Badgers

Wisconsin is known as the Badger State and one would assume that we have badgers all over the place, but that is not the case. We’ve had a few badger sightings in southeastern Wisconsin, but overall it is pretty rare to find them in this part of the state. Badgers are mostly nocturnal animals that spend the daytime underground in their den. 

Badgers are excellent diggers and quite fierce animals. A common sign of badgers is the presence of large mounds of dirt they form when digging their burrows. Badgers prey on small animals and rodents. They also enjoy eating insects, especially earthworms, and berries.

Are Badgers a Concern?

Badgers are very fierce and powerful animals. Badgers won’t attack unless provoked which we certainly do not recommend angering a badger, because you will lose. The only concern a badger creates is the damage to pastures or hayfields from their vast array of burrows they make. 

At Advanced Wildlife Control, we believe in humane animal removal. Since badgers are rare in this part of Wisconsin, we have never actually caught a badger. However, if you do have a problem with badgers, we will certainly set live traps to humanely catch and relocate the badger. 

We do advise customers not to try and catch badgers on their own. It is quite challenging and will make it almost impossible for us to do. Badgers are also very fierce animals, and we do not want you to risk getting injured from trying to trap one.