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Armadillos??

Posted on 9/16/24 at 9:19 am
Posted by RetiredSaintsLsuFan
NW Arkansas
Member since Jun 2020
1993 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 9:19 am
These things are tearing up my yard again. I have my Dad's old bolt action 22 that I have used in the past to kill them. I tried to shoot one this morning (3 AM's), but I missed due to not being able to hold the light and shoot. I am thinking of getting a strong flashlight and securing it to the barrel.

Would this work and are there better options? Also what flashlight will work best?
Posted by MrWhipple
West of the Mississippi
Member since Jun 2016
1005 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 9:28 am to
This post was edited on 9/16/24 at 9:31 am
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
Member since Nov 2003
21644 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 9:42 am to
Get a shotgun. You can mount a flashlight to the barrel with something like below. Can buy the mount and flashlight off of Amazon.

Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
19860 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 10:04 am to
quote:

and are there better options?

Eliminating the grubs they feed on.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
14309 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 10:07 am to
quote:

I tried to shoot one this morning (3 AM's), but I missed due to not being able to hold the light and shoot.



I've been waking my wife up so she can hold the light for me. Works well but usually leads to a rough day.
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
19346 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 10:29 am to
The Armadillo Trap Company

Trap them and haul them away or kill 'em as they run emerge from the trap. Harvest in the morning rather than staying up at night. Use your imagination. I have trapped the hell out of them in the past. See my Avatar.
Posted by jpainter6174
Boss city
Member since Feb 2014
5918 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 10:29 am to
Get a trap $20 at academy, make a funnel into the trap using 2x4's. Wake up at a normal time and shoot the trapped armadillo, much easier in my opinion.
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
26998 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 10:58 am to
quote:

Would this work and are there better options?


Get a thermal...

Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
23654 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 11:43 am to
Look around in the flower beds and find their den.

Then throw some smoke bombs in it and cover the top with a board.


You can get the smoke bombs at a garden place
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
16345 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 12:07 pm to
quote:

but I missed due to not being able to hold the light and shoot.
sad
Posted by RetiredSaintsLsuFan
NW Arkansas
Member since Jun 2020
1993 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 12:35 pm to
quote:

Get a shotgun. You can mount a flashlight to the barrel with something like below. Can buy the mount and flashlight off of Amazon.


It is illegal to be shooting the 22. I have to many houses around me to shoot a shotgun. The first time I saw it I actually hit it with a piece of pipe. I could not get an angle to shoot away from my neighboring houses.
Posted by commode
North Shore
Member since Dec 2012
1228 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 2:59 pm to
"See my Avatar" Are you that small or is the armadillo that damn big?
Posted by sta4ever
Member since Aug 2014
16960 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 4:55 pm to
Damn bro. You’re firing a rifle in a neighborhood?
Posted by Aliasau
Santa Rosa Beach Florida
Member since May 2020
1097 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 5:34 pm to
I fire one in my small gated community however behind my house is a conservation area and shooting a 22 out of my sun room sort of muffles the sound. I kill rats eating my deer corn all the time and I shot 5 armadillos last summer after they destroyed my front yard. Have not had any armadillo issues so far this summer.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
67911 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 9:30 pm to
People are going to balk at this but Armadillos is great eating.
Posted by LeeeroyJenkins
Member since Aug 2024
852 posts
Posted on 9/16/24 at 9:38 pm to
quote:

The Armadillo Trap Company


Expensive but works great.
Posted by zackcary
Member since Jun 2011
366 posts
Posted on 9/17/24 at 5:36 am to
Next time see how close you can get to one. I have shot one sniffing the muzzle of a 22.
Posted by Bayou_Tiger_225
Third Earth
Member since Mar 2016
11681 posts
Posted on 9/17/24 at 5:59 am to
Get yourself a crossbow and mount a flashlight to the bottom of it.
Posted by Crisprdestroyer
Member since Sep 2017
693 posts
Posted on 9/17/24 at 7:07 am to
I am not this best archery hunter. Deer do not worry when I’m in the woods, but tails are told of me amongst the armadillos. To them I’m Hawkeye.
Posted by canyon
MM23
Member since Dec 2003
20490 posts
Posted on 9/17/24 at 7:57 am to
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