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Please post your secrets here.
We just moved into a house that is by a lake and apparently the armadillos come up each night and dig holes in the yard and flower beds rooting for grubs or whatever. So, is there a way to keep them from doing this besides a shotgun?
Serious answers only, please. Hamhock rules in effect. :texan:
ultimatesooner1
6/7/2006, 08:56 AM
1 set live trap
2 catch armadillo in live trap
3 submurge live trap in nearby lake til armadillo drowns
1 set live trap
2 catch armadillo in live trap
3 submurge live trap in nearby lake til armadillo drowns
No can do. Mrs Howzit is a Buddhist PETA member.
But I like your thought process...
TexasLidig8r
6/7/2006, 09:01 AM
Please post your secrets here.
We just moved into a house that is by a lake and apparently the armadillos come up each night and dig holes in the yard and flower beds rooting for grubs or whatever. So, is there a way to keep them from doing this besides a shotgun?
Serious answers only, please. Hamhock rules in effect. :texan:
You just moved? Why didn't you ask anyone for help?
Maybe you could just hire someone Mr. Moneybags by the Lake.
Trap them Obi Wan, it's your only hope (http://www.aaanimalcontrol.com/Professional-Trapper/howtogetridofarmadillos.htm)
walkoffsooner
6/7/2006, 09:03 AM
they are natures aerators throw some fertilizer down or bermuda seed. We live in the woods.When I start getting dillows or skunks around I leave a radio playing outside seems to work.
Maybe treating your lawn with grub/bug killer granules will help since that's what they eat.
Maybe treating your lawn with grub/bug killer granules will help since that's what they eat.
LIKE I CAN AFFORD THAT!!
Maybe you could just hire someone Mr. Moneybags by the Lake.
You obviously have me confused with crawfish-the-G35-owner.
You obviously have me confused with crawfish-the-G35-owner.
You old people all look alike to me.
BeetDigger
6/7/2006, 09:11 AM
You old people all look alike to me.
I always appreciate geriatrics comments that don't include me.
Hamhock
6/7/2006, 09:12 AM
spray diesel all over the yard and flower beds. guaranteed to work.
ywia
spray diesel all over the yard and flower beds. guaranteed to work.
ywia
Finally, a serious answer.
I always appreciate geriatrics comments that don't include me.
Oh, you were included.
crawfish
6/7/2006, 09:13 AM
Don't water your lawn...when it dries up and gets hard to root through, they'll go to your neighbors house.
OU4LIFE
6/7/2006, 09:15 AM
You old people all look alike to me.
I agree with this statement, powdered wig man.
Can someone tell me what Hairy posted?
crawfish
6/7/2006, 09:18 AM
Can someone tell me what Hairy posted?
He said he wanted to root around, but not in your yard.
I always appreciate geriatrics comments that don't include me.
Howzit?
OU4LIFE
6/7/2006, 09:19 AM
Can someone tell me what Hairy posted?
just part the hair, and the answer will be revealed.
He said he wanted to root around, but not in your yard.
Gross. So much for thinking about taking him off of ignore.
just part the hair, and the answer will be revealed.
It says "Signs point to yes".
OU4LIFE is on your Ignore list.
[Fingers in ears]LA LA LA BZZ BZZ BZZ!!!1[/Fingers in ears]
OU4LIFE is on your Ignore list.
[Fingers in ears]LA LA LA BZZ BZZ BZZ!!!1[/Fingers in ears]
How is Mrs Howzit enjoying the new vibrator?
OU4LIFE
6/7/2006, 09:23 AM
It says "Signs point to yes".
that's not where they are pointing, Clark
C&CDean
6/7/2006, 09:23 AM
Trap an armadillo? With what? I set traps all the time, and I've never, ever had an armadillo in one. Skunks, coons, possums, cats, fox, and even a squirrel once, but never an armadillo.
I kill armadillos probably weekly. Shot one last night in fact. I always use a little Ruger 10-.22 or my .22 mag. There have been times when I've encountered one and didn't have the gun, or it was empty. In these cases I've resorted to the following:
-Bludgeon them to death with the barrell
-Bludgeon them to death with a shovel
-Bludgeon them to death with an axe
-Bludgeon them to death with a fence stretcher
-Bludgeon them to death with a stick
-Bludgeon them to death with a rock
-Run them over
Armadillos are pretty stupid, and often times they'll just stand there and let you whack them. But let me warn you, armadillos do not die easily.
I've drilled them between the horns with the .22 mag, and they still flop and kick like a trout outta water. The only times I've seen them die instantly is when I shot them with the .06, 7mm, or the best one was with a .348 grain hollow point out of the black powder rifle. The armadillo simply disappeared. I looked around in the brush and found the head - and tail connected by the spine. Everything else was vaporized.
I am growing soft in my old age though. This past weekend, I was coming up the drive at about 10:30 pm, and here's a momma armadillo with 2 babies. If I'd of had the .22 with me I'd have went ahead and shot them, but I just couldn't make myself run them over. WTF is wrong with me?
walkoffsooner
6/7/2006, 09:25 AM
New tires?
OU4LIFE
6/7/2006, 09:26 AM
great, Dean's here...
C&CDean
6/7/2006, 09:28 AM
great, Dean's here...
Ain't you busy watching some wannabe chick golfer on TV? Oh wait, I forgot, she didn't make it.......:P
Trap an armadillo? With what? I set traps all the time, and I've never, ever had an armadillo in one. Skunks, coons, possums, cats, fox, and even a squirrel once, but never an armadillo.
I kill armadillos probably weekly. Shot one last night in fact. I always use a little Ruger 10-.22 or my .22 mag. There have been times when I've encountered one and didn't have the gun, or it was empty. In these cases I've resorted to the following:
-Bludgeon them to death with the barrell
-Bludgeon them to death with a shovel
-Bludgeon them to death with an axe
-Bludgeon them to death with a fence stretcher
-Bludgeon them to death with a stick
-Bludgeon them to death with a rock
-Run them over
Armadillos are pretty stupid, and often times they'll just stand there and let you whack them. But let me warn you, armadillos do not die easily.
I've drilled them between the horns with the .22 mag, and they still flop and kick like a trout outta water. The only times I've seen them die instantly is when I shot them with the .06, 7mm, or the best one was with a .348 grain hollow point out of the black powder rifle. The armadillo simply disappeared. I looked around in the brush and found the head - and tail connected by the spine. Everything else was vaporized.
I am growing soft in my old age though. This past weekend, I was coming up the drive at about 10:30 pm, and here's a momma armadillo with 2 babies. If I'd of had the .22 with me I'd have went ahead and shot them, but I just couldn't make myself run them over. WTF is wrong with me?
Dude, we've moved on to vibrators.
Dude, we've moved on to vibrators.
Oh, I thought he was talking about offing rabid vibrators. Carry on.
nmsoonergirl
6/7/2006, 09:30 AM
Not as dramatic as Dean's solution, but this site has some hints.
http://www.yardener.com/Armadillo.html
And they won't make your children cry.
crawfish
6/7/2006, 09:31 AM
Dude, we've moved on to vibrators.
Will those get armadillos out of your yard?
Will those get armadillos out of your yard?
You'll just have a flock of bitchy females ones.
C&CDean
6/7/2006, 09:35 AM
Not as dramatic as Dean's solution, but this site has some hints.
http://www.yardener.com/Armadillo.html
And they won't make your children cry.
It advocates trapping them and then shooting them while in the trap. This oughta make the kids cry worse than just shooting them in the open. See, I spare them the trauma/indignity of trapping.
Of course this is exactly how I dispatch other vermin. Trap. Shoot while in trap.
BeetDigger
6/7/2006, 09:42 AM
Dude, we've moved on to vibrators.
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/giladbarlev_1896_25722
http://gnc.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pGNC1-2778280dt.jpg
nmsoonergirl
6/7/2006, 09:45 AM
It advocates trapping them and then shooting them while in the trap. This oughta make the kids cry worse than just shooting them in the open. See, I spare them the trauma/indignity of trapping.
Of course this is exactly how I dispatch other vermin. Trap. Shoot while in trap.
:O Oops, I was looking more at the repelling stuff than the "shoot in the trap" stuff. You're right, at least get some target practice if you're gonna shoot them.
I'm not going to comment on the vibrator half of this thread.
slickdawg
6/7/2006, 09:53 AM
Maybe treating your lawn with grub/bug killer granules will help since that's what they eat.
That's what stopped them for me.
1stTimeCaller
6/7/2006, 10:10 AM
has anyone suggested that you name them and treat them like pets?
Or, you could trap them and when you get enough to fill a potato sack bring them up to a tailgate and let everyone try to catch them.
You just moved? Why didn't you ask anyone for help?
1tc was supposed to help, but he never showed.
Stan helped.
Not 1tc.
1stTimeCaller
6/7/2006, 10:18 AM
:les: you won't give me the address!!!
You could have moved stuff to the truck.
I would have given you the old address.
Boarder
6/7/2006, 10:36 AM
When I lived in town and couldn't (legally) shoot the gun, the dogs cornered an armadillo once. I put a broadhead through it. Kind of pinned it to the ground whilest it wiggled for a little bit. The dogs thought this was great.
Flagstaffsooner
6/7/2006, 10:53 AM
The armadillo is the state mammal of Texas.
Dean it.
has anyone suggested that you name them and treat them like pets?
Or, you could trap them and when you get enough to fill a potato sack bring them up to a tailgate in chili.
i thought that "Elk" kinda tasted funny last time
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