Armadillo hunting?
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langenc
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When I was in the army a buddy left San Antonio and went to LA. He came back couple months later and advised NEVER to hit on on the road- live or dead. He said it was like hitting a basketball sized rock.
I have lots of grubs in the lawn but they have never harmed the Bermuda. They will cause a mole to go on a tangent from the woods and make a mess of the lawn though. The absolute worst creature on a lawn is a "mole cricket". It doesn't even really look like a cricket...they are damn ugly and up to 2 inches long. They can destroy an entire lawn in 3-4 weeks. By the time you see the first blades of grass dying, they have alredy eaten the roots off 25% or more or your lawn. Now, if you REALLY want to get off target...you should see a Kenyan with mole crickets in his underwear chasing an armadillo who's had too much Lone Star to drink!
What caliber for cockroaches???
Do armadillos eat cockroaches???
Can you kill a cockroach hiding behind an armadillo with a Saiga in .308???
And, do you have to drag it inside afterwards to stay out of trouble???
...Sorry!!!...couldn't resist.
Do armadillos eat cockroaches???
Can you kill a cockroach hiding behind an armadillo with a Saiga in .308???
And, do you have to drag it inside afterwards to stay out of trouble???
...Sorry!!!...couldn't resist.
Seriously, I saw a show on cable last year (with Andrew Zimmern) where he was in some South American country to eat armadillo with the native people. If I remember correctly, he said it was pretty good. It did take a lot of special preparation. In North America, it would be easier to find someone in an "older" generation who could tell you how to prepare opossum correctly...this would be pretty similar to "Possum on the Half Shell". I know my grandmother could barbeque/bake opossum and everyone loved it, but she's gone and I can't ask now. Only reason I would hunt, kill, eat, either now would be in a survival situation...in which case, it would probably be pretty good.
Harley Quinn
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"Tabasco" the sauce was made, just for this kind of meat
Shawnee
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When I lived in rural Florida N. of Sebring I shot a bunch of them with a .22 revolver or semi-auto pistol. Have also saved the bullet and just picked them up by the tail and carried them off.
I think they are manufactured by Caterpillar - thay can sure wreck a LOT of landscape in a short time.
I think they are manufactured by Caterpillar - thay can sure wreck a LOT of landscape in a short time.
Art Eatman
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Greenskeepers at golf courses hate them. Seriously hate them. It's foam-at-the-mouth hatred!
I spent A LOT of my childhood hunting armadillos and probably killed over 100 of them. They were bad back in the day and the holes were rough on farm equipment. I shot all of them with .22's or shotguns with birdshot. A 22LR will penetrate the shell anywhere you hit them. Birdshot will penetrate the shell at 20-25 yds. After we thinned them out I stopped shooting them and started catching them by the tail. Pretty easy with 13 year old lungs. If you need to get one out of the yard they are pretty easy to trap. My grandfather use to put homemade traps in his garden. No bait!!! It's just a rectangular box that they wonder through and hit a trip to close the doors.
ColeK
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They are non-indigent varmints; therefore they are targets of opportunity. That means if you get the opportunity you shoot the sucker.
Yes, they are eatable but I’m not eating one. And I’ve eaten opossum.
Yes, they are eatable but I’m not eating one. And I’ve eaten opossum.
Grayrock
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How do you figure they are non- indigent? Do they have a trust fund or something? I believe they are an "INDIGENOUS" species. And those of us who have hunted those nocturnal supersized rats call them possums. No "o"- even though that is the dictionary spelling. They taste like chicken, right?
Okiecruffler
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If you think so, you've obviously never eaten possum, or maybe never eaten chicken.
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fired 3 rounds of .308 soft point into a dillo. followed by my friend 4 rounds of .223 FMJ. safetys on, friend goes and checks armadillo. "it's still alive" and runs back to the dirt road.
i fire one more .308 as it is crawling back towards the fence and is now officially dead.
them dillos are tough.
i fire one more .308 as it is crawling back towards the fence and is now officially dead.
them dillos are tough.
Cougfan2
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I've only seen one alive down in Oklahoma, but a lot of dead one's. Apparently their own natural reaction to being surprised is what does them in. Their natural reactioin when surprised or threatened it to jump straight up in the air where they either jump into the undercarriage of the car or truck that just went over them or they end up bouncing off the grill.
Grayrock
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EXACTLY RIGHT- there was an excellent picture in National Geographic many years ago of a 'dillo jumping. That image has stuck with me since then.
Quoheleth
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Caliber isn't so important, as bullet construction.
You must use...(drumroll, please)...arma[dilla] piercing bullets.
It would take large, copious, and vast quantities of bourbon, tequilla, or beer to get me to knowingly, willingly, and intentionally eat either possum or 'dillo.
And, FWIW, Lone Star Beer ain't all that bad. It fits the three criteria for "good beer:" ice cold, cheap, and IN MY FRIDGE!!!
Q
You must use...(drumroll, please)...arma[dilla] piercing bullets.
It would take large, copious, and vast quantities of bourbon, tequilla, or beer to get me to knowingly, willingly, and intentionally eat either possum or 'dillo.
And, FWIW, Lone Star Beer ain't all that bad. It fits the three criteria for "good beer:" ice cold, cheap, and IN MY FRIDGE!!!
Q
Funderb
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any .22lr bullet will do.
Grayrock
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TexasRifleman
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Who the hell would want to?
Let alone eat one...... NO THANKS
Brother that's putting it mildly. I'm with you 1000 percent on that one. I've NEVER been that drunk.
longdayjake
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I ate one bite in Brazil. They cook them and then chill the meat in the refrigerator. It had a strong smell and it just wasn't right eating cold meat. I think it would have been better if it was hot but Brazilians aren't exactly known for doing things the way I would like.
DAVIDSDIVAD
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Well, if you drive down any highway in Texas, you'll probably end up hunting dillos.
Double Naught Spy
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I take it that by non-indigent, you mean that they are not indigenous and hence are not natural, one of the definitions of indigenous being ...
1 : having originated in and being produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment
I have news for you. They occur in Mississippi naturally. They are a natural historic migrant animal. They are just a recent natural migrant, one that we have been able to document.
ltetmhs
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One day I was on a drive to a friends house when I realized I was going by some public land. I decided to see if I could get a few quick squirrel. Drove in, grabbed 12 ga. with number 5, and headed in, couldn't find any squirrels, but couldn't walk anywhere w/o stepping on an armadilla. killed about 10 then went back to the truck for the 9mm just for a little extra challenge. by the time I left (45 min?) I had killed 17. They are the dumbest, most helpless, creatures to walk the earth. Armadillos can also hurt your turkey/ quail population, as egg eaters they are no different than possums. They are quite an invasive species here in ga. they must be controlled and there alot of fun to stack up. wouldn't dream of eating them but I saw on tv they go for about 80 dollars US in mexico. I think I should start an export buiness.
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