About

Who is behind Badger Ridge? What are they about?

Badger Ridge Industries is a small, growing, family run, veteran owned company.  We strive to provide excellent products and excellent service to our customers.   Please contact us using the “CONTACT” page if you have any questions or concerns.

The view from the tree that surveys the back 40 of the family farm

The name Badger Ridge comes from the family farm located in the thumb of Michigan.   It has a small wooded ridge-line that my grandfather was always ridding of badgers.   Though there were only a few instances of them in my childhood, I do recall the determination my grandfather had in pursuing such feisty creatures.   I also helped him rid the ridge of what turned out to be a skunk, and got my first (and only) tomato bath.  My grandfather has passed, and my aunts took over. They had their milk checks made out to “Badger Ridge Farms”.  

As a child, my family lived an hour away, but frequently visited the farm.  Helping with the chores, and having fun were the main endeavors.  When I came of age I got to add hunting to the list.   The farm is still a great place to hunt.  And as for chores, I always try to pitch in and help my aunts when I’m up there.  Pheasants Forever took notice of the area and had hunts in the vicinity, they used to pay the neighboring farm to leave some soybeans up.  

We moved back to Michigan, and live not far away in Fostoria, MI. I missed walking the farm with my boyhood Labrador and my Dad.    So now I’ve got my own lab and try to spend a few days over there chasing the few roosters still around. When I was active duty I’d travel back (to deer hunt mostly). My brother and I fight for the tree you can climb and survey most of the back 40 and get great shots at the corn and soybean fed whitetails.

You might ask, “Why are there airplanes on a gun and shooting equipment site?”   I left home at 18 and joined the Navy, became a pilot, and eventually ended up flying in the Coast Guard.   So Badger Ridge for over 20 years has been a memory and a place to visit when I could take the uniform off, hunt, and visit family.  

Before my time in the military came to its end, I asked myself what it is I’d like to do next.   Before I went to flight school, I used to spend a lot of time at the range.   I was on multiple shooting teams as a teenager and continued to compete while at the Naval Academy.   As I progressed as a shooter I learned to appreciate affordable gear that worked.   Now that the time of flying has passed, my first love… ‘everything firearms’ is blooming.

US Navy, EP-E ARIES II above

US Coast Guard HC-144A above

Badger Ridge has grown to involve the entire family. Our passion is to provide solid products that improve the customer’s experience; so we launched Badger Ridge Industries.  It’s a few simple solid products that, Lord willing, will grow.

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If you have questions please use the “contact us” form to get in touch.   We respond promptly.   Also our mailing address and phone number are on the footer of each web page.

A student solo landing a T-34C while I was an instructor standing Runway Duty Officer at NOLF Saufley Field, Pensacola, FL circa 2003