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re: Armadillos are destroying my yard! Nothing is working.
Posted on 10/1/23 at 7:12 pm to christy007
Posted on 10/1/23 at 7:12 pm to christy007
quote:Then use a .22.
. I am told that it is not legal to use a pellet gun to kill them.
Put a game camera and see what time they’re moving.
This post was edited on 10/1/23 at 7:13 pm
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Posted on 10/1/23 at 7:49 pm to Quatrepot
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:33 am to Farmtiger
quote:
getting caught
Animal control folks or even a local cop would probably buy you a beer
Posted on 10/2/23 at 11:39 am to Fraid Knot
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get rid of the grubs/worms in your lawn
Armadillos dig up our yard whenever grubs get out of control.
This stuff stops the armadillo holes and keeps your lawn and shrubs looking healthy:
Posted on 10/2/23 at 11:23 pm to christy007
The key to trapping them is making a funnel. I haven’t found anything that reliably baits them into a trap. Figure out where they are traveling (side of the house, a fence line etc.). Take a handful of cinder blocks and build a funnel that leads into a have a heart trap. Then you can release them elsewhere or dispatch.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:29 am to christy007
I’ve killed 6 over the last month or two. Keep up the good fight!
Posted on 10/4/23 at 12:05 pm to christy007
Just sprinkle moth balls in the area. They hate the scent.
Posted on 10/6/23 at 8:15 am to christy007
223 vmax to the head and they don't know what hit them
They will jump a few times though after the hit...maybe cruel but it gets the job done
Posted on 10/6/23 at 8:56 am to Hackberries
The key to trapping them is making a funnel. I haven’t found anything that reliably baits them into a trap.
The wooden trap makers say that armadillo scent lures them into the traps. Funnel one in and leave him there a day to really stink it up. Then you don’t need the funnel anymore. Can’t do this with metal traps.
I caught one with a funnel in the wooden trap I built, but haven’t caught a second. Haven’t had new holes dug
yet either in the last week, so maybe they haven’t come back around. Not sure whether to be pleased or disappointed.
The wooden trap makers say that armadillo scent lures them into the traps. Funnel one in and leave him there a day to really stink it up. Then you don’t need the funnel anymore. Can’t do this with metal traps.
I caught one with a funnel in the wooden trap I built, but haven’t caught a second. Haven’t had new holes dug
yet either in the last week, so maybe they haven’t come back around. Not sure whether to be pleased or disappointed.
Posted on 10/6/23 at 12:50 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
quote:
They will jump a few times though after the hit...maybe cruel but it gets the job done
I just got one the other night that's been tearing up my yard. .22 with hollow points.
tossed it in the woods and a hawk got it the next day
Posted on 10/6/23 at 11:26 pm to christy007
Armadillos are usually out doing their digging like between midnight and 5AM. A 22LR with subsonic ammo with a night vision scope would be optimal if you don't have your yard lighted enough. You could set up a security camera to notify your phone to hopefully wake you up when it detects their motion.
They are generally pretty oblivious to everything around them as they are close to being blind and deaf, or so it seems that way. If you run across one or more during daylight you can usually just walk up to within 20 to 30 feet of them and just shoot them. I have literally killed one with a heavy stepping stone and hit another one with a brick.
They are generally pretty oblivious to everything around them as they are close to being blind and deaf, or so it seems that way. If you run across one or more during daylight you can usually just walk up to within 20 to 30 feet of them and just shoot them. I have literally killed one with a heavy stepping stone and hit another one with a brick.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 9:17 am to 98eagle
I’ve been 2 weeks armadillo free but had one tear up the yard the last two nights. Caught him at 3:30 this morning but missed him with the .22. I won’t miss again…
Posted on 10/20/23 at 9:15 am to whiskey over ice
Not a permanent fix but definitely a deterrent. Sprinkle in holes they've dug already. They'll be back and once they get a load of that they won't be.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 9:45 pm to christy007
Funny, I posted this same exact thing on my HOA board and everyone seems to be having the same issue. I went and walked around and sure enough, everyone in my neighborhood has these holes and yards torn up.
Posted on 10/24/23 at 3:40 pm to Bayou
Armadillos are fascinating creatures and sometimes important to medical studies since they’re always born as perfectly identical quadruplets.
They are known to sometimes carry leprosy which the species got originally from European migrants to the new world. In addition to being blind as bats. Anyway I’ve always tried to trap and release out in the country.
They are known to sometimes carry leprosy which the species got originally from European migrants to the new world. In addition to being blind as bats. Anyway I’ve always tried to trap and release out in the country.
This post was edited on 10/24/23 at 4:40 pm
Posted on 10/25/23 at 8:28 am to christy007
I wet an area under a light on the side yard next to a window. They will come to the wet area to dig. I just go glance out the window every once in a while and go out and shoot them when I see one. Works like a charm. The wet spot is bait.
Posted on 10/28/23 at 7:23 am to Hankg
Well looks like I’m joining the ‘Wits End Club’. Have lived here 8 years and never had a problem. Now in the past 2 weeks these bastards have torn up some of the healthier parts of my lawn. Going to try that grub killer route. If I can’t get them that way I’ll have to get a trail cam to see what time they’re coming out.
Posted on 10/28/23 at 7:40 am to christy007
This worked for sheev
Posted on 10/28/23 at 4:12 pm to meeple
Killed one at 1 am this morning,he set off the motion detector light outside the bedroom.
That’s 21 in my yard this year.
That’s 21 in my yard this year.
This post was edited on 10/28/23 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 10/29/23 at 9:37 am to christy007
22 mag
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