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Nice Surprise first for my kid today!
Well, havent seen any real hunting related pics pop up lately, so just figured I'd share a couple of my sons first badger.....we were out shooting gophers, and saw the badger about 150yds away, but since he was just shooting a peep sight .22 we decided to close the distance (he's 6 and still learning to a degree, he's deadly on gophers out to about 30-40yds, but 150yd shot is way beyond what he can capably shoot). We got to around 50yds away and were crouched behind a tuft of grass, and the badger closed in to somewhere around 30-35yds and I told him to make sure he shot it in the head.....one shot later and the badger was doing the head shot flop, lol. He was pretty pumped, and if it had been a nicer one, I probably would have mounted it for him, but it was a smaller one, so he can wait till he gets a better one, lol.
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07-09-2016, 10:19 PM
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Haha. That's awesome
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07-09-2016, 10:19 PM
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Way to go young man way to go good shooting . Good times huh dad?
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07-09-2016, 10:29 PM
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Awesome. Congrats to the young man.
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07-10-2016, 12:08 AM
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07-10-2016, 12:31 AM
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07-10-2016, 02:12 AM
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That's awesome stuff congrats to you and your boy!
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07-10-2016, 06:16 AM
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Great job & such an awesome way to spend a day! Congrats to both of you and thanks for sharing your excellent pics ~
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07-10-2016, 06:44 AM
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Congrats to the young lad !
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07-10-2016, 07:28 AM
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Haha. Cool!
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07-10-2016, 08:07 AM
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That's awesome. His smile says it all
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07-10-2016, 08:38 AM
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good to see the young ones out and learning from Dad. Congrats on a great shot and thanx for the post .
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07-10-2016, 09:19 AM
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Nothin finer than that right there!!!
Congrats to the young feller!!
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07-10-2016, 09:26 AM
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Couriuos?
How many here have shot a badger? I have never even seen 1 in the wild, maybe I am hunting the wrong areas.
Just asking because you may want to reconsider getting it mounted. Regardless I think it is awesome and a big congrats to your young fellow.
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07-10-2016, 10:08 AM
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Thanks for the comments everyone!
Brendan's dad, I will usually shoot a couple a year in our area if I spend a half decent amount of time shooting gophers. When I was younger and spent more time in the gopher fields around home , I'd get a handful each year (best day was 4 in about 3 hours, but I'm positive this was a family unit so to speak). this is an area within an hr of Edmonton. When I lived down in Lethbridge, if we dedicated ourselves and found areas holding lots of badgers then waited them out and did some calling and stuff, it was normal to shoot at least a couple everyday we went out for them. Spend enough time in gopher fields and your bound to cross paths with one.
Thanks again everyone!
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07-10-2016, 10:23 AM
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Very cool! Congrats to you and your son.
I've actually never seen one myself. None on Vancouver Island where I grew up.
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07-10-2016, 10:39 AM
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Way to go!
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07-10-2016, 10:58 AM
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Hole diggin,wheel alignment wreckin snarlin sons of guns those things are,nice work!
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07-10-2016, 11:01 AM
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Great job kiddo. Mounting it dad?
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Great shooting
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07-10-2016, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 300magman
Thanks for the comments everyone!
Brendan's dad, I will usually shoot a couple a year in our area if I spend a half decent amount of time shooting gophers. When I was younger and spent more time in the gopher fields around home , I'd get a handful each year (best day was 4 in about 3 hours, but I'm positive this was a family unit so to speak). this is an area within an hr of Edmonton. When I lived down in Lethbridge, if we dedicated ourselves and found areas holding lots of badgers then waited them out and did some calling and stuff, it was normal to shoot at least a couple everyday we went out for them. Spend enough time in gopher fields and your bound to cross paths with one.
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I guess I need to more gopher hunting. Again, big congrats to your young fellow and thanks for the info.
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07-10-2016, 05:59 PM
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Beauty! Nice work kids!
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That
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Way to go 300mag man. From this day forward he shall be called "22minimag"
My 8 year old grandkid and I also went slaying 'pasture dragons' with the exact same rifle BTW. We have practicing on hard targets for a while first.
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Man, those are just outstanding pics. Good on you Dad! Big congrats to the young slayer!!!
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07-10-2016, 08:33 PM
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That's awesome!
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07-10-2016, 09:05 PM
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That's awesome! Congratulations to the young man for the fine shooting.
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07-11-2016, 12:26 AM
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That
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Way to go 300mag man. From this day forward he shall be called "22minimag"
My 8 year old grandkid and I also went slaying 'pasture dragons' with the exact same rifle BTW. We have practicing on hard targets for a while first.
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Haha, that's awesome!! It's a blast getting out with the kids that's for sure....and the rascal is a great gun for them to learn with, his form is a heck of a lot better than mine was at that age trying to balance dads full size cooey, lol! I like that it's a single shot too, only way to go with new shooters imo. We started out shooting balloons a couple years ago with a daisy, then progressed into cans and stuff with his 22 before heading out last year for gophers once he was at the point where I figured he'd be able to hit a few of the buggers. I made the mistake of letting him take a few shots around 70 or so yds with my scoped 22, now he's on my case for a scope, lol. Maybe Santa will help with that one, I want him to get one more summer of open sights in to make sure he really has the foundations down before throwing a scope into the mix, haha.
Once again, thanks for the nice words fella's!
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07-11-2016, 08:45 AM
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Trophy Badger
Small Badger...NOT. That's a trophy Badger.
If you're not going to get a rug made, get the skull done! Flesh it and let the ants do the rest.
Great pictures, better story, good on you dad!
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Nicely done!
Great pics too, nice job on positioning the badger.
Last one I got was with a '91 F150's front and rear passenger tires. 
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