For years I have been trying to take a Badger and I finally got the job done. I shot one two years ago with my .223 while antelope hunting but he made it to his hole and I lost him. This year my new 6x45 AR did the job and I can scratch one off the list. I can't wait to get her back from the taxidermist next year. It's no huge bull elk or a monster muley but to take a furred up and pretty Badger ranks just as high for me.