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LisPrissy
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You are right in that a badger will destroy a cage trap, but left out the word "cheap". Badgers will destroy cheap cage traps. This cage trap pictured above will hold a badger....this design has held several badgers.
If you are going to use foothold traps, I would recommend at least a number 2 coilspring. The coilspring is a much easier trap to bed properly, as compared to a longspring. Use two traps and set for front feet catch. When the badger works the set, you should catch one foot, then as the badger tries to escape you'll catch the other front foot. Do this and he should be there in the morning.
If you use only one trap and you catch the badger, by the next morning, you'll have a huge crater and most likely the badger will be gone. They'll just dig the stake right out of the ground.
If using footholds for badgers, always try to catch both front feet and he'll be there waiting.
Now based upon your description of the attacks, it is probably not a badger, more likely a raccoon.
The trap I have used looks similar to the one above and the coon and opossum didn't tear it up at all. I've seen pretty cheap looking ones that aren't worth the trouble when all you will be doing it feeding the jerks instead of catching them
