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.
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The buzzards took care of it the next afternoon. Nothing left but hide, and tail.
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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.
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Yeah they can be a real pain in the ass.
Seems they got smarter over the years, I remember before you could chase them down and pop em with a shovel..... more fun this way anyhow.
Seems they got smarter over the years, I remember before you could chase them down and pop em with a shovel..... more fun this way anyhow.
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congrats.
they do cause lots of damage.
Have you tried eating one?
Also watch out for leprosy...
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they do cause lots of damage.
Have you tried eating one?
Also watch out for leprosy...
Chris
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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?
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Wicked wrote:Guess they are, huh?
Yes.
They are troublesome and in my area they are a regular contestant on an event I like to call varmint patrol.
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Can you do anything with the hide, like make a purse, wallet, cowboy boots or something?
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I've sprayed so much poison in my yard to kill grubs and whatever else they go after that the ants live in my trees.
If armadillo's serve a purpose other than making holes I'd like to know what it is?
If armadillo's serve a purpose other than making holes I'd like to know what it is?
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'possum on the halfshell
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I've heard of people making purces out of them. Found this one.Wicked wrote:Can you do anything with the hide, like make a purse, wallet, cowboy boots or something?
http://www.tias.com/13582/PictPage/3923787569.html
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.
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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.
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.
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Occasionally they're known to eat poisonous snakes.Hush wrote:I've sprayed so much poison in my yard to kill grubs and whatever else they go after that the ants live in my trees.
If armadillo's serve a purpose other than making holes I'd like to know what it is?
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Mmmm Armadillo on the half shell
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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.
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2 ... prosy.html
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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.WooD wrote:I've heard of people making purces out of them. Found this one.Wicked wrote:Can you do anything with the hide, like make a purse, wallet, cowboy boots or something?
http://www.tias.com/13582/PictPage/3923787569.html
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.
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.
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Kill all those darn things...they are taking over the state!
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Nice kill rookie..
I just killed Dillo 47 two days ago...ah the sago continues!
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Those have to be one of the strangest looking mammals in the US besides humans.
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He looks so deflated lol
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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.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?
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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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