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re: Armadillos population

Posted on 12/18/23 at 4:54 pm to
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64382 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 4:54 pm to
Why do people hate them? I know residential people in subdivisions competing for lawn of the month don't like them, but other than that, what do they hurt?
Posted by Restoringtheground
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2023
252 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 5:08 pm to
I have a ton of armadillos and an overpopulation of coyotes. Add raccoons to the mix and I’m going to have some great trapping and night hunting between deer and turkey season this year.
Posted by Red Stick Rambler
Member since Jun 2011
1192 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 5:11 pm to
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Is anyone else noticing a larger than normal Armadillo population this year? They are all over our place around Natchez.


I'm south of you (Wilkinson Co.) but in the past I never saw armadillos, now they're everywhere. I figured it had something to do with the drought because that's the only difference I can come up wiht.
Posted by PetroAg
Member since Jun 2013
1273 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 5:23 pm to
We used to never see them but have started seeing them fairly frequently. I’m torn on whether to shoot them or not. Don’t want them eating Turkey eggs but don’t want to ruin a deer hunt. Same with coons and I’ve been seeing more of them as well.

We haven’t seen any hogs in awhile since this drought. Not sure how much hogs will eat armadillos but that may play a factor at our spot.
This post was edited on 12/18/23 at 5:24 pm
Posted by speckledawg
Somewhere Salty
Member since Nov 2016
3937 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 6:02 pm to
I thought about this the other day. I've been seeing an insane amount lately - at the house, hunting, driving, everywhere.
Posted by El Segundo Guy
SE OK
Member since Aug 2014
9668 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 7:10 pm to
quote:

Why do people hate them?


You have to thin them out otherwise they multiply just like rodents.
Posted by Ol boy
Member since Oct 2018
2960 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 7:30 pm to
quote:

Why do people hate them?

You must have never had them in your garden or
Foodplots if you are saying that?!?
Posted by Darbonne1
Member since Jun 2022
85 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 7:41 pm to
The dry weather had them out in middle day. Killed 31 in my hayfields in the middle of day. Ground so hard don't understand how they were rooting at all
Posted by Darbonne1
Member since Jun 2022
85 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 7:43 pm to
Will root a den under a house foundation
Posted by Darbonne1
Member since Jun 2022
85 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 7:46 pm to
A dead diller is like ice cream to a buzzard. They love them
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64382 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 8:15 pm to
quote:

You must have never had them in your garden or
Foodplots if you are saying that?!?


I don't deal with foodplots, aren't the dillers just looking for grubs? Aerating and tilling the soil for you?
Posted by tadman
Member since Jun 2020
3871 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 8:17 pm to
quote:

I go on a killing spree every couple weeks.

1. Get to some level of altered consciousness.

2. Wait til midnight. Grab a 12 gauge and a 4 wheeler.

3. ????

4. Profit


They should make a flag with this on it. I'd buy like four.
Posted by Manchac Man
Member since Dec 2014
1508 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 9:01 pm to
I took a Brazilian Armadillo hunting years ago because said they were highly sought after in Brazil for BBQ delicacy. He also said they were illegal to kill because they were so sought after which I thought was funny considering how we feel about them in the US. He would be stoked about the bumper crop this year.
Posted by biggsc
32.4767389, 35.5697717
Member since Mar 2009
34209 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 9:09 pm to
Coyotes eat fawns and young turkeys.
Posted by Mushroom1968
Member since Jun 2023
1638 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 10:31 am to
quote:

Coyotes eat fawns and young turkeys.


Yea no shite, so do humans
Posted by scrooster
Resident Ethicist
Member since Jul 2012
37884 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 10:50 pm to
They're an invasive species here in SC and suddenly they're everywhere.

My Son popped one the other night with the thermal he caught eating out of the dog bowl.

I ran over one, accidentally, yesterday while driving down the dirt road to our farm house.

They're everywhere. We see lots more lf them these days than we do possums or coons.
Posted by Outdoorreb
Member since Oct 2019
2570 posts
Posted on 12/20/23 at 12:51 am to
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My Son popped one the other night with the thermal he caught eating out of the dog bowl


Probably the neighbor’s dog if I had to guess
Posted by Animal
Member since Dec 2017
4224 posts
Posted on 12/20/23 at 4:35 am to
I have noticed an uptick in Skunks in my area of SE Georgia. Used to never see them although sometimes you could catch a whiff of one a field.
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