yes, at close range they do. i actually fired the final shot from my .40 cal though... the light on the end helped me see the animal down in it's burrow, and i knew it would be immediately lethal. i wanted it to suffer as little as possible, but it had to go.
Aren't there traps you can buy, though? Just kinda seems like a PitA to have to constantly be on 'dillo-patrol
this was the weapon used...
but it wasn't loaded with .357 magnum rounds.. i had it loaded with pest-control shotshells...
and thefyn... no, armadillos are an infestation, not just "animals getting in your yard", and their feces is deadly to your pets, and to you... and they damned sure are well known for a high percentage of their numbers carrying leprosy. an armadillo infestation lowers your property value, and in FL you are bound by law to deal with it before you can even sell your house.
even if you have no fear of the diseases (a bad plan, imo) they dig holes all over your yard... destroying it.. i will upload pics of some of the holes these fuckers have dug in my lawn. no, trash cans getting knocked over is definitely not the worst case scenario.
btw, i have a family of rabbits living in my yard... they just showed up one night... wild rabbits... i see them all time, and i enjoy going out and watching them. they don't even run when they see me anymore. our cat doesn't even chase them.... she can't be arsed. lol.
I was drunk in a hammock in my backyard at 1am. Whats that? a noise to my left. I think i turned my head the same time he did. A racoon. A fkn big one, was hanging within arms reach of me from the tree next to the hammock. I caught him with his hand in to cookie jar. In this case, a birdhouse my wife had put some suet bird blocks in.
It was a Mexican standoff for a good minute :freak:-----------------:freak: before he started making his way down the tree. And he slinked off a foot at a time, watching me all along.
Florida is kinda crazy. I have seen bunnies, armadildos, snakes, possums, loads of eagles and hawks (every day event) and the coolest of all was a bobcat trotting through my garden at sunrise. it was friken beautiful.
I laugh at people going to all of these lengths to stop animals from getting in your yard. It's no big deal. Worst case scenario is a trash can knocked over. Leprosy, rabies etc? haha.
America is soft I tells ya, its media scaring the public. I just worry about carpenter ants and termites when it comes to defending my home from the marauding evil that is nature. People lose their minds because of molehills etc. Big deal. I just get in the hot tub and watch the show.
