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re: Need advice on how to kill/trap armadillo

Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:31 am to
Posted by biggsc
Member since Mar 2009
34605 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:31 am to
Use a 22
Posted by ecb
Member since Jul 2010
9737 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 12:59 pm to
A Hi powered rifle makes them explode
Posted by Swampman
North La.
Member since Feb 2016
238 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 1:37 pm to
The armadillo trap on the website is easy to make. I used to make these as a kid to catch rabbits to train beagles.
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
22281 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 3:34 pm to
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Set an alarm for somewhere between 1:00 and 4:00, get up, go outside and take a whiz, shoot one or more armadillos and go back to bed, wake up wife, work out a little adrenaline, go to sleep like a boss.


Fixed it for ya
Posted by JoePepitone
Waffle House #1494
Member since Feb 2014
11436 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 4:25 pm to
The damn things are everywhere. A replacement will show up pretty quick after you kill or trap one. The best defense against the bastards is to remove their food source. It's expensive but a chemical treatment on your yard that kills grubs will cause them to move on to another location where they can feed.
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
6918 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 4:29 pm to
You can also get a blue heeler to help with the armadillos. They also keep moles, rabbits, deer, birds, squirrels, and everything else out of the yard.
Posted by tiger chaser
Birmingham Ala
Member since Feb 2008
7666 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 6:41 pm to
The scented armadillo trap is the best thing on the market. I've caught at 8 in it. Only thing when you get ready to lift the door be prepared to shoot. Sometimes they come out of the shoot blazing saddles an sometimes you have to coax em out. I use a 12 gauge. I know... over kill. Don't want em running in a culvert an dying or under mysheds. They stink to high heaven. Besides I'm an old man.
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
28762 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 8:13 pm to
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My uncle told him to use a .22 and feed him one. Basically shoot straight into his face. Anything else and you risk it bouncing off.


I've always heard this, and I've shot literally hundreds if not thousands of them without ever seeing it.

Posted by cave canem
pullarius dominus
Member since Oct 2012
12186 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:24 pm to
Soft boil a sweet potatoe and stir in 2 heaping tablespoons of fly bait, place in tin pan in areas they are digging, you will find them very close in the AM.

Downside is there will be coons and opossums and possibly even a cat laying there as well.
Posted by Mr Meeseeks
In the Meeseek's box
Member since Sep 2017
199 posts
Posted on 9/26/17 at 11:13 pm to
Pressure plate trap with sweet potato as bait.
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