How much oomph to poke an armadillo?
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Darkhorse
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You should have plenty of penetration.
You should have pieces of armadillo scattered over half an acre!
Speedo66
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Flora and fauna that were never so far north are moving up due to changing weather patterns.
We'll no doubt see more of this in the coming decades.
We'll no doubt see more of this in the coming decades.
FL-NC
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This. What is weird is that when I was stationed at Ft Campbell (1991-1999) there were no armadillos in the area. When I am in the area now, I see them roadkilled as much as I do here in Fl.
whughett
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Plenty of them in SW Florida. My solution was to cover the side and back yards with shell, let the front yard go al-natural.
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WestKentucky
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Agreed. I spent a lot of time on the unsecured portion of Ft Campbell and in the areas around it. I don’t recall seeing one north of Birmingham before I graduated from high school, and then suddenly they got plentiful. Almost as if there were a few released because it seemed faster than any natural range spread could be. That’s the same story I heard though from the guys I went to college with from northern Arkansas and Southern Illinois.
FL-NC
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I remember seeing them all over the place growing up in Fl, and also at Ft Benning in the 80's-90's. Either those things migrated in a hurry or got relocated there.
I see them all the time in Mid Missouri around Montgomery and Audrain counties. Most of the ones I see are dead along the road but I do see live ones too. Contagious diseases aside, them possums in a shell are usually full of fleas.
When I was stationed TDY at McAllister Army Ammunition Plant in SE Oklahoma we had to go out and clear all the "frogs" on all railroad track switches everyday due to armadillos and turtles. They would get stuck in the frogs which is not good since both were enough to derail train cars full of explosives.
When I was stationed TDY at McAllister Army Ammunition Plant in SE Oklahoma we had to go out and clear all the "frogs" on all railroad track switches everyday due to armadillos and turtles. They would get stuck in the frogs which is not good since both were enough to derail train cars full of explosives.
George Dickel
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Some years back I held rimfire benchrest matches there. The club that maintains the range had just put a new roof on the firing line and some jackass shot about 8 holes in the new roof right over one of the benches. It is a nice range, sad that people have to destroy something other people work hard to provide.
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For an animal like that I'd use my size 13 boot or a 2x4 as you did.
3:00 am? I'd go recurve or crossbow.
3:00 am? I'd go recurve or crossbow.
I have shot many armadillos; I use a Kimber .22 with a .22 CCI “Quiet” round - 10 to 30 yards. I have never considered them hard to kill; once shot, they usually roll over on their backside and die - I do concur that I never see blood - I guess the outer shell contains the bleeding. Again, very easy animals to approach and (my experience), very easy to dispatch.
doubleh
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What's a armadillo? Just kidding. I have seen pictures of them. Evidently they aren't tough enough to live on the plains. According to my brother-in-law that lives far enough down in Texas to have them says a 22 LR handles them nicely.
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dogtown tom
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He's looking for grubs. Get rid of the grubs and he'll not bother your yard.
<-----30 years working in soccer and seeing how groundskeepers handle them.
Like any pest, whether it be snakes, rats, ants or people .......get rid of what they are looking for.
My dad died from that in 2004. Be careful with suspect meat. Better to be safe than sorry.
theotherwaldo
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I tend to use a long-handled war hammer.
I used an ax once.
Messy.
-And watch out for possums.
My sister and I got typhus from a dead one that was left in our driveway.
I used an ax once.
Messy.
-And watch out for possums.
My sister and I got typhus from a dead one that was left in our driveway.
GBExpat
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In my experience, the really good ones that end that way start out with, "TINS" ("This is no sh__ ,")
docbrown
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22 LR does the trick. Although, in a pinch, at long range, an M3 75MM anti-tank gun will work if there are more than one...
rbernie
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Around these parts, the preferred chambering for 'dillo seems to pretty much be F150.
Cannibul
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I use a Ruger MK III 22/45 with a suppressor. 22 LR does the job just fine.
Their shell isn't Chobham armor.
Their shell isn't Chobham armor.
theotherwaldo
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I try to avoid using things that go 'bang' for nuisance abatement in my little neighborhood.
The neighbors appreciate this.
The neighbors appreciate this.
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WestKentucky
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I guess maybe my initial experience and misinterpretation of what likely happened has skewed my vision on these beasts. If they don’t easily show loss of blood then perhaps the old 30-30 that rolled it actually did some damage, and I grossly overestimated their body armor for stopping a bullet by thinking that the armor just absorbed the hit. Either way, single six with 22 mags is now the designated vermin dispatcher. I like it over 22lr, especially since I have dogs that may get mauled by the resident raccoons once I perforate them, these 22 mags have proven to be very effective in stopping the fight in critters of similar size. It’s also nice that the single six shoots them with superb accuracy.
MacAR
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Man, you ain't doing something right; I swear a 'dillo has no less than 5 gallons of blood in it! The last one I shot was just behind the woodpile, and I shot it with my Henry GB 22 LR (and Federal HP's if anyone is interested). That think sprayed blood all over my wood pile, and there was a spot on the ground/ in the grass the size of a 55 gallon drum lid.
A wise choice, my friend. The 22 WMR has accounted for many varmints around my farm, although mine is a Henry. Though I do wish I had a mag cylinder for the Single Six. Out of curiosity, what ammo are you using? My preferred WMR round is the Winchester JHP (and its a real JHP, not a plated lead bullet like CCI); they can darn sure take the "fight" out of a critter!
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WestKentucky
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I wish I knew. I got a crown royal sack with a couple hundred 22mag JSP and a few boxes of 22lr with a heritage rough rider I bought a decade ago. I sent that gun along it’s way in part to fund the current single six. As far as what the ammo is, there is no headstamp, it’s ugly and starting to corrode from being poorly stored in the crown royal sack that holds moisture, and if I could figure out what it is I would buy a couple bricks of it tomorrow.
Captcurt
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I have probably shot more with 40 cal Hi-Power than with any other caliber. I once killed 7 with 9 shots with it, but to tell the truth. I made some of them run before I shot. When you hit them with a 180gr PMC Starfire it sounds like you hit a bucket. The 243 and 300 WSM is pretty messy. Even shot 2 with my little model 42 Glock.
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