Did you dig the Badger out? I never had a Badger above ground. Usually great mounds of earth and the Badger underground usually straight down as deep as the chain would let it dig.
I ran traps at night and often set in the middle of the pasture roads where I was trapping. A badger was big-g-g-g trouble. Usually a major road re-build to keep the rancher happy!
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