Armadillo terminated in Florida

[t.r.]

These garden pests are extremely destructive with their digging. But this one has now been terminated with my Grandad's 100 year old scatter gun. TR

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[piller]

A few years ago, one must have stopped at my place for a quick snack while travelling. It dug up part of my wife's flowers, and never stuck around. It left a mess. I think she would have been willing to spend an hour or two beating it to death with a shovel if she could have caught it.

[RIHMFIRE]

Armadillos, specifically the nine-banded armadillo, are natural carriers of leprosy (Hansen’s disease) and can transmit it to humans, though the risk is low.
You should see what a 22-250 at 100 yards will do to them!

[GunnyMack]

As my dear ol Dad used to say,
Armadillo is possum on the half shell.

[Walt]

Yep, just put a little tabasco sauce on it and slurp it on down.

[Lastmohecken]

Its' funny how those things come and go. I have had some real infestations on the farm and even my yard a couple of times or so in the last 7-8 years. We kill every one we see, and some years I might kill 30 or more, and then go a year or two and hardly see any. Then they will come back in force and I have to kill them out again.