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Gotta love it when idiots compose news stories. If the sheriff believes the round deflected off the armadillo...well, he's an idiot too.  I don't know what he was hitting when shooting the .38, but it was dangerously ricocheting his rounds. It weren't the armadillo though...  http://news.yahoo.com/texas-man-shoots-armadillo-gets-hit-face-bullet-214656503.htmlDALLAS (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.
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I've shot armadillos with a .22 rimfire handgun......none of the rounds bounced off.....as a matter of fact....they killed the critter dead as all get out.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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The first time I shot myself in the head...
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Gotta love it!!  +1 maddog
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A bb gun will penetrate an armadillo through and through -
Idiots...
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Wait 'til he finds out his helicopter ride wasn't covered by insurance.
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At least the guys jaw was wired shut. He sounds enough like an idiot that listening to him talk could be trying....
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I'd bet that the "unidentified" man's name is Bubba.
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I'd bet that the "unidentified" man's name is Bubba. More likely Pedro.............
While it's true that all liberals are crazy people, not all crazy people are liberals.
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I am just guessing but after a six pack or three that rock in his back yard might have waddled just like an armadillo.
The first time I shot myself in the head...
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I'd bet that the "unidentified" man's name is Bubba. More likely Pedro............. No Pedro would have caught said beast. Tied a piece of rope around his middle so he can't run off. And gut and cleaned him next morning so it would be ready for post Mass BBQ on Sunday afternoon.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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SIL in MN stopped when the car in front of her hit a deer. Newby deputy shows up and since the deer wasn't dead, he decided to dispatch it and pulled his service gun. SIL then told him, " hey, you might want to drag it off the asphalt and away from that concrete curb before you start letting loose with rounds. Just saying." 
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Enjoy life now -- it has an expiration date.
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I have to wonder.
Since I have never seen a wild Armadillo and I have never had to live in a State that has them.
What do all of you have against the little guys.
Just askin?
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I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first
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I have nothing against them since I saw my first one get into a fire ant nest a chow down. However in my youth they were the baseline for all ballistic tests.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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They dig lots and lots of holes. Never where you need one. miles
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There's a lesson here. The man was open carrying, and at least one armadillo had its .38 concealed.
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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Do they make good helmets?
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