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Gatogordo
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Texas man shoots armadillo, gets hit in face by bullet ricochet
By Lisa Maria Garza July 31, 2015

DALLAS (Reuters) - An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said on Friday.

Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, southwest of Texarkana, at around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning. He spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire.

"His wife was in the house. He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo," Rowe said.

The animal's hard shell deflected at least one of three bullets, which then struck the man's jaw, he said.

The man was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where his jaw was wired shut, according to Rowe.

The status of the animal is unknown.

"We didn't find the armadillo," the sheriff said.


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Posts: 17099 | Location: Texas USA | Registered: 07 May 2001Reply With Quote
Grizzly Adams
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Not only that, apparently they carry Leprosy as well.

http://www.wuft.org/news/2015/...sy-rates-in-florida/

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larrys01
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Did the Armadillo have a name?



 
Posts: 1525 | Location: Iowa | Registered: 08 August 2008Reply With Quote
Gatogordo
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I think he wants to remain anonymous until he is cleared based on self defense.....or he can reload.

This story was on yahoo (and others). Some of the comments are pretty funny, and, of course, there are the usual animal lovers, some can even spell......


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When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere.

NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR.

I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process.
 
Posts: 17099 | Location: Texas USA | Registered: 07 May 2001Reply With Quote
Mark Clark
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This guy needs better bullets.
Buy him some CEB Solids to take on these armored beasts.

He can't shoot anymore Dillos until he reads every page of the terminal ballistics thread.

Mark
 
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Idaho Sharpshooter
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serves him right, trying to murder a poor creature like that.

Do we know yet if the Armadillo was an "Undocumented Immigrant" or he had a family?
 
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Grenadier
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They have a habit of making bullets ricochet.

Remember this from April 14 of this very year: Georgia man wounds mother-in-law after bullet ricochets off armadillo

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Carol Johnson suffers non-life-threatening injuries after bullet kills animal, rebounds, hits fence, travels through back door and recliner, before striking her in back


They are nasty beasts. I ate so many of them in the swamps of Florida I still get the taste in my mouth when I see one.




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Mark Clark
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Possum on the Halfshell
 
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Gatogordo
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Originally posted by Mark Clark:
Possum on the Halfshell


They taste a helluva lot better than possum.


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When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere.

NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR.

I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process.
 
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larrys
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Thank God my car doesn't ricochet!


Larry

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Grenadier
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Originally posted by larrys:
Thank God my car doesn't ricochet!

Do you throw your car at armadillos?




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