This thread just reminded me of a good story from my college days. A couple buddies and I were out booze cruising one night when we came across a badger. The driver jumps out with a shotgun and puts the badger down. He throws him in the back of his truck, under the tonneau cover. When we get back to town he wanted to show it to his dad. As he's opening the tailgate my other buddy that was with us when he shot the badger screams and scares the living $hit out of the almighty hunter. He gets mad, calls us all ass holes and proceeds to open the tailgate. The badger jumps out of the back of the pickup, lets out a big hiss and looks like he's going to maul all 4 of us. We all start to panic and then the badger turns around, runs down the alley and disappears in to the dark. We never saw it again.