Hey guys, I ran into a guy that was out catching rattle snakes (he did not look normal to me, either). He had this little trick of runnning a 12' piece of heater hose down a hole, listening for the growls, then putting in about 4 oz of gasoline in the hose that he carried in a cough medicine bottle. Then he blew 4 good lung fulls of breath down the length of pipe, and OUT THE SNAKES CAME!!!
I got to thinking that this would have to work on a badger. So, on my next trip to N. Nevada, I tried the same thing on a badger hole...dang, they do come out pissed! Once in a while, you will get a double, stay on your toes.
I have killed quite a few with this technique over the years
and thought that you guys might like to have a little fun. It will sure make your butt muscles pucker the first couple of times you do it!
One other thing, don't ever be surprised at what comes out of the hole. If you have several people with you at the time, have them all together on the same side of the hole, it is easy to shoot someone with bullets bouncing off rocks in the dirt. It is best to let one guy do the shooting, because folks do get excited, and once in a while you will run across a guy that has no control when he gets really pumped up.
Good luck!
I got to thinking that this would have to work on a badger. So, on my next trip to N. Nevada, I tried the same thing on a badger hole...dang, they do come out pissed! Once in a while, you will get a double, stay on your toes.
I have killed quite a few with this technique over the years
and thought that you guys might like to have a little fun. It will sure make your butt muscles pucker the first couple of times you do it!
One other thing, don't ever be surprised at what comes out of the hole. If you have several people with you at the time, have them all together on the same side of the hole, it is easy to shoot someone with bullets bouncing off rocks in the dirt. It is best to let one guy do the shooting, because folks do get excited, and once in a while you will run across a guy that has no control when he gets really pumped up.
Good luck!