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New varmint in Missouri???
05 June 2006, 18:24
Mark TaylorNew varmint in Missouri???
Took a trip this weekend down to Oklahoma to see #2 son. Cruising south of KC on 71 and about 60miles from KC see 2 armadillos dead on the side of the road. Any of you Missouri guys seen any in your area. I was blown away. Lived north of KC for about 28 years and have never seen one. Are we being invaded???
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05 June 2006, 22:17
graybirdNext time you come back to Okla take as many of those SOBs back with as you can load into a pickup truck! My grandmother is fighting a battle with them right now getting into her flower beds. I bet she calls my dad about 2-3 times per month to come and 'take care' of another one. She won't shoot one but she'll damn sure let you know when one needs shootin'! Gotta love her!
Graybird
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06 June 2006, 04:39
bkmastrmy dad was around the wichita area a while back and they saw a dead dillo along the highway. they seem to be spreading into farther areas.
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06 June 2006, 05:48
smedleyquote:
Originally posted by graybird:
Next time you come back to Okla take as many of those SOBs back with as you can load into a pickup truck! My grandmother is fighting a battle with them right now getting into her flower beds. I bet she calls my dad about 2-3 times per month to come and 'take care' of another one. She won't shoot one but she'll damn sure let you know when one needs shootin'! Gotta love her!
GOD bless Grandmas!!!
Hey Graybird,
Can ya FedEx a few of them targets up here!!!
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06 June 2006, 06:13
Salvage33We've got 'dillas all over Louisiana, and they make great targets. Most fun is to pop them with a 22 LR round, watch them jump about two feet straight up, land, then run 10' or so and tilt over dead.
I've shot a bunch of them over the years and have never had one just go DRT...they almost always jump, run, then die.
For those that don't know, armadillos are like possum on the half shell.
John
06 June 2006, 07:30
RayderluvrMark, you were probably pretty close to Nevada, MO on 71. I see them a lot down here (dead)along 71 and sometimes here in town, but never see tehm much further North than Nevada. I have yet to see a live one.
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06 June 2006, 08:24
Eland SlayerWe have them EVERYWHERE here in Texas. My dad shot one several years ago with his .44 mag at only a few feet. He must have hit it just right, because it was like he hit the self-destruct button. The thing literally exploded! No pieces bigger than a quarter were left. He got covered in armadillo chunks and blood spatter. I guess their shell is under some serious pressure or something because this thing blew up!
06 June 2006, 09:54
georgeldHave never shot one, but, sure busted a bunch over the years while trucking the south, Tex and Ok etc.
Like turtles, not smart enough to stay off the hwy's. Sure make a thump!
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06 June 2006, 15:02
Mark TaylorRayderlver, Yes, it was a little north of Neveda. Probably closer to Butler. Just surprised me so much. Never have seen any in Missouri before. Don't really mind any new targets myself.
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06 June 2006, 15:36
hvy barrelAfter hurricane Katrina some neighbors of a hunting lease I am on in Walker county GA caught one in a live trap. I am thinking that is was displaced by the hurricane.
06 June 2006, 18:35
graybirdIf you really want to have a little fun with dillos the next time you're driving and one is crossing the road. Straddle them and then once they get just under the front bumper, hit the horn. They will jump up and hit the front axle or transmission of your truck. Don't blow the horn too early because they will jump high enough to get into your grill. They won't hunt anything (at least I haven't had anything torn up yet) but you'll get them none the least. Sometimes this keeps you from swerving all over the highway just to get one of the little buggers.
Graybird
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We have plenty in OK & Ar, See them in Branson and Sprinfield MO as well.
We have a mexican at work on 3rd shift who has been bringing extra food and feeding his work crew burritos and tamales, everyone bragging how good they were, then one morning someone said something about they hit a dillo on their way to work and mexican wanted directions to where it was laying and then it came out that they had been eating road kill dillos and snake all month long. Most quit eating some said it tasted to good to quit eating.
09 June 2006, 00:16
sdeshazoThey are thick as fleas in Florida, I bet I shoot 2 or 3 a week.
18 June 2006, 03:06
Rod SmithSalvage 33
Try a 40 grain BT in a 223 or more so a 22-250
or a 85BT in a 25-06 & you will see DRT, the BT
hits tha armor & begins the explosion, most impressive! I would love to see more go North!
quote:
Originally posted by Mark Taylor:
Took a trip this weekend down to Oklahoma to see #2 son. Cruising south of KC on 71 and about 60miles from KC see 2 armadillos dead on the side of the road. Any of you Missouri guys seen any in your area. I was blown away. Lived north of KC for about 28 years and have never seen one. Are we being invaded???
Yep,
Tons of them in southern Missouri. They don't seem to make it north of the Missouri river though. Never seen one around KC or my home ground of northeast Missouri.
Wes
19 June 2006, 01:13
jbhewittWell we're getting a few around home here( 40 miles south of KC) saw one on the road on the way back from my varmint outing last weekend.
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19 June 2006, 08:20
Mark TaylorUpdate from 2 weeks ago; They are here. I live about 35 miles NE of KC. Guess the Missouri River couldn't hold them back. Now we will see what a 45gr Sierra can do to them.
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Several years (early 90's) My wife, youngest son,and myself were headed to Table Rock lake in southwestern Missouri. I was pulling a fairly good size bass boat and was probably doing the speed limit (65) on Hwy 44 south of Springfield,Mo. I didn't get a chance to pull over, the traffic was kind of heavy. However, laying on the shoulder was a large armadillo. I thought to myself at first that my eyes were
playing tricks on me. I didn't think, they would be this far north. I also read up on them on the internet. You shouldn't handle one dead or alive. Not all, but some carry leprosy
03 July 2006, 19:52
jstevensMark
They are as common as rats in SW Mo. around Springfield and Branson. I am in the north part, haven't seen any in the KC area north, but they were not in Springfield a few years back either.
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04 July 2006, 07:04
Mark TaylorSay Jstevens, been meaning to ask you, How long a range is that up there by Gallatin? Would like to get somewhere to do some serious work with my Italian Sharps.
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04 July 2006, 09:38
army aviatorquote:
Originally posted by Mark Taylor:
Took a trip this weekend down to Oklahoma to see #2 son. Cruising south of KC on 71 and about 60miles from KC see 2 armadillos dead on the side of the road. Any of you Missouri guys seen any in your area. I was blown away. Lived north of KC for about 28 years and have never seen one. Are we being invaded???
We are being envaded by them here at Lake of The Ozarks. Digging up our yards and they really do a job to a golf course green.