Armadilla Killa.........Guilty

[Deltaman]

Damn Armadillo's have been tearing my yard up for the last few weeks, as the bastages have done every year, and I am determined to eradicate. Tried putting out a bunch of chewing gum around where I think their lair is, last year, as I was told by an old country gal that they would eat and it would kill them??? The gum disappeared, but not the Armadillos. Next time I tried to catch, i bought a bunch of 3' sections of 2' wooden fencing, forming a wide V in my yard near the woodline, with a trap at the bottom of the V. Damn thing dug under the fence........very frustrating. This year, as my yard started getting dug up, I noticed a worn path through the leaves, coming out of the woods behind my house, and followed it, seeing what appears to be a new lair, dug into the side of a small dirt rise. Made a trip to the local Tractor Supply store, and bought a trap. They actually had a 2'fer (one trap for opossum, raccoon, armadillo, and another for squirrels) for $29.99...... a deal! Anyway, I found a pinch point on the trail, between some bamboo and an oak tree, and set my new trap Saturday. Still empty yesterday morning, but when I checked it before work this morning, the trap had an inmate. Carried the trap up to my house with it going crazy, unsure if I wanted to kill, or transplant later. Didn't spend a lot of time thinking about it, grabbed my old trusty Crossman bb/pellet gun, and shot him in the head. Hated to kill something I won't eat, but dammit man, it felt good to eliminate the thing, and the trap will go back out tonight. I know that they are digging up the white grub worms in the yard, and I have bought some Spectracide granules to scatter in my yard, hopeful to eliminate the food source too. Anybody else having these issues?

[Darren]

Have some fun with it.......smoke bomb into their lair?

Sorry to hear of the destruction, have certainly seen them myself, and more commonly lately have moles tunneling all over.

[Duck Engr]

I can’t help but picture Bill Murray in Caddyshack.

[Deltaman]

"Have some fun with it.......smoke bomb into their lair?"

Good idea Darren! Several years ago, when dealing with the same issue, I found a freshly dug hole very near where this one is now. I soaked a towel in gasoline, poked it as far into the hole with a stick, as I could get it, poured the remainder of the gas into the hole, and filled it in with dirt. My luck, it probably had a back door.......

[Darren]

"Have some fun with it.......smoke bomb into their lair?"

Good idea Darren! Several years ago, when dealing with the same issue, I found a freshly dug hole very near where this one is now. I soaked a towel in gasoline, poked it as far into the hole with a stick, as I could get it, poured the remainder of the gas into the hole, and filled it in with dirt. My luck, it probably had a back door.......

Applaud the effort, like the idea.

[Rick]

Kept waiting for the part about lighting it.

[Deltaman]

Afraid I'd burn the woods down Rick , it's in a place I've deposited yard leaves for years, but sounds like fun! Caught #2 this morning, and again, dispatched with several bb's to the head. Those damn things are hard to kill! First one was a male, and this one was a female, and hopefully, the only ones around, but I will put the trap back out, just in case...........destructive little bastards.......... I will say this, the trap I purchased from Tractor Supply was a good investment

[Duck Engr]

Nice work Deltaman!

Years ago back when I was a young teenager we had 7 living in and around our barn that were wreaking all kinds of havoc. We bout traps and we’re headed to set them. Pulled up just after a rain and all 7 were out in the pasture digging around. I grabbed my .22 rifle and went to work on them. Felt like a shooting gallery at the fair. Killed several and had to reload. By the time I reloaded, one had run over to a hole at the base of a tree but I could still see the top of his shell. I walked over and shot what I could see of him. He jumped a foot in the air and took off running straight at me. I was shooting with every high step I took backwards. He looked like Swiss cheese by the time he finally gave it up. I didn’t think my Dad was ever going to recover from laughing so hard.

[Deltaman]

DE, you made me laugh, as I can only imagine the havoc created, and glad you didn't shoot one of your feet in the process

[Duck Engr]

DE, you made me laugh, as I can only imagine the havoc created, and glad you didn't shoot one of your feet in the process

Haha that’s where the high-steppin came in handy!

[Darren]

This is about as entertaining a thread as I've seen for offseason banter. Great stories

[Duck Engr]

The possums on a half shell and I have a long standing rivalry.