I believe what I witnessed awhile back. Was the dispersal/scattering of a young male badger. From it's home territory. The large badger (closet to me) was submissive. The smaller of the two (farthest away from me) was the aggressor.
Below is a series of pics as this event unfolded.
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I suspect the smaller badger was an alpha female. She chased the large badger more than 1/2 mile. Down the gravel road. She would stop, then turn back around & head back. To where they had come from. The cub would sit down face back her way & make a whining/chattering noise. Then he would follow her again. This carried on for around 1/2 an hr. Finally she had enough of this. Then she ran him down biting his rump. As she ran him down into the road ditch near me.
Note her jaws are open when she is bearing down on him. Not good. Momma not happy? better run :laf:
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She's gaining, run badger...run.
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Cub paused to look back & see where she was. Bad idea, he's about to get his butt kicked.
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She's on him. Too late :eyebrownod:
(http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y403/incipiant/P1160912_zps7bc13e13.jpg)
She ran him down into the grassy ditch right near me & kicked his butt. He never followed her again.
Now there's some cool pics! :highclap:
That is a great series of shots. :yoyo: :yoyo:
Pat
most excellent... would like to have a nice badger skin for a wall hanging... what state did this take place in?...
Thanks for posting them, sure are nice. Note the claws and teeth on them critters. I found them hard to skin and they sure do stink.
Yes, great series of pics.
Ditto to John: hard to skin. Their hide is so attached as I recall (years ago) that we had to cut every bit and it would not pull off like most animals will. An odd feature was how they would turn inside their skin when fighting our hounds. The dog would grab a big bite/hold and the badger would kind of slide around inside his skin while the dog bite held firm on his outer hide. Then the badger would clamp down with a bone crushing bite on foot, leg or whatever part of the dog he could get hold of.
In the sandy volcanic ash soil of Eastern WA State a badger can dive into the ground almost like water, digging a hole from the surface and disappearing within seconds. He could dig faster than I could with a shovel, as I learned.
Wow that is a cool scenario!! Glad you got pics to share!! Thanks!! :yoyo: :yoyo:
Excellent pictures and something most people will never see. Thanks for the pictures and the story.
Awesome pics Snafu :yoyo:
Thanks. I've never seen this before. It was quite interesting & I was fortunate to witness this event.
Some yrs back I watched an old pr of coyotes scatter their pups, late December. Seen that same pr do that twice. As I just happened to cross paths with them during 2 different Winters. Both times the pr dispersed their pups. During the 3rd wk of December. Of which I (believe) was caused from the old adult female coming into heat. I use to have pics of those events. But lost them due to a PC virus.
Yep, you are an excellent photographer of animals in ways that show behavior, and an unusually inquisitive observer. Details in the pics and sequence are outstanding.
Cool pics Snafu! Those badgers are really something, born with a bad attitude that only gets worse! :laf:
Thems some salty looking critters!
Very cool! I ran over on out west years ago on a dirt road and stoped to take a look!! Bad idea it hadnt even hurt it but it sure as hell was mad. It took me 10 min to get off the roof of my blazer and back inside.
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Quote from: Okanagan on October 03, 2014, 09:38:42 AM
Yep, you are an excellent photographer of animals in ways that show behavior, and an unusually inquisitive observer. Details in the pics and sequence are outstanding.
Couldn't agree more. I've come back to look at this post at least half a dozen times. Can't believe the size of the young male's claws in the second to last pic. Looks like a devil.
Like others here I have been enjoying your images of animals. While I know that equipment doesn't make the photographer, I have to ask what you are using.
Thanks,
Jerry
Glad you all enjoyed these pics. I've always been interested in predator behavior. In my latter even yrs moreso. I haven't fired a shot in 3yrs. Just observed what I could. When I was young it was all about the kill. Get on it do it now. I await the 1st snow to get back to lion hunting. I'm chomping at the bit. From the recent sightings I've heard about. Appears their pop has risen some. My day draweth near...I hope :biggrin:
Some yrs back during a snow covered January day. I spotted a pr of coyotes 1/2 mile away. It became obvious to me the female was wanting to get bred. From watching her behaviors. One of my Bro's who was with me. Said, "Lets get them" I said, "Lets just wait awhile & watch". He looked at me like what the heck? We watched them interact for a good 1/2 hr. Then we moved on. Bro was irritated with me. Oh well.
Quote from: Hawks Feather on October 04, 2014, 07:42:00 AM
Like others here I have been enjoying your images of animals. While I know that equipment doesn't make the photographer, I have to ask what you are using.
Thanks,
Jerry
Panasonic DMC-FZ70, Jerry. It has a fixed 60x optical zoom. It's been a good hunting camera so far.
And forearms like Popeye!
Quote from: Dave on October 04, 2014, 07:18:05 AM
Quote from: Okanagan on October 03, 2014, 09:38:42 AM
Yep, you are an excellent photographer of animals in ways that show behavior, and an unusually inquisitive observer. Details in the pics and sequence are outstanding.
Couldn't agree more. I've come back to look at this post at least half a dozen times. Can't believe the size of the young male's claws in the second to last pic. Looks like a devil.
:laf: :alscalls:LOL Riverboss! With most catches one shot dispatch is the rule. With badgers it's three shots just to be sure! You don't want a live one in the back of your truck. :holdon:
I found that out for sure!! LOL. That sucker sure would of put a hurtin on me. The fellow with me laughed so hard he was crying. Said he didnt know a fat man could run and climb over something so fast. LOL.
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Love the pics and the comments. They are some nasty lookin' critters for sure. What's interesting to me is, I grew up in a holler named Badger Run...never have seen a badger.