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Eric Krewson:
Here is the thing about armadillos; they have few natural enemies and are prolific breeders, the females usually have 4 identical twins every year. It doesn't take long to be overrun with them. They root up your food plots, hillsides and dig escape holes all over the place making some hillsides look like Swiss cheese.

The usually come out at peak deer hunting times, if you have one or more rooting under your stand at dusk you can forget about seeing a deer for the most part. I hunted 340 acres in Tn and had to dedicate myself to spending some days just killing the dang things if I was going to see deer, I killed over 50 in 2 years.

I found when hunting them you can walk right up to the first one or two you kill, then they must have some kind of ultrasonic danger response they spread. After the first few kills every armadillo within a half mile of you will run when you get closer than 100 yards from them. They are really stupid until you hunt them for a while, then they get as weary as any game animal, they learn quickly.

I also found you can't run one down after dark with a flashlight and a 22 rifle. You can slip up on one rooting after dark and as soon as you shine the light on them they are going to put just enough distance between you and them so you can't put the cross hairs on them.

mmattockx:

--- Quote from: Eric Krewson on August 27, 2020, 07:19:56 am ---Here is the thing about armadillos; they have few natural enemies and are prolific breeders, the females usually have 4 identical twins every year. It doesn't take long to be overrun with them. They root up your food plots, hillsides and dig escape holes all over the place making some hillsides look like Swiss cheese.

--- End quote ---

Thanks for the info. They are a destructive invasive species in that case and need some killing.


Mark

mullet:
And they are tasty, and yes, some of them carry leprosy but Leprosy is not contagious. Cooking then and not eating them rare like most animals is the thing to do. Cooked on the grill it is hard to tell the difference between it and pork, thus the name.

dylanholderman:
just going to add that i have a tobacco bag made from a whole armadillo skin, cool project idea if you're up for it  ;)
i also didn't realize they were so destructive, think they're worse than groundhogs?

Eric Krewson:
Much worse because they don't stay in one spot like groundhogs, they wander and migrate county to county and state to state.

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