About 10 years ago we shot a badger, well my father in law did on our place

Today, I stumbled across 2 holes in the ground about 18” diameter

Fresh dirt type holes, 2 holes on 220 acres that I found. It wasn’t like 2 holes 50 foot apart type deal, I had walked a ways before I stumbled onto the next hole

I didn’t take a pic but thought of a badger hole

What else would have a den like this?

Armadillo maybe, just a guess.

Possibly, I’ve never saw another badger since

Had my hopes up

You will know if it's a badger because they will move a cubic yard or more of dirt and It will be piled up at the entrance. An armadillo doesn't move but just a few cubic feet of dirt. Huge difference.

Yep, badgers did a big hole with lots of dirt piled up.

Ok, not a badger hole then dangit

Was for sure fresh holes but only had a moderate amount of dirt around

A neighbor, about a mile away claims to have a resident badger is what got me to thinking

I’ve never saw another one than ours

My hunting area has a good pop of badgers. I normally smell badgers before i catch a glympse. If its a fresh den it will have that definite badger stank. Just need to find a buddy or ex wife to give the opening a smell test.

We’re there any bird dogs around?

My brother saw a badger several years ago while hunting. He saw 2 dogs come running out of the brush 200 yards away chasing something , he pulled up his gun and looked through scope and they were chasing a badger.
They disappeared into the brush and a few seconds later the dogs started yelping and whimpering and they were headed back the way they came from, tails tucked.

yep, pound for pound they are mean.

pound fer pound has nothing to do with it. they are bad to the bone

I remember a video of a dog chasing a javelina into the brush, and a couple seconds later the dos was hauling aZZ back to the deer blind with that javi hot on his tail. The hunters were laughing their butts off the whole video. I thought it might be on the THF where I saw it. Sounds similar to your brother TCM3

Could be where a coyote was trying to dig out an armadillo or other delicacy...