Hit by a car near Oaktown

[Tula47]

That was found just a few miles from me. I'll have to keep a look out.

 

[Black Cloud]

Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers, mang!

 

[cheese]

That's creepy looking.didn't know we had them here

 

[remauto1187]

Everyone...RELAX! The odds are better that you have a coyote come up and shake your hand than have a badger come around you in the woods and attack you. Read up on the Badger and its habits, lifestyle, etc. They DO NOT even run in packs. Illinois has had badgers for many many years so Im sure Indiana has also. How many people have you ever heard of being attacked by badger around here? Excluding the idiots that put their fingers in a badgers mouth on purpose.

 

[Cameramonkey]

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Beat me to it!

 

[Bounty Hunter]

Yes Badger for sure. they have been here a long time. They used to dig into the side of some sand hills years ago when running trap line. Accidentally snared a big one years ago. Called the Game Warden, and he came out to check it out. Said it was the biggest one he had seen. They are fierce of cornered. Pretty awesome animals really.

 

[rhino]

Badgers are chubby, ill-tempered weasels.

Too bad they can't get along with everyone like their cousins the otters.

weasels
ferrets/ermine
fishers
wolverines
badgers
skunks
otters
martens
minks

WEASELS!

 

[possumpacker]

caught this badger in s. parke co. 1976. large female and a bad azz critter. sorry for crappy pics

 

[cschwanz]

Saw one up on our place in Angola a few years back while der hunting. Only saw it the one morning, never saw it again. It was pretty neat to see.

 

[BigMatt]

I hit one with a car, but he didn't care. He didn't give a ****.

 

[mattyd]

My bet is we will be seeing more in the future. In a way it is intresting to see the game migration over the last several decades. They are thick out west and livestock farms aren't real fond of the holes. I wouldn't want to corner one. Like most things, give them a little room and they will cause you no harm.

 

[throttletony]

I see them in ID & MT all the time. In any pasture that has gophers, you'll find a badger nearby. Mean suckers, but theys rather avoid people.
they are protected in Indiana because of low numbers, not protected out west.
pound for pound id say they're the second meanest critten in n. America (wolverine being first) (before the peanut gallery chimes in, i said pound for pound... but i wouldnt wanna mess with either, or a wolf or brown bear for that matter)

 

[rhino]

I see them in ID & MT all the time. In any pasture that has gophers, you'll find a badger nearby. Mean suckers, but theys rather avoid people.
they are protected in Indiana because of low numbers, not protected out west.
pound for pound id say they're the second meanest critten in n. America (wolverine being first) (before the peanut gallery chimes in, i said pound for pound... but i wouldnt wanna mess with either, or a wolf or brown bear for that matter)

Don't forget the North American Rhinoceros. They're an exceptionally ill-tempered and tricky species.

 

[Mgderf]

I see them in ID & MT all the time. In any pasture that has gophers, you'll find a badger nearby. Mean suckers, but theys rather avoid people.
they are protected in Indiana because of low numbers, not protected out west.
pound for pound id say they're the second meanest critten in n. America (wolverine being first)...

^This.
Im 56 years old and I've known badgers are indigenous to Indiana for as long as I can remember.
I've never seen one in the wild, but reports of them, along with newspaper articles/pictures have verified their presence here for decades.
Mean little suckers alright, but so anti-social you almost never see them.

 

[Mgderf]

^This.
Im 56 years old and I've known badgers are indigenous to Indiana for as long as I can remember.
I've never seen one in the wild, but reports of them, along with newspaper articles/pictures have verified their presence here for decades.
Mean little suckers alright, but so anti-social you almost never see them.

O.K. I saw a badger today, about 9:30am in Tippecanoe county.
Good sized too. I'd guess he/she ran about 20-25lbs. Very low to the ground, and silent as a ghost.
There's a first time for everything.

 

[yote hunter]

badger

+1 its a badger.... They look nothing like a wolverine.... But both are mean as hell.

 

[churchmouse]

There were some out north of Cartersburg in the late 60's early 70's. We saw more than 1 of them when we would hike back into the woods and camp. Area is all built up now.

 

[diver dan]

you dont need to worry,I am from northern michigan , lived up there for 4 years, they are highly secretive, and stay very very low on radar.As some have said, extremely vicious.