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<blockquote data-quote="Ohlongarm" data-source="post: 2317851" data-attributes="member: 112151"><p>I hunted badger European , in England and Ireland , it's a sport illegal but thriving and very prevalent. They use a terrier called a Patterdale, that weighs about 14 lbs. and is as tough and game as any dog alive. They are dug out of the ground with pick and shovel , the terrier must keep the badger bottled up in its lair till the diggers can get to it. If the dog quits he dies , many are taken apart by badger but never quit, discretionary terriers live to see another dig. The European badger is never killed by the men who hunt them with terriers he's a respected animal that is always released at the end of the dig. A European badger is about 30 to 40 lbs. and can rip a dogs lower jaw clean off if he gets his hold. These photos were taken in Ireland here's a dig to a badger that went 7 feet in rocky soil, the dog did a great job but took a hammering. I have hundreds of photos from 20 years ago of these digs .First photo dog latched on , two dogs used, and the hole., many more photos some probably too graphic, NO badgers were harmed it would be sacrilegious, to do so as this is considered an honorable sport that has been going on for hundreds of years, a terrier can't even put a scratch on a European badger as they are as hard as steel. The last dog was dug to in Tipperary Ireland she took a smashing as they say over there but held the badger at bay till dug to, they retired her shortly thereafter as used her to breed pups from, she was legendary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ohlongarm, post: 2317851, member: 112151"] I hunted badger European , in England and Ireland , it's a sport illegal but thriving and very prevalent. They use a terrier called a Patterdale, that weighs about 14 lbs. and is as tough and game as any dog alive. They are dug out of the ground with pick and shovel , the terrier must keep the badger bottled up in its lair till the diggers can get to it. If the dog quits he dies , many are taken apart by badger but never quit, discretionary terriers live to see another dig. The European badger is never killed by the men who hunt them with terriers he's a respected animal that is always released at the end of the dig. A European badger is about 30 to 40 lbs. and can rip a dogs lower jaw clean off if he gets his hold. These photos were taken in Ireland here's a dig to a badger that went 7 feet in rocky soil, the dog did a great job but took a hammering. I have hundreds of photos from 20 years ago of these digs .First photo dog latched on , two dogs used, and the hole., many more photos some probably too graphic, NO badgers were harmed it would be sacrilegious, to do so as this is considered an honorable sport that has been going on for hundreds of years, a terrier can't even put a scratch on a European badger as they are as hard as steel. The last dog was dug to in Tipperary Ireland she took a smashing as they say over there but held the badger at bay till dug to, they retired her shortly thereafter as used her to breed pups from, she was legendary. [/QUOTE]
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