Armadillo madness...

[thefyn]

i have no idea why, but every time i shoot one that's fucking around in our yard, it's weeks to a couple months before another comes along.... not an expert on them, unlike you... apparently.

Yet you mention infestation??? You seem to mention infestations, disease, rabies and leprosy yet you only see one in your yard every couple of months.

I'm not an expert, if I see a creature in my yard I look it up esp snake. Sometimes even if I don't see one and I know it lives in Florida I look it up.

Latest one I looked up was the Assasin Bug. Ironically I will probably die early from the pesticides in my lawn and house because of fkn wikipedia.

 

[James Murphy]

exactly... they take up residence and have babies... IF YOU LEAVE THEM ALONE TO DO SO.. i don't. i kill them, so i prevent them from infesting.... maybe i wasn't clear on that point, but it was certainly implied.

that's how you avoid infestations best... nip them in the bud.

and i didn't invent calling an armadillo problem an "infestation"... nope, i didn't pull that one out of my ass:

Q-4. WHY SHOULD I LEARN HOW TO GET RID OF ARMADILLOS UNDER MY PORCH, DECK OR HOUSE?
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A. If you hear a noise under your porch or building, an armadillo may be setting up its home. If your lawn, garden, flower bed or golf course is covered with shallow holes and patches of dirt, an armadillo may be searching for insects and their larvae.

All in all, armadillos under your house or business can do a lot of expensive damage to your landscape. You may wake up in the morning to find your whole front lawn has served as an armadillo feeding lot, with dirt and grass uprooted and thrown about. Armadillos can do damage to your lawn and flower beds that is beyond repair.

Armadillos can also do much damage to structures when they dig under house, shed and business foundations, or under the driveway. People often complain that an armadillo rubs its armor on the outside of their home at night, keeping them awake at all hours. Armadillos make grunting sounds as they eat, and if they feel threatened they will make screaming and squealing sounds.

Armadillos will tear into areas of your home or business and haunt it for years to come. All these armadillo pest problems will affect the value of your property. It is difficult to sell a home that has an armadillo INFESTATION and actually, it’s required by law that you fix the armadillo problem before you sell your home. Property value can decrease between five percent and ten percent due to armadillo problems or the insect problem that is tempting armadillos.

every where i looked, and every agency and company i spoke to prior to taking the matter into my own hands, referred to it this way... as an "infestation". i was advised that the best way to prevent one was to nip it in the bud quickly.... and that's what i've done, and it's worked.

 

[thefyn]

fyn.. you paint yourself here as some super-homeowner, wildlife defender, armadiilo expert, and holder of some moral high ground.

well, bullshit, plain and simple. due to neighbors, local laws, and the fact that kids and pets play in my yard, the best solution for us is to kill them. tough shit you don't like it. go right back to soapbox and think to yourself about how superior your thoughts on the matter are to my actions... but keep it to yourself, heard enough of your bleeding heart BS on the subject, frankly.

or better yet, tell me where you live.. if it's within driving distance i'll capture them from now on and release them on your property.

you sound, despite your assertions, like you don't really have much experience with them at all. the FACT is that you likely don't have ants in your yard... good for you if you live somewhere that you can manage that.. but out here where i live, it's impossible to keep them out, and ants are one of the the armadillo's favorite snacks... and in case you haven't been reading (and it seems you have only been reading selectively) shooting them has been working out excellently for me... every time i shoot one it's weeks or months before another shows up. i like that plan... a lot.

This was taken 2 mins ago in my back yard:

I think these are Racoon tracks. But they could be armadillo because they are very straight (and i see some 4 finger tracks in there too). If you peeps want me to do an AS message and take a pic next to the tracks then I'm up for it. I call it armadillo alley, because they always go in straight lines, and they like the drainage line. You can see them going in both directions.

You can't get better proof of me being in a critter hotspot than tracks right in my backyard the day of this thread. They are zero trouble, even though I know there are nests of them next to my house.

I get a lot of them because my subburb is close to 1000s of acres of their natural habitat, and they LOVE the burbs.

Those racoons can scream worse than cats when they squabble. It is kinda terrifying when you are in the hammock and you hear the screams in the niiiiiiiiight.

Here is my house:

The hammock I had my closeup and the hottub where I chill and see the little buggers all the time.

 

[JBroll]

I can't decide what's funnier... imagining James running around chasing armadillos in the wee hours of the morning (and, no doubt, humming Walkürenritt and thinking about the smell of napalm in the morning while trying not to trip over his pants), or watching thefyn try to argue with anything less defenseless than a pillow.

Jeff

 

[thefyn]

I can't decide what's funnier... imagining James running around chasing armadillos in the wee hours of the morning (and, no doubt, humming Walkürenritt and thinking about the smell of napalm in the morning while trying not to trip over his pants), or watching thefyn try to argue with anything less defenseless than a pillow.

Jeff

You are in armadillo central. Whats your take on them?

 

[Skinny Viking]

You are in armadillo central. Whats your take on them?

Look at JBroll's picture ...

That the LAST thing an armadillo sees before getting his head kicked in

Fyn .. dude, you need to let it go man

PS - Fuck armadillos

 

[James Murphy]

so thefyn, ... you've got experience with them leaving tracks along your property line... how terrible for you.

well here's some of my experience with them... taken in my yard, over the last few days.

 

[James Murphy]

and here's some of what i'm keeping safe.... besides my property value and the soundness of my home's support pilings...

 

[thefyn]

so thefyn, ... you've got experience with them leaving tracks along your property line... how terrible for you.

well here's some of my experience with them... taken in my yard, over the last few days.

They are mole holes.

 

[thefyn]

and here's some of what i'm keeping safe.... besides my property value and the soundness of my home's support pilings...

LOVELY pic of you and the baby.

You have your reasons to 100% be sure ya know? I think my wife already has rabies.

 

[James Murphy]

uh... you are wrong my friend.

they are armadillo holes... period.... i have stood by my window and watched them dig them, while loading my gun. when i spotted the one i shot the night before last, he was in the process of digging the one on top.

armadillos dig holes to find food: http://www.wildlife.pro/digging-lawn.html click to see some nearly identical armadillo holes shown on that site.

 

[James Murphy]

LOVELY pic of you and the baby.

her name is Abigail... we call her Abi.

 

[Jaymz]

Didn't realise you had a Finalizer and RNC

 

[Wolfeman]

We used to run those over with HMMWV's at Fort Hood all the time. Hated those little fucks.

 

[narcossintese]

You can eat armadillo meat! You should have tried I´ve never had, but I know that it´s quite common on South America. Doesn´t look bad at all:

Funny fact that I came across this thread. Today the police killed a burglar right in front of my house (on the street, I don´t have a yard). I´ve only heard the gunshot. Just one nice and clean shot and the bastard drop dead.

 

[JBroll]

You can eat armadillo meat! You should have tried I´ve never had, but I know that it´s quite common on South America. Doesn´t look bad at all:


Funny fact that I came across this thread. Today the police killed a burglar right in front of my house (on the street, I don´t have a yard). I´ve only heard the gunshot. Just one nice and clean shot and the bastard drop dead.

To be blunt, South America does not come to mind very quickly whenever I think 'places to look for good ways to get rid of disease carriers'.

Jeff

 

[Jevil]

Cats may transmit many diseases. But I wouldn't kill cats in my yard for that reason. My dog keeps them alive. I wouldn't kill not even a rat (they transmit black death) until it is a problem or a huge infestation.

I readed an article that said american people is afraid of many things, roddents, diseases, end of the world, tornados, neighbours, southamericans, muslims... always alarmed and sleeping with a gun under the pillow.

Reading this thread I believe that it can be true.

 

[TheDriller]

I just got a sudden flash of "why the fuck am I reading this?"

anyway, Fuck armadillos

 

[cobhc]

the only way to get the buggers is to patrol the yard at night, fleshlight and gun in hand.

Corrected, sorry I had to do it!

 

[SocialNumb]

^That really messed with my mental image of what happen. Kinda disturbing.