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Armadillos #17632300 09/24/22 Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,172 Arkansas R rufous OP Campfire Regular OP rufous Campfire Regular R Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,172 Arkansas We saw our 1st Armadillo while in Arkansas recently. It was dead on the side of the road. Are they a nuisance, pest, varmint or are they pretty much harmless? Do they dig in the garden, make burrows and such? We plan to move to Arkansas soon and my wife loves ro garden both for vegetables and flowers. Are they protected or do people shoot them? Do some folks eat them? School me on Armadillos please.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632307 09/24/22 Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,590 Not In The City rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,590 Not In The City They carry leprosy. I don't touch them too much. Don't mind having them around, but I don't have any flower gardens either. Pretty neat critters. Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632315 09/24/22 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,196 TX J Jeffrey Campfire Tracker Jeffrey Campfire Tracker J Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,196 TX Yes they dig, especially in mulch/garden beds. Pretty harmless except they supposedly can carry some nasty diseases, leprosy being one of them. They dig for insects primarily. I’ve heard that you can eat them but I never got that hungry. There is no shortage of them here in TX. If one passes through no problem. If one takes up residence near the house and starts causing trouble they get a cci quiet 22

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632421 09/24/22 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,323 Ouachita Mtns., Ar A arky65 Campfire Regular arky65 Campfire Regular A Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,323 Ouachita Mtns., Ar Little bastid are a nuisance, dig up gardens, shrubs, flowers, lawns. I stay at defcon 1. See'um shoot'um. There is a war on America and America is losing

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632431 09/24/22 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas 1911a1 Campfire Tracker 1911a1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas I kill 2-3 Hoover Hogs (a depression era name for 'dillos) every year that decide to root around the yard causing washes and making a mess. I've been trying to kill one for a couple of weeks now. Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632450 09/24/22 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 220 sc usa jjenkins Campfire Member jjenkins Campfire Member Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 220 sc usa Love shooting them with a 22 magnum, the Hispanic folks here eat them. We are covered up with those nasty things (armadilos )

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632453 09/24/22 Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 11,756 Minnesota D dale06 Campfire Outfitter dale06 Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 11,756 Minnesota Saw a dead one on the hiway in southern Ks last week. And have found a couple dead ones on our land on the Ks/Ok border. Guess they’re moving north. NRA Patron

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632475 09/24/22 Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,947 TN Rick n Tenn Campfire Tracker Rick n Tenn Campfire Tracker Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,947 TN Shoot them and leave for coyotes . They eat them like a shrimp .

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632500 09/24/22 Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 14,790 J JoeBob Campfire Outfitter JoeBob Campfire Outfitter J Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 14,790 They are much more fun to shoot with a deer rifle. They tend to explode like a watermelon. They are real up and down with their populations. Some years you don’t see very many, some years you are absolutely covered up with them.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632506 09/24/22 Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 11,672 MOGC Campfire Outfitter MOGC Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 11,672 The first armadillos I ever saw in southern Missouri was about 1990. Gradually I started seeing more and more of them until now I think they are quite common. They don't have any more luck crossing roads than opossums do. Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632507 09/24/22 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 9,095 New Mexico prairie dog shooter Campfire Outfitter prairie dog shooter Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 9,095 New Mexico Yes, they will dig up your flower garden and lawn looking for grubs. One friend who owns a pecan orchard likes them. He claims they "aerate" the ground in his orchard. I have eaten armadillo. It was good, white meat. The leprosery thing keeps me from doing it again. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke 1795 "Give me liberty or give me death" Patrick Henry 1775

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632515 09/24/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas It tastes like chicken

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632521 09/24/22 Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,270 Montana J Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,270 Montana Make soup bowls. I am MAGA.

Re: Armadillos rockinbbar #17632529 09/24/22 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,117 south texas-Corpus Christi stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,117 south texas-Corpus Christi Originally Posted by rockinbbar They carry leprosy. I don't touch them too much. Don't mind having them around, but I don't have any flower gardens either. Pretty neat critters. Can buts rare. God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter

Re: Armadillos Jim_Conrad #17632590 09/24/22 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad Make soup bowls. YUP 'Possum on the half shell! "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632593 09/24/22 Joined: Jun 2019 Posts: 9,890 H Hotrod_Lincoln Campfire Outfitter Hotrod_Lincoln Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Jun 2019 Posts: 9,890 They've been in west Tennessee for a long time. About 10 years ago they managed to cross the Tennessee river/Kentucky lake area, and we've got a bunch of 'em south of Nashville around the Alabama state line area. They dig up the yard and flower beds, leave them looking like the craters of the moon. Damp, loose soil seems to be their favorite kind of playground. They make a pretty satisfying POP and splatter when hit with a high speed hollow point from a .223 or a .22-250. Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever!

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632641 09/24/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas Got number 15 since July last night

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632658 09/24/22 Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,075 In the Swamps DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,075 In the Swamps They are the reason BB Caps were invented. I am..........disturbed. Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632662 09/24/22 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 745 Upstate, NY 7 7mmStwer Campfire Regular 7mmStwer Campfire Regular 7 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 745 Upstate, NY Had one digging a hole getting under our house in Florida. They cause structure problems under houses there. Could not shoot in the area so I plugged the hole with cement with wire mesh along that area. No more digging.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632668 09/24/22 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 66,803 TN slumlord Campfire Kahuna slumlord Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 66,803 TN I was homeskooled. Never learned about em in our Christian scientz book I can tell you all about Clifford The Big Red Dog thouhh

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632726 09/24/22 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,233 Yakima WA Kenlguy Campfire Tracker Kenlguy Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,233 Yakima WA Never seen one in my life. Guess I'll have to make a road trip as soon as gas prices come down a little. I could wish a lot of things on my worst enemy but neuropathy ain't one of them.

Re: Armadillos Kenlguy #17632762 09/24/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas Originally Posted by Kenlguy Never seen one in my life. Guess I'll have to make a road trip as soon as gas prices come down a little. I be glad to send you some!!!😎😎😎😎😎 Last edited by hanco; 09/24/22.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632773 09/24/22 Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 27,091 Colorado Rocky Mountains mtnsnake Campfire Ranger mtnsnake Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 27,091 Colorado Rocky Mountains Not to be confused with a hog. They sound like hogs rooting the ground, but they are not hogs.

Re: Armadillos mtnsnake #17632784 09/24/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas Originally Posted by mtnsnake Not to be confused with a hog. They sound like hogs rooting the ground, but they are not hogs. Not as bad, but do a pretty good job of fuuucking up my yard

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632808 09/24/22 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,600 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,600 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas I don’t give a damn about armadillos. Phuqing porcupines here now Ive declared war on! As well as my usual feud with water moccasins Founder 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." WS

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632810 09/24/22 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,600 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,600 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas Panzerschwein! Founder 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." WS

Re: Armadillos mtnsnake #17632821 09/24/22 Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,590 Not In The City rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,590 Not In The City Originally Posted by mtnsnake Not to be confused with a hog. They sound like hogs rooting the ground, but they are not hogs. You'd be surprised how much an armadillo looks like a hog through a thermal scope. If you don't know the distance, it's easy to confuse a near armadillo with a far away hog. Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632825 09/24/22 Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,182 Chateau d'if T Tuco Campfire Regular Tuco Campfire Regular T Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,182 Chateau d'if I've seen dead armadillos in OK, live ones in TX.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632852 09/24/22 Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 11,957 Texas R rainshot Campfire Outfitter rainshot Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 11,957 Texas It was a good one.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632869 09/24/22 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,117 south texas-Corpus Christi stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,117 south texas-Corpus Christi God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632882 09/24/22 Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 4,347 Oregon L longarm Campfire Tracker longarm Campfire Tracker L Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 4,347 Oregon

Re: Armadillos rufous #17632958 09/24/22 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 521 Texas B brush_buster Campfire Regular brush_buster Campfire Regular B Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 521 Texas Possum on the half shell! 😎 Texas bred and born

Re: Armadillos stxhunter #17633021 09/24/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,164 TX chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,164 TX Originally Posted by stxhunter LOL. Reminds of this old Country Classic: [video:youtube] [/video] "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Armadillos chlinstructor #17633065 09/24/22 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas 1911a1 Campfire Tracker 1911a1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas Originally Posted by chlinstructor Originally Posted by stxhunter LOL. Reminds of this old Country Classic: [video:youtube] [/video] Great song and beer commercial. Made my day. Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes

Re: Armadillos rufous #17633144 09/24/22 Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,879 N. La. Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,879 N. La. Armadillo hit my yard again last night. First time in about a week. I got six places rooted up and all are about as big as the bed on a pickup. I've killed 7 in my yard and had another run over right in front of my house, in the last couple of months. I kill every one I can. Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist Just "Campfire Riffraff and Trash" This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21

Re: Armadillos Oldman03 #17633268 09/24/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas Originally Posted by Oldman03 Armadillo hit my yard again last night. First time in about a week. I got six places rooted up and all are about as big as the bed on a pickup. I've killed 7 in my yard and had another run over right in front of my house, in the last couple of months. I kill every one I can. I do too now, tired of that cshit Last edited by hanco; 09/24/22.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17633372 09/24/22 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 12,522 Radcliff, Kentucky R ratsmacker Campfire Outfitter ratsmacker Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 12,522 Radcliff, Kentucky I saw my first armadillo on I-44 in Missouri in 2015, roadkill, of course. Since then, I've been seeing them every year, dead along I-70 about halfway between St. Louis and Columbia. When I lived in Missouri, there was no such thing living there, now they're pretty common, it seems. You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.

Re: Armadillos Oldman03 #17633385 09/24/22 Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,642 J jaguartx Campfire Oracle jaguartx Campfire Oracle J Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,642 Originally Posted by Oldman03 Armadillo hit my yard again last night. First time in about a week. I got six places rooted up and all are about as big as the bed on a pickup. I've killed 7 in my yard and had another run over right in front of my house, in the last couple of months. I kill every one I can. Free food. Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left. A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind. "The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan". I Dindo Nuffin

Re: Armadillos jaguartx #17633445 09/24/22 Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,879 N. La. Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,879 N. La. Originally Posted by jaguartx Originally Posted by Oldman03 Armadillo hit my yard again last night. First time in about a week. I got six places rooted up and all are about as big as the bed on a pickup. I've killed 7 in my yard and had another run over right in front of my house, in the last couple of months. I kill every one I can. Free food. I aint quite the hungry, yet. Course with that man in the WH, it may be coming to that. Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist Just "Campfire Riffraff and Trash" This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21

Re: Armadillos 1911a1 #17633457 09/24/22 Joined: May 2008 Posts: 25,485 Valhalla SE AK & WA A AcesNeights Campfire Ranger AcesNeights Campfire Ranger A Joined: May 2008 Posts: 25,485 Valhalla SE AK & WA Originally Posted by 1911a1 I've been trying to kill one for a couple of weeks now. Outsmarting you or just too fast for you? 😁 Kidding of course. �Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr. --------------------------------------------------------- ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Armadillos rufous #17633468 09/24/22 Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11,496 lawrence county MO L ldholton Campfire Outfitter ldholton Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11,496 lawrence county MO They started showing up in Southern Missouri in the later '80s.. There are now a lot of them around here. I shoot everyone I get the chance they dig holes and hay fields and under barns and everywhere little bastards

Re: Armadillos rufous #17633741 09/24/22 Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 37,866 San Antonio TX Birdwatcher Campfire 'Bwana Birdwatcher Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 37,866 San Antonio TX Originally Posted by rufous School me on Armadillos please. Never mind the little ones, it’s the big fuggers ya gotta watch out for, hard to see and about like hitting a Volkswagen Beetle. Corner one in your yard and they can get mean too, or else take out the fuggin fence on their way out. Don’t even get me started on what they do to the garden "...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744

Re: Armadillos rufous #17633813 09/24/22 Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,681 Either Texas or Idaho E EdM Campfire 'Bwana EdM Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,681 Either Texas or Idaho I let them be when they are outside the fenced landscaped area. Though rare, once inside... Conduct is the best proof of character.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17633842 09/24/22 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,750 South Texas BRISTECD Campfire Regular BRISTECD Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,750 South Texas Here’s a good armadillo!

Re: Armadillos rufous #17633880 09/24/22 Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,081 Willamette Valley S SS336 Campfire Regular SS336 Campfire Regular S Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,081 Willamette Valley When I lived in the Florida panhandle they where a pest. Tearing up the yard, drinking your beer. 😂😂

Re: Armadillos rufous #17633890 09/24/22 Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 790 D dakota300rum Campfire Regular dakota300rum Campfire Regular D Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 790 I know they can carry leprosy but has anyone made a pet of one. Or something else unusual. I am learning alot from you southern gentlemen.

Re: Armadillos dakota300rum #17633956 09/24/22 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,117 south texas-Corpus Christi stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,117 south texas-Corpus Christi I caught several when I was a kid, would run them down, never kept one more than a couple of days. God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter

Re: Armadillos rufous #17634036 09/24/22 Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,411 West TN worriedman Campfire Regular worriedman Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,411 West TN I killed my 24th one off my house 3.5 acres this morning. Big fugger. I have a couple of box traps that are scented with armadillo, they just walk in. Wait till about 9:00 AM and they go to sleep, set the ox up on the end, slide the door out and shoot them through the back. Easy peasy...re-set. Pictures are from a different 'dillo, just to illustrate. To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.-Richard Henry Lee Endowment Member NRA, Life Member SAF-GOA, Life-Board Member, West TN Director TFA

Re: Armadillos rufous #17634058 09/24/22 Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 10,108 Kentucky Hills R reivertom Campfire Outfitter reivertom Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 10,108 Kentucky Hills They are even starting to show up in Western Kentucky, which I never thought I'd hear. Of course, when I was a kid, I never thought we'd have coyotes running all over Kentucky either.

Re: Armadillos dakota300rum #17634066 09/24/22 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,600 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,600 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas Originally Posted by dakota300rum I know they can carry leprosy but has anyone made a pet of one. Or something else unusual. I am learning alot from you southern gentlemen. If you just leave em alone they will stay around your house with no problems Founder 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." WS

Re: Armadillos rufous #17634069 09/24/22 Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 790 D dakota300rum Campfire Regular dakota300rum Campfire Regular D Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 790 Thanks guys

Re: Armadillos rufous #17634083 09/24/22 Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,342 Columbia, SC G GreggH Campfire Regular GreggH Campfire Regular G Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,342 Columbia, SC Been seeing them here since the late 80’s. At first the Lowcountry now here in the capital. A 22 LR takes care of them nicely. GreggH

Re: Armadillos hanco #17634087 09/24/22 Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 2,467 DryPowder Campfire Regular DryPowder Campfire Regular Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 2,467 Originally Posted by hanco Originally Posted by mtnsnake Not to be confused with a hog. They sound like hogs rooting the ground, but they are not hogs. Not as bad, but do a pretty good job of fuuucking up my yard You've officially entered stage one of being retired I'm here to increase my social credit score and rub elbows with some of the highest rollers on the internet.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17634106 09/24/22 Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 633 KS G G23 Campfire Regular G23 Campfire Regular G Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 633 KS They are really just tactical opossums. G23

Re: Armadillos rufous #17634131 09/24/22 Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,926 Old Florida Geno67 Campfire Regular Geno67 Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,926 Old Florida I don't sweat them but I also don't care about the yard/lawn. Mrs. Geno will occasionally decide a garden digger has to go. .22 cb and flashlight usually does the trick. I have trapped a couple I couldn't get a bead on. Build a funnel out 1x4's in the yard and they'll walk right into a trap. A person who's happy will make others happy. Anne Frank

Re: Armadillos rufous #17634685 09/24/22 Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,172 Arkansas R rufous OP Campfire Regular OP rufous Campfire Regular R Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,172 Arkansas Some funny stuff guys. Glad I asked. I especially loved the beer drinking diller.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17634992 09/25/22 Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 5,162 Middle Georgia T TrueGrit Campfire Tracker TrueGrit Campfire Tracker T Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 5,162 Middle Georgia I turned 15 armadillos loose at the Delray drive-in just before dark 50 years ago. Life is good live it while you can.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17635476 09/25/22 Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,879 N. La. Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,879 N. La. Yard got hit again last night. Now instead of 5 or 6 places rooted up, I got 8 or 10. Back yard is a mess. We had a woods fire last night and I got in around 12:30 am. I didn't notice the extra damage, but sometimes it's hard to see with just the headlights. I'm gonna get extra pleasure, killing this one. Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist Just "Campfire Riffraff and Trash" This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21

Re: Armadillos rufous #17635506 09/25/22 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,358 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,358 WA rain forest I ate Armadillo in zipolite mexico in 1972 when Armadillo meat was still cheap to eat. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Armadillos Oldman03 #17635524 09/25/22 Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 790 D dakota300rum Campfire Regular dakota300rum Campfire Regular D Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 790 Originally Posted by Oldman03 Yard got hit again last night. Now instead of 5 or 6 places rooted up, I got 8 or 10. Back yard is a mess. We had a woods fire last night and I got in around 12:30 am. I didn't notice the extra damage, but sometimes it's hard to see with just the headlights. I'm gonna get extra pleasure, killing this one. Sounds like it's getting personal lol.

Re: Armadillos rufous #17635627 09/25/22 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 15,637 ms N navlav8r Campfire Ranger navlav8r Campfire Ranger N Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 15,637 ms Grub worms… If the armadildos are tearing up the yard they’re digging for grubs. Take care of the grub worms and they dillos won’t have any reason to dig up the yard. Worked for us. Before that it was R-P subsonic hollow points. 😁 Last edited by navlav8r; 09/25/22. NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.

Re: Armadillos navlav8r #17635644 09/25/22 Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,879 N. La. Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,879 N. La. Originally Posted by navlav8r Grub worms… If the armadildos are tearing up the yard they’re digging for grubs. Take care of the grub worms and they dillos won’t have any reason to dig up the yard. Worked for us. Before that it was R-P subsonic hollow points. 😁 I dont know about the grub worms, but I know they are after earthworms. I like CCI Standard Velocity. Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist Just "Campfire Riffraff and Trash" This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21

Re: Armadillos rufous #17635647 09/25/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas It is personal when you have to repair all the holes they make in your lawn.

Re: Armadillos worriedman #17635659 09/25/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas Originally Posted by worriedman I killed my 24th one off my house 3.5 acres this morning. Big fugger. I have a couple of box traps that are scented with armadillo, they just walk in. Wait till about 9:00 AM and they go to sleep, set the ox up on the end, slide the door out and shoot them through the back. Easy peasy...re-set. Pictures are from a different 'dillo, just to illustrate. Scent with armadillo???? What is that. I like the trap

Re: Armadillos hanco #17635694 09/25/22 Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,879 N. La. Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,879 N. La. Originally Posted by hanco It is personal when you have to repair all the holes they make in your lawn. It will take at least a couple hours to fill in the holes and half-way level out the dug up places. Probably, longer. Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist Just "Campfire Riffraff and Trash" This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21

Re: Armadillos rufous #17635715 09/25/22 Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,879 N. La. Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,879 N. La. Like Hanco, I'm interested in the trap. How is the trigger made? Dimensions of the box? Do the doors fall to the floor or past the floor? Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist Just "Campfire Riffraff and Trash" This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21

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Re: Armadillos hanco #17635933 09/25/22 Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,411 West TN worriedman Campfire Regular worriedman Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,411 West TN Originally Posted by hanco Originally Posted by worriedman Scent with armadillo???? What is that. I like the trap Catch one in the trap, transfer it to one that has not had an armadillo in it (you can buy them scented or not, The Armadillo Trap) put a hand full of dirt in the top hole and wet it down with a hose. Leave armadillo in for a couple of hours and it is now scented. They are expensive, but they work great. I bought the first one scented and have added several unscented and done the transfer myself. The trigger is just a stick with a short nail in it that hooks under and eye bolt. attached to the two doors, when the armadillo goes in he has to hit it and the doors drop. Some videos on the site I included. To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.-Richard Henry Lee Endowment Member NRA, Life Member SAF-GOA, Life-Board Member, West TN Director TFA

Re: Armadillos Oldman03 #17635940 09/25/22 Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,411 West TN worriedman Campfire Regular worriedman Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,411 West TN Originally Posted by Oldman03 Like Hanco, I'm interested in the trap. How is the trigger made? Dimensions of the box? Do the doors fall to the floor or past the floor? The doors fall past the floor so they can not get a nose under them (into a slot cut into the floor). I put the web site on a previous reply. To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.-Richard Henry Lee Endowment Member NRA, Life Member SAF-GOA, Life-Board Member, West TN Director TFA