Badgers are Mustelid carnivores - a family that includes ferrets, skunks, weasels, fishers, and the mighty wolverine. Although badgers aren't as angry as wolverines, I wouldn't go antagonize one on purpose. In nature, unless you are trying to get right up on top of them and harrassing them, they really don't pay too much attention to you unless you have a gun. They are cool animals. Why kill them? Why kill coons? Hare and squirrel taste better, anyways.