots of badgers but have NEVER had them dig out the stake.

You catch enough of the %+{# things you’ll loose a trap eventually.


Long chains help.

I’ve dug more than a few out that had pulled the anchor/stake and continued to go 4-8 foot further down.

Miserable creatures.

I’ve never seen someone dislike them so much. LOL. I personally enjoy catching them. They are one of my best sellers.

I catch about 2 a year. I think they are cool animals but after fixing their mess, skinning and fleshing them I usually hate them at that point. Skinned 2 nice one with claws on this year (never done that before), going to have to get about $200 a piece to make minimal wage. Lol

I catch 4-6 of those stinking things every year. They are a pain to skin and flesh, let alone the bomb crater that I have to fill in. I've never had one get away, but I'm sure it just a matter of time.

I think my biggest badger day was like 18 or some ungodly amount.

Hate em. Prairie possum.

Wreck coyote sets, wreck coyote locations.

I catch a badger it’s WEEKS until that set will take a coyote if not months. And I’ve had whole locations go dead after a badger.

Miserable to skin, miserable to scrape. And than guys wanna buy em cheap! I don’t even bother with em anymore and I get some beautiful badger come Feb/March.

And than, I had a badger complaint in some hay ground…..


Do you think I could catch a bloody badger in there?!?!?! Lol


Miserable beasts.

I anchor them the same as I would a coyote. The mound diggers or the ones that pull the dirt in are the problem. As they pull the dirt in the mound gets higher and they just pull up on the stake. 95% dig out and create a bomb crater. The other 5% are a problem

I agree with Boone. I don't think I've ever caught a coyote in a badger remake. If I do anything with them, it's sell them in the carcass. For no more than they are worth, I'm not going to all the work.

I caught coyote in the remake of the catch pictured above but took at least 3 weeks

We have to let them go here In WI.

Next time I need a well or pod dug I will buy a Badger and stake him out. It would be a lot cheaper than hiring a Dozer.

Just because they are the State Animal. Too bad the Wisconsin Badgers can't make their line get that one passed.

Well I for one would be against It. It would just open up a huge can of worms.