Armadillos

[DaveS]

Well, while sitting in my deer stand this morning, I had a family of 5 "Possum's on the half shell" milling around the leaves under my stand.This is the first time ever of seeing armadillos in the wild. What a cool experience. I watched them feeding for about 15 minutes, then they went on down in a hole in the ground. Kewl deal!!

[ShaunM]

My moms place is full of them. I shoot them when I see them. They dig lots and lots of holes. They have ruined my moms yard.

[roverboy]

I didn't know they had come that far North yet. I'm in Clay County and as far as I know we don't have any yet. I know that TWRA has them as a unprotected species in Tn.

[kieefer]

I think they are working, or rather breeding their way east. I've seen them in Centerville/Hickman County. Another ten years they'll be in Wilson Co..

[hipower]

I think they are working, or rather breeding their way east. I've seen them in Centerville/Hickman County. Another ten years they'll be in Wilson Co..

Won't take that long. I used to run a route on South 65 between Nashville and Columbia, and saw them pretty frequently. And that's been over three years ago.

[swim615]

They do lots of damage to fields around here. I saw the first one dead on the road about 2 years ago. Now they are everywhere.

[whiskey]

They don't die easy. When I lived in Florida, my buddy and I went on a 'diller killing spree on his hunting property. I shot the first one with a .22mag rifle. It shot up in the air about 3 feet and ran off. Then next one I shot 3 times with a .22LR with Velcoitors and it ran off. The next one I shot with a .357 revolver and it ran off. We shot another with a .44mag and it ran off. The first one that we shot and it didn't run off was with a 12ga with turkey loads. Be warned that they are nasty little suckers and are known to carry awful diseases. Don't touch them.

They will jump and run at you when cornered too. Scared the heck out of me. I jumped and squealed like a little girl.

[Ebow1]

Yeah, dillos need to be killed. They have no natural predators to keep them in check, they devastate crops, and they're the only mammal other then humans capable of transmitting leprosy. They're also faster then you think. One was outside my Blockbuster diggin through the trash when we were leavin', scampered off as soon as we came out. I was surprised it could move like it did.

[QuietDan]

Careful now, trash talking Armadillos.

You're making my avatar feel kind of testy, and he's armed (as well as armored).

And besides, he's already had his leprosy shots.

[roverboy]

I always heard they had a tough hide but, didn't know they was that hard to kill.

[Ramjo]

Can you make anything cool out of an armadillo?

[DaveS]

They make cool mounts.

[Will H]

You could make one into a hat I guess. I had no idea they were that hard to kill either. I imagine my 30-30 would do the job though.

[ShaunM]

I have shot them with guns from .17hmr up to a 30-06. I have never had one run off. I have killed close to 100 or so. Never had a problem killing the ones I shot.

[ShaunM]

I shot this one with a 243 100 grain soft point at around 30 to 40 yards or so.

[whiskey]

I shot this one with a 243 100 grain soft point at around 30 to 40 yards or so.

See! That thing is just barely dead. It might run off at any second...

You can cook and eat them. We killed a bunch for a church cookout one year. I didn't eat there and I didn't drink the Kool-Aid either...

[ShaunM]

I wouldnt eat one. They carry stuff ajax cant take off.

[Ebow1]

They do carry some nasty stuff, but that's supposed to be the entire reason for cooking. Now I wanna know what they taste like.

[BJB]

Last year while Bow hunting close to LBL I had several go buy me while in the stand. I was shocked to see them this far north

[Will Carry]

We have been eating Armadillo burgers in Lower Alabama for years. All you need is someone stupid enough to clean one, then grind up the meat with some hamburger and you have Armadillo Burgers. Tastes a lot like Opossum Burgers.

[Oh Shoot]

We have been eating Armadillo burgers in Lower Alabama for years. All you need is someone stupid enough to clean one, then grind up the meat with some hamburger and you have Armadillo Burgers. Tastes a lot like Opossum Burgers.

Hoover Hogs gentlemen. They say they were actually as hard to find as other game during the 30's, almost hunted out.

- OS

[MacGyver]

Can you make anything cool out of an armadillo?

McCormick and Shmicks in Houston has some really cool wall mounted sconces made out of them. The light kind of makes the shell translucent.

[tnhawk]

Don't let them near any Lone Star beer! In Texas, a giant armadillo was destroying the beer trucks.