Old Dude I grew up with Badgers on the ranch and believe me they are a vicious animal. We killed seveal in the chicken house after dark. They will destroy a chicken coop overnight. two episodes I'll never forget the first happened on memorial day in 1930 we were going to the cemetery to visit my brother's grave in a 1930 model-A and dad hit and ran over a badger and it appeared dead so he throwed it in the back seat with me and my three sisters and brother and of course my Dad and Mom and the 9 month old baby were in the front seatNead;ess tp say about 4 miles down the road the damn badger started to come alive and of course we screamed and Dad with his tire iron made damn sure it was dead this time.We did take it home and skinned it and hung it in the barn as a reminder if you are going to screw with a badger make sure it is dead. The second incedent happened in 1948 on the home ranch which was over 1000 acres with many old apple orchards and I was slipping into this and apple orchard to maybe kill a black bear and this mommy badger came charging out of the bushes with her teeth barred I fired from the hip with my 30 30 winchester rifle and lucky me I hit her right in the mouth and blowed her damn head off and I'm sure that lucky shot makes it possible for me to comment om your thread today. I don't know if she was a honey badger