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Discussion in 'Hunting' started by Hugger-4641, May 2, 2022.

  1. Hugger-4641

    Hugger-4641 Member

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    What kind of evil spirit do these darn things have??
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    Caught this one in my garden tonight. 5 direct hits with 9mm 115gr JHP did not stop him, SKS that was slung over my shoulder finally did. 20yrs ago we didn't have these things in TN.:fire:

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  2. aaaaa

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    I am sure glad we don't have those things in Michigan.
     
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  3. Hugger-4641

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    Never saw one in TN until recently. Started seeing them road killed in Memphis in mid 1990"s, now they're everywhere. :what:
     
  4. Zygodactyl

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    We have lots of them in Florida. When I was younger, we would run them down and catch them by the tail. We called them opossum on a half shell. We used to eat them before we found out they can carry leprosy. Other than that, they are basically harmless, but can dig up your yard or garden looking for insects.
     
  5. JeeperCreeper

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    See, 9mm doesn't work. Need more stoppin powah like a forty five!

    Shoulda used 22 so it can bounce around inside of it!

    I jest.... Something about big rodents being tough. Reminds me of the ground hog I cut in half with a 30-30 and it still ran it's upper half back to its hole to die.

    Tough critters for sure
     
  6. troy fairweather

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    Should have had a 45 lol.
     
  7. FL-NC

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    I was at Ft Campbell Ky for pretty much the whole 1990's and never saw one in Ky or Tn. Several years ago I started going to Tn more and seeing them road-killed all over the interstate. I saw a couple last weekend turkey hunting in Hohenwald, Tn. We have had them in Fl probably since the jurasic period. My rental house here in the panhandle and the adjacent woods are hopelessly infested with them- the backyard has an elaborate network of burrows and the lawn looks like a mini mortar range where they root around.
     
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  8. buck460XVR

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    ........leprosy.
     
  9. Hugger-4641

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    Well, now I've got another mission! Next time one is in my garden I'm gonna see what a .40 and a .45 will do. I think the 9mm would have worked with Fmj's, but now I know hp won't.
     
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  10. Shanghai McCoy

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    Yeah, when we lived in Oklahoma they were everywhere. Used to joke that you really were a Redneck if you have seen a live possum and a live armadillo. Just got back from a trip to Tenn. and was amazed how many I saw along the highway.
    Tough to kill for sure, a buddy shot one with his 20 gauge close while quail hunting and it took more than one shot.
     
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  11. Hugger-4641

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    Thats why I didn't touch that one. If I rolled him over you'd see 5 holes on that side.
     
  12. aaaaa

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    Maybe try some Black Hills Honeybadgers:
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  13. The Bushmaster

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    Come on guys...They ain't that tough. I shoot them from my deck out to 60 yards with a M290 Winchester .22 using Mini-mags. Goes right through them and stops them on the spot.
     
  14. Hugger-4641

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    You come shoot the next one so I can watch!:cool:
     
  15. Hugger-4641

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    So do you take a high lung shot or a shoulder? Lol.
    This one was quartered towards me when I put the 9mm in him, then quartered away when the SKS finished him. Head too small to hit at night with flashlight, neck shot impossible! What do you suggest?:cool:
     
  16. troy fairweather

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    The glyptodons lived up to about 12,000 years ago, bet one of these would take some bullets lol.

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  17. earlthegoat2

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    I’ve killed them with baseball bats and golf clubs with one hit at times.

    I’ve killed one (accidentally) by running it over with a golf cart. I’ve seen raccoons and even squirrels shrug off golf cart hits before but they stop a dilla stone dead.

    Never shot one. They don’t seem that tough to me.
     
  18. Zerodefect

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    Hope you like mice, and yellow jackets. I'd love to have these critters. Too cold in Ohio.

    Hantavirus is way worse than 0% chance of transmitting leprosy.
     
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  19. Hugger-4641

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    I didn't think they were that tough either, this one was.. I shot a possum out of an oak with my .22 revolver recently, one shot he was done. Never had to put more than two rds of anything into a possum or coon.
     
  20. Hugger-4641

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    We already have yellow jackets and cats keep the mice away from the house, you can have all these critters you want, we don't need them in TN!!!
     
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  21. Zerodefect

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    I'd take them, if they'd survive up here.

    All of the possums and skunks I can get, that were live trapped elsewhere. Racoons, yellow jackets, and mice are the only pests we have. Mice are by far the worst.

    Cats are worthless mousers. They don't dig up the nests, and kill a dozen, they just hunt one adult at a time (poorly). Besides, cats are the favorite meal for eagles and coyotes up here.
     
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  22. Hugger-4641

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    I'd say the snakes, hawks, weasles, and owls probably do kill more mice than the cats, but the cats get the ones trying to move into the house.
     
  23. bigmike45

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    The armadillo is as much a part of Texas as the flag, bluebonnets and the mocking bird. I believe it is the un-official animal of this great state.....or so I have been told my whole life. I do know there was a huge advertisement by Lone Star Beer for many years about the armadillo loving the beer and even giant versions attacking the Lone Star Beer delivery trucks. It was really comical but helped to sell the beer. I do know that the only thing I see more of than the armadillo is the feral hogs that are overrunning our state and destroying good land. I noticed that someone earlier in the forum mentioned that they have/cause leprosy. My understanding is that it is only found in the outer shell/armor. I remember as a kid eating the meat that my granddad used to bake in a ground oven. He would shoot them in the head so it would not damage the shell and possibly contaminate the meat, take the meat out of the shell, wrap it in banana leaves with all kinds of seasonings, and all I can say is it was delicious. We all ate it and no one ever was diagnosed with leprosy.
    I know that a lot of tourist that come to or stop in Texas leave with one of these. I had friends in several states that had them.
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  24. Axis II

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    You guys do have porcupines right? I heard they are tough to shoot too.
     
  25. Dunross

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    Florida’s Invaders: Armadillo

    So far as I know they're the only things hat eats Love Bugs, probably because they originated in the same place.

    I've never found them hard to kill. I think I did once do one with a load of 12ga #6s, but otherwise never needed anything other than a .22lr.

    They can be pretty good eating, but since it became generally know about their leprosy connection haven't cleaned one.
     
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