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Since almost every other conceivable subject has been covered, perhaps some of our Campfire members can give this man some advice on what firearm and/or ammo to use the next time he faces an armadillo!: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/texas-man-shoots-armadillo-gets-hit-face-bullet-214656503.html
Texas man shoots armadillo, gets hit in face by bullet ricochet
By Lisa Maria Garza | Reuters – 6 hours ago DALLAS (Reuters) - An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said on Friday. Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, southwest of Texarkana, at around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning. He spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire. "His wife was in the house. He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo," Rowe said. The animal's hard shell deflected at least one of three bullets, which then struck the man's jaw, he said. The man was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where his jaw was wired shut, according to Rowe. The status of the animal is unknown. "We didn't find the armadillo," the sheriff said. (Editing by Jon Herskovitz and Sandra Maler)
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A baseball bat works well. Seriously.
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I've killed a mountain of them with a 22 rimfire. Never had one deflect a bullet.
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I've killed a mountain of them with a 22 rimfire. Never had one deflect a bullet. Exactly! That bullet didn't deflect from the armadillo.
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I've killed a mountain of them with a 22 rimfire. Never had one deflect a bullet. As have I. The results are more spectacular with a .22 mag though. miles
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Sounds like a reason to build a custom. Not many can claim to have a custom built armadillo rifle. Maybe a center-fire equivalent to the .22 mag.
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22 super colibri all the time here, and if not that, cci sub sonic pre frag ammo if they ever make the stuff agian, through a can...
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Since almost every other conceivable subject has been covered, perhaps some of our Campfire members can give this man some advice on what firearm and/or ammo to use the next time he faces an armadillo!: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/texas-man-shoots-armadillo-gets-hit-face-bullet-214656503.html
Texas man shoots armadillo, gets hit in face by bullet ricochet
By Lisa Maria Garza | Reuters – 6 hours ago DALLAS (Reuters) - An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said on Friday. Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, southwest of Texarkana, at around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning. He spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire. "His wife was in the house. He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo," Rowe said. The animal's hard shell deflected at least one of three bullets, which then struck the man's jaw, he said. The man was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where his jaw was wired shut, according to Rowe. The status of the animal is unknown. "We didn't find the armadillo," the sheriff said. (Editing by Jon Herskovitz and Sandra Maler) ![[Linked Image]](http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj220/deflave25_2008/Screen%20Shot%202015-06-03%20at%201.07.39%20PM_zpsfixwpjiu.png)
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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These Texas armadillos are tough. A 45-70 is about right. Seriously, a 40-65 with a 248 grain cast flat nosed bullet or a 58 Hawken and a .570 round ball will turn one into a red mist. Don't shoot one too close to your pickup truck, as the mist is very hard to wash off he paint.
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Wife shot him in the jaw, possibly?
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I have only shot one armadillo, which was charging my hunting partner after being wounded by a .22 Long Rifle bullet in the wrong place. My .22 MAGNUM stopped the charge cold.
The best advice I've ever heard about armadillos came from an old friend who was a lifelong hunting and fishing guide in Florida: "Some people say armadilla tastes like chicken, but the longer you chew it the more it tastes like armadilla."
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They are the pop tarts of the animal kingdom once they collide with a fast moving piece of metal, or.......a tire!
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I can tell you a .22 Hornet cracks 'em open pretty well.  Anybody know why the Armadillo crossed the road? To show the 'possum it could be done
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The best advice I've ever heard about armadillos came from an old friend who was a lifelong hunting and fishing guide in Florida: "Some people say armadilla tastes like chicken, but the longer you chew it the more it tastes like armadilla."
Now, that's FUNNY!!!
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Wife shot him in the jaw, possibly? Yeah, you have to wonder what he was doing running around with a .38 at 3 a.m.!
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My custom armidillo rifle is a sako vixen action in 5.7mm 26" helical fluted hbar, night force scope with laster and fliradapter.
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Now that's Fing funny, Flave
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Wife shot him in the jaw, possibly? Yeah, you have to wonder what he was doing running around with a .38 at 3 a.m.! I can tell you probably why he was up at 3 a.m. chasing an armadillo, I've BTDT. I used to have a bloodhound. When he was upset, this half of the county knew about. More than once he would go crazy after an armadillo in the middle of the night. The only solution was a dead armadillo!!
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No mystery to being up at 3 a.m. after an armadillo. When an armadillo is destroying a yard one does what needs doing. BTDT here also.... Thinking the bullet did not bounce off an armadillo though....
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