Armadillo trouble

Dusty Rivers · October 10, 2008, 02:15 PM

I have an Armadillo burrowing under my barn. I can't seem to catch him in my sights. What can I use for bait to set him up for a shot?

hogdogs · October 10, 2008, 02:52 PM

Baiting dillers is a tuff job. They eat worms and grubs mostly. The dillar eradicating I did was done in the late afternoon with .22 and pellet gun. I was after large populations that had colonies leaving ankle breaking holes all over where I was running hog dogs in the dark. For such a limited problem you may have to track his schedule by putting some leaves at his entrance or fluffing the soil to get an idea if he hunting by day or night. Set up a comfy yard chair and pick him off that way.
Brent

FrontSight · October 10, 2008, 03:45 PM

Have you thought of smoking him out / suffocating him with the smoke?

davlandrum · October 10, 2008, 04:15 PM

Spot light him

Ironwood · October 10, 2008, 06:37 PM

When an Armadillo starting digging a hole under the slab of my house, I filled the first hole back in. A few nights later he had dug the hole back out. I filled the hole back in and set a hav-a-heart trap where the hole had been. He didn't try to dig anymore. After a couple of weeks I removed the trap and he still hasn't been back. I guess he got the message I didn't want him digging there!

HKFan9 · October 10, 2008, 07:06 PM

Catch him and mail it to me, I always wanted one as a pet after seeing Chuck Norris have one in the beginning of Missing In Action III.

October 10, 2008, 02:15 PM	#1
Dusty Rivers Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2008 Posts: 235	Armadillo trouble I have an Armadillo burrowing under my barn. I can't seem to catch him in my sights. What can I use for bait to set him up for a shot? __________________ Dusty: I'm kind of a big deal! Rob Pincus follower PDN NRA Lifetime Member, our only voice!

October 10, 2008, 03:45 PM	#3
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	Have you thought of smoking him out / suffocating him with the smoke? __________________ To kill something as great as a duck just to smell the gunpowder is a crime against nature. - Alan Liere Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

October 10, 2008, 04:15 PM	#4
davlandrum Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2006 Location: Lane County Oregon Posts: 2,547	Spot light him __________________ U.S Army, Retired Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. -Potter Stewart

October 10, 2008, 06:37 PM	#5
Ironwood Member Join Date: October 9, 2008 Location: East Texas Posts: 34	When an Armadillo starting digging a hole under the slab of my house, I filled the first hole back in. A few nights later he had dug the hole back out. I filled the hole back in and set a hav-a-heart trap where the hole had been. He didn't try to dig anymore. After a couple of weeks I removed the trap and he still hasn't been back. I guess he got the message I didn't want him digging there! __________________ Born in the Pineywoods of East Texas a long, long time ago. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...lusNHDecal.jpg

October 10, 2008, 02:52 PM	#2
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	Baiting dillers is a tuff job. They eat worms and grubs mostly. The dillar eradicating I did was done in the late afternoon with .22 and pellet gun. I was after large populations that had colonies leaving ankle breaking holes all over where I was running hog dogs in the dark. For such a limited problem you may have to track his schedule by putting some leaves at his entrance or fluffing the soil to get an idea if he hunting by day or night. Set up a comfy yard chair and pick him off that way. Brent

October 10, 2008, 07:06 PM	#6
HKFan9 Senior Member Join Date: May 3, 2008 Posts: 3,057	Catch him and mail it to me, I always wanted one as a pet after seeing Chuck Norris have one in the beginning of Missing In Action III.