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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2012 19:37:44 GMT -5
Have you ever seen a River Otter or a Badger in Indiana, if so where ?
My relatives seen some River Otters in Big Oaks NWR.
I have seen them in Muskatutuck NWR back when I lived in IN.
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Post by dead-eye on Jan 25, 2012 19:45:42 GMT -5
as a matter of fact we had about a dozen otters swim by us on the wabash a couple weeks ago.
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Post by steiny on Jan 25, 2012 21:00:49 GMT -5
My brother caught a badger trapping when we were kids in the late 70's.
Otters are getting pretty common around here in the Wabash river system and it's tributaries. They are also getting to be problematic, getting into private farm ponds and wiping out the fish pretty quickly in several cases I am familiar with. Another one on those dumb re-stocking efforts that might bite us in the butt.
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Post by sgtwal on Jan 26, 2012 18:49:49 GMT -5
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Post by ms660 on Jan 26, 2012 21:30:35 GMT -5
Buddy of mine caught a badger around 20 years ago. Otters are getting so populated that when many trappers catch one and it is dead, the DNR doesn't even want the carcass when they are notified. A total wast IMO left on the bank to rot.
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Post by Boilermaker on Jan 27, 2012 9:34:29 GMT -5
I've got a picture of a badger on a trail cam in Bartholomew County earlier this fall.
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Post by goosepondmonster on Jan 27, 2012 9:50:18 GMT -5
I've got a picture of a badger on a trail cam in Bartholomew County earlier this fall. And you're going to tease us by not posting the picture? |
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Post by throbak on Jan 27, 2012 13:13:19 GMT -5
I have seen both
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Post by Boilermaker on Jan 27, 2012 16:13:45 GMT -5
I've got a picture of a badger on a trail cam in Bartholomew County earlier this fall. And you're going to tease us by not posting the picture? Haha, sorry goosepond just now found the pictures...here it is!    |
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Post by goosepondmonster on Jan 27, 2012 16:20:35 GMT -5
That is awesome. Thanks for the pictures.
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Post by Boilermaker on Jan 27, 2012 16:23:09 GMT -5
Yeah definitely rare in our area i think...someone told me they are pretty vicious if spooked. I guess they are nocturnal but if you come across one they make a horrid growling noise. That picture was taken on the path I walk to one of my tree stands...needless to say I was a little nervous when I was heading to that one!
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Post by fullrut on Jan 27, 2012 17:03:32 GMT -5
My uncle owns alot of ground near Petersville, in Bartholomew County and someone caught a badger on him a few years back. I've seen several otters. They are very wasteful.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2012 23:11:42 GMT -5
Cool Pictures.
What part of Bartholomew County ?
Cary, at Atterbury FWA said to me once, that there have been reports of Badgers in Camp Atterbury.
Do any of you know if this is true or not ?
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Post by hornharvester on Jan 30, 2012 13:30:13 GMT -5
10-15 years ago I watched the DNR turn loose 5 river otters in the upper Salamonie Reservoir. Each had a tag but no tracking collars. I think one of them ended up in a trap and one was shot by some idiot. Im not sure what happened to the others. I know Ive never seen them since the day they were released. h.h.
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Post by Boilermaker on Jan 30, 2012 15:30:13 GMT -5
It's actually about 3 miles from Petersville, in Bartholomew County. Had several different encounters with him on the trail camera but these were the best pictures.
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Post by parrothead on Feb 1, 2012 15:39:44 GMT -5
I have seen as many as 15 river otters at one time in the MNWR in Richart lake. They just sat there and bobbed in the water and watched me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2012 16:18:34 GMT -5
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Post by tenring on Feb 1, 2012 16:51:47 GMT -5
If the otters are such a big deal, cart a whole bunch of them to where the Asian Carp are destroying the native fish population.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2012 17:46:41 GMT -5
If the otters are such a big deal, cart a whole bunch of them to where the Asian Carp are destroying the native fish population. The Wabash River would be a good place for that. They are already here in KY waters also. |
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