Not cool as a hog, or deer, but these damn things will do a number on your landscaping.
I killed 14 last year just using CCI subs, and got away with it, I live in the city limits but have woods all around my house. I couldn't wait till their active season started around this time of year. I hope to get multitudes more.
My go to armadillo slayer is A stock 10/22 with a YHM 16" barrel, Nikon 3-9x40 scope and a Mite.
The buzzards took care of it the next afternoon. Nothing left but hide, and tail.
Congrats WooD, I've been trying to catch the critters that keep eating up my yard as well. I never knew armadillo's could cause so much wreck on a yard.
Dillo's are not something I have ever consider shooting. I'm from OH and they aren't native here. Honestly, I don't know that I've ever seen a live one up close. Didn't realize they are such pests. I would give little thought to popping a troublesome skunk, possum or 'coon. Somehow I just never put dillo's in the same boat. Guess they are, huh?
I heard they carry leprosy, just checked and I guess you have to eat an under cooked one to get it.
Wild armadillos have been known to be infected with the bacterium that causes leprosy (Hansen’s disease). The only cases of transmission from armadillos to humans have occurred in rare incidents in which people ate undercooked armadillo meat.
They are pretty tough sob's. I shot one close to the neck from about 30 yards away and it was kicking around. When I walked up to finish him off he really fought to keep my boot off his belly before getting one to the head. I was impressed by the strength of the little guy.
I had never eaten one before and wanted to try one. After you take off the shell it doesn't look too disgusting. A lot of the leprosy stories you hear about apparently are from third world countries where they don't cook stuff very well anyways. Well I cooked it up with my dad and we are still here. The only gross part was it is pretty greasy meat, even more so than cow tongue or head. It was interesting but I won't be eating it any more.
When the shell dried out it was extremely brittle for those interested in pursing one. I am sure some the people that make them apply some sort of conditioner or preserving product on it so take my experience with a grain of salt.
In our area they are plentiful but it doesn't matter if they tear up the ground where we hunt because nobody plants or lives out there permanently. They do a great job of controlling the rattle snake population though.
Handling armidillo carcasses has been connected to the most recent cases of leprosy in the US. apparently they are carriers of the disease. I know a lot of taxidermists won't even touch them for that one reason.
I heard they carry leprosy, just checked and I guess you have to eat an under cooked one to get it.
Wild armadillos have been known to be infected with the bacterium that causes leprosy (Hansen’s disease). The only cases of transmission from armadillos to humans have occurred in rare incidents in which people ate undercooked armadillo meat.
The one in the picture I posted, when shot ran about 15 foot at full speed into my neighbors privacy fence. It hit so hard they turned on their back yard lights.
I shot one in the chest area, and it ran at least 50 foot into the wood on the other side of my house before it died. Damn bullet went all the way through it's body and came out near it's tail.
I've only shot one where it dropped dead in its tracks, and that was a perfect head shot.
Heard stories about them carrying leprosy. I never touch them. Just scoop them up in a shovel, and toss them in the ditch back behind my house. The buzzards take care of the rest.
Wicked wrote:Dillo's are not something I have ever consider shooting. I'm from OH and they aren't native here. Honestly, I don't know that I've ever seen a live one up close. Didn't realize they are such pests. I would give little thought to popping a troublesome skunk, possum or 'coon. Somehow I just never put dillo's in the same boat. Guess they are, huh?
Lived in Texas for a while before coming to this little bit of Gods wonderfulness... Ohio. As far as Ohio yard destruction, Armadillos are sorta like ground squirrels on steriods... that have been eating the food of the gods.
What amount of a man is composed of his own collection of experiences... and the conclusions that those experiences have allowed him to "know" for certain as "Truth"? :Ick
Had a buddy shoot one with a broadhead, after I told him the diseases they carried they threw the whole thing arrow and all in the fire which seemed like a good idea until a big boom, damn thing was an illuminated arrow that had a battery in it. scared the hell out of him. (Me too if I'm honest, just a little squirt of pee though)
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