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re: Armadillos

Posted on 5/22/23 at 8:41 am to
Posted by h0bnail
Member since Sep 2009
7440 posts
Posted on 5/22/23 at 8:41 am to
They're very common in North GA now. When I was growing up, you only ever saw them approaching Florida.
Posted by saray
Member since May 2014
459 posts
Posted on 5/22/23 at 9:52 am to
how do you trap them what bait - i have a havaheart trap
Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
29344 posts
Posted on 5/22/23 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

Like where do they keep coming from year after year?


See when Mr. Armadillo loves Mrs. Armadillo a whole bunch . . .
Posted by TuckyTiger
Central Ky
Member since Nov 2016
271 posts
Posted on 5/23/23 at 6:06 am to
I will never forget shooting one in the yard with a 45-70 300gr hollow point.
Didn’t have to drag that one off!
This post was edited on 5/23/23 at 6:07 am
Posted by Darbonne1
Member since Jun 2022
85 posts
Posted on 5/23/23 at 7:35 am to
They are useless with no purpose. Hate em. Can demolish yards
Posted by BIGJLAW
Member since Mar 2013
8439 posts
Posted on 5/23/23 at 11:50 am to
quote:

Like where do they keep coming from year after year?


See when Mr. Armadillo loves Mrs. Armadillo a whole bunch . . .


Well, there was this one year at armadillo camp.....
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
15215 posts
Posted on 5/23/23 at 4:42 pm to
quote:

how do you trap them what bait - i have a havaheart trap


The Armadillo Trap company. Buy a scented trap. They will start working the first night. The fun part is what in the hell you do with them the next day.

TAT Company
Posted by TuckyTiger
Central Ky
Member since Nov 2016
271 posts
Posted on 5/23/23 at 8:48 pm to
I have seen a few covered with it on the underside.
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
Member since Feb 2013
8187 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 6:17 am to
I’ve found the best time for dillo control is driving the truck at dusk around your fields about 20 or 30 yards or so from the tree line.

ETA: use a 22 to shoot them between you and trees.
This post was edited on 5/24/23 at 7:49 am
Posted by CamdenTiger
Member since Aug 2009
62513 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 6:25 am to
See them on the road, don’t try to guess where your tire is, just drive over them and position them in the middle of your vehicle, and honk the horn when you are over them….. they’ll jump up and no more armadillo….
Posted by Mizooag94
Hillbillyville, MO
Member since Sep 2018
1637 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 10:38 am to
quote:

quote:
What's the purpose of killing them?


They devastate turkey nests and eggs. That's reason enough for me.


Wow. I live in rural MO and the last three or four years the turkey population has gone way down. I had one decent gobbler on my place this year when we used to shoot 6 or 8. When I see a hen she never has poults. Now the dillo population has exploded. I shoot them by my house but me thinks I need to go out back and start killing them....thank you, should be fun with the direct gas impingement semi-auto carbine and laser.
Posted by ewilliams000
Castor Springs
Member since Feb 2012
1957 posts
Posted on 5/25/23 at 7:14 am to
As a teenager I would chase them until they went into a hole, usually with tail in view. You can't pull him out. I would pull, pull, then push. He would release his grip with the push and I would yank him out. Just thought you would like to know this next time you get one cornered in a hole.
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