I noticed some fresh dirt and sure enough, a Dang'ed Armadillo has decided to take up residency underneath the slab of my shop.
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Looks like I will have to make a trip to the store and buy a trap. :-\
Well Lynn, there's at least one "plus" to your situation!
It's not a skunk! ;D
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Gotta see it first. :-\
They travel so much and have several burrows so it may be a week or weeks before it comes back.
Do they taste like chicken?
Actually my brother brought one in once and Mom cooked it. I do not remember how it was cooked or how it tasted, and maybe it was just the thought, but that was a "once in a lifetime" for all of us. :-X
So I guess no Armadillo crispin at the camp? :D
Don't touch one of the creatures. It is true that they can carry leprosy, and that is the primary way humans in the US can get it. We have to scoop them off the highway on a regular basis, and we make sure not to touch one of them. Banjo
Possum on the half shell!
Yup Tim, Google will yield many hits about Armadillos and Leprosy (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/health/28leprosy.html?_r=0).
Correct Gary, No Armadillo Crispin. :o
gspren,
We had some at a wildlife supper in Auburn when I was there (back in he Stone Age) and what I had tasted like good roast pork. (So does smoked camien in the Amazon).
Armadillo and grits 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) :D :D just had to say it thecfarm would like to try it :) :)
I never had much luck trapping them as they eat worms and grubs and baiting the trap was the problem (what to use). Let us know how the trapping goes as I have one rooting up my yard and I haven't been able to catch him at it.
Quote@thecfarm (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=436) would like to try it
Don't let Ray fool you.
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He already has the GRITS.
There is a guy here locally that has problems with them, and he has what looks like an ole fashioned wood rabbit trap, don't know if he baits it of not, but he stakes out a giant V with 1 x 4 s leading up to the trap. The idea is it rascal will start rooting along and just follow the board until it goes into the trap. I see the set up in his yard every year or so. Never got a chance to talk to him about it though. Banjo
That is the only way that I know to trap them. Sorta lay out a funnel and it will corral itself into the trap.
Sometimes you get a gift from a very nice person and you just don't know what to do with it. ;D I will have to pass on both of the mentioned so called food.
There is a man in Mississippi that makes armadillo traps. My neighbor has caught several of them with the trap. You have to get them out pretty quick because if they poop in it, you will not catch any more in said trap. Some kind of dirt is what they use for bait. They said it works well.
Ha, I just googled it. thearmadillotrap.com. it has a video of some of them being caught. After being caught I am sure vitamin .22 is in order.
Connibear traps work well too. They will smash them flat. With that hole being there, that is a sure catch, although a wondering dog, cat, coon, possum or any other critter could also be caught, and there is no letting it go after a connibear has done its job.
I have never tried to funnel one anywhere, but I did funnel one, sorta. I was sitting on the ground with my back against a tree watching down a wooded slope for deer, when I heard leaves rustling. For several minutes I kept trying to see around the tree without alerting what ever it was, when I finally noticed the leaves in front of me moving around, it seemed something was under the leaves and came right up between my legs, before poking his head out, it was a young armidillo. lol
I caught lots of them when I was younger, I guess this one decided to catch me. lol
Looks like they dug a hole,tunnel? I have woodchunk problems here. When I find a hole like that I use a smoke bomb on it. I tie the tube on to a stick and down the hole it goes. Most times there is and exit hole I need to find first. I put dirt in the hole and if it's dug out I do it again. Sometimes I get lucky and see them go into the hole.
I use the wire Havahart (http://www.havahart.com/store/animal-traps?utm_content=havahart-traps&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Bing-Other-Brands&utm_term=havahart%20traps) trap and I have also caught house cats and skunks. Just let the cats go and take the others for a swim. :-\
We dont have Armadillos in Pa. But I lived in Ga. for 5 years.
First time I seen one I had to catch it to look it over.
They sure can make some strange noises when you get a gold on one.
They are kinda slow like our Possums...
Kbeitz,
I grew up in Fla and lived in Ala, SC, Ga, etc and every armadillo I ever chased was a lot faster than any possum I knew of. Yours must have been eating too well and had gout.
As to earlier question about animals fouling old style rabbit boxes used to catch a possum in there sometimes and rabbit would not go back in it. Old solution was to smoke them. An easy way to do that was stuff it with dry leaves and set them on fire. Just don't put enough in there to set the box on fire.
When my younger brother was stationed at Ft Hood, he referred to them as Texas Speed Bumps!
So apparently there are a lot of Armadillo's in that area.
They either swam The River to get to us, or some jerk hauled them in his trunk. They are a total nuisance.
they can sure make more noise than any other critter i know of walking in the woods :-\
Any luck on the dillo?
Short story. Had a coon dog shipped from up north. A high dollar dog. First night out with him, he went nuts. I was like what the hell is wrong with this dog? Barking, but not treeing? Closer inspection, he was trailing DanG armadillos. :D I could of shot that sucker, but I would of lost out big bucks. :o I was able to break him of that. ;D
Lane, it has not been back....yet. Since they do not know where they are going or when they get there, it may be days, weeks, or never. DanG'ed Armadillos.