Armadillo Antidote

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FWIW...I've tried eating armadillo...it did resemble pork in texture and somewhat in taste...more palatable than other critters I've sampled (mostly at game club events etc...)

One thing I've heard about handling armadillos is that there is a possibility of contracting a form of Leprosy from them...(may be a myth or wives tale?)...so precautions should be heeded if preparing for table fare (as with any wild game)...!

armadillos, especially road kills in (some places of) the south are know as "possum on the half shell"

 

[Trkrd]

I'm just too lazy to stay up all night hunting dillos. I get them during the day. Whenever I find one of their holes, I just light up a "Giant Destroyer" throw it in the hole and cover the entrance. Works like a charm every time.

 

[texasjohn]

I've caught by hand many armadillos, pulled many from their holes, tail first. I've shot a lot.

Lately, their numbers are way down in Texas,

I'm blaming the imported fire ant...so, for those of you not wishing to shoot or catch them by hand, I recommend importing red fire ants...of course, the cure may be worse than the illness!

 

[Brad_Blazer]

I had a groundhog that kept undermining the corner of my property. I set a Conibear style kill trap over the hole and staked an old wire rabbit cage over that to prevent killing the dogs or cats. He wasn't in the hole but
I left it there thinking there might be another entrance. I finally caught him when he dug under the rabbit cage to get in the hole. The trap worked perfectly. Buried him in his hole and haven't had that problem since.

By the way, here's a cute video just to provide some mixed emotions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhNGdnuFQYM

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Awe Come on, you just manage to hit them in the head :cool2: I just blind them with my headlights, run over them with the truck going to work in the morning, and the buzzards clean it up. No fuss, no muss

I have a friend with "Duke" that lives up by you...

I have a friend that works with Duke that lives over your way, small world.