Mister-no-shoulders really isn't that big of a problem unless you go steppin on em or accidentally putting your hand on one.
And yeah though, them badgers are mean little suckers.
I wonder if they're indigenous to Tehachapi? Badgers, that is. I'm thinkin a bb gun would only pi$$ em off and they didn’t strike me in my prior contacts with them as being particularly afraid of humans.
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