Posted: 10/25/2012 7:18:15 AM EDT
| I reside within the city limits, so what are some favored options for ridding my lawn of armadillos? |
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Take up archery and tag em with varmint tips meh sit on the roof and stick'em to the ground if you know where they are coming from (like under a fence into your back) you have to set up "guides" (like 2x4s or something) and "channel" them into a trap I had an issue some years ago and it wouldnt ever go into my trap (I didnt know about "guiding" them back then) said armadillo may or may not have finally met his demise from a suppressed 10/22.... about the 3rd time you step into a hole while mowing the yard and almost break your leg off, you'll get serious about it. |
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I won't fire any shots within the city limits, suppressed or not the armadillos are hitting the yard in the middle of the night when I'm asleep, so I don't plan to stay up waiting to whack them with anything You would never make it on a ranch.  The rancher at our deer lease was complaining last year about all the digging in his flower beds and told my Dad he could remove any he saw around the house. So one evening we're heading back into camp and I see my 63 year old father with his Ruger Security Six in hand and my 30 year old cousin tearing through the brush on the back side of the house, then 3 or 4 shots. I was like wth? They were shooting armadillos. 
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| I use a .22 pellet rifle with waxed hallow points. It does the trick and the neighbors don't get pissy about it being a pellet gun. I am in the middle of Keller surrounded by houses with a field on our back fence. We get possums, snakes, and every now and then a dillo. In fact my neighbors wife asked me to get rid of some coons they had under their deck last week. They tear everything up if they would invade with out destroying I would let them be but they don't. |
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I've never grabbed them but have know those that do. If you want to catch, make sure to avoid those sharp claws, especially trying to pull them out of their holes.
They have the highest bounce of anything I've shot in the head. I'm sure there is a member here that has a dog that loves to eat armadillos or you can just get a few traps. I've had a family destroy a large section of my parents' front yard and learned scaring them off doesn't work. |
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Just grab 'em by the tail and throw them in a burlap bag. Then throw the bag over your shoulder and walk around town. When people stop and ask what you have in the bag, you can proudly proclaim "armadillos". It's rare I laugh out loud! I actually would love to see some trap ideas. My in laws have big problems but will not let me use a .22 or pellet gun due to their crazy HOA. |
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Just grab 'em by the tail and throw them in a burlap bag. Then throw the bag over your shoulder and walk around town. When people stop and ask what you have in the bag, you can proudly proclaim "armadillos". It's rare I laugh out loud! I actually would love to see some trap ideas. My in laws have big problems but will not let me use a .22 or pellet gun due to their crazy HOA. Legend has it that Lone Star Beer works but that might attract the larger ones. |
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Just grab 'em by the tail and throw them in a burlap bag. Then throw the bag over your shoulder and walk around town. When people stop and ask what you have in the bag, you can proudly proclaim "armadillos". I would consider this idea, particularly if somebody could videotape me doing it to post on YT |
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Just grab 'em by the tail and throw them in a burlap bag. Then throw the bag over your shoulder and walk around town. When people stop and ask what you have in the bag, you can proudly proclaim "armadillos". I would consider this idea, particularly if somebody could videotape me doing it to post on YT I would. Just sayin' mm |
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Just grab 'em by the tail and throw them in a burlap bag. Then throw the bag over your shoulder and walk around town. When people stop and ask what you have in the bag, you can proudly proclaim "armadillos". I would consider this idea, particularly if somebody could videotape me doing it to post on YT Invite Karma over for a long night of drinking and I'm certain this could happen. |
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Are we at pique armadillo? mm no Armadillo Peak is a long ways from Texas |
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They get into my yard every so often. I've found the easiest thing when I see the little holes they dig is to treat the yard with anti grub poison. They typically stop digging shortly after the grubs are managed.
Like another poster mentioned, they often dig under the fences and seem to follow the same routes all the time. I've filled the dug out areas under the fence with rocks and what I can find, they just dig it back out the next night instead of changing their path. So setting a trap and using a set of guides has been working for me as well. Someone at one point told me to put mushy bananas in the trap which I have been doing but don't know if it makes a difference. I didn't have much luck trapping them with just bananas and the trap until I started adding the guides. |
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I reside within the city limits, so what are some favored options for ridding my lawn of armadillos? Talked to my friend at work. He said they were after the grubs in the yard. Treat the yard for the grubs, and that should run them off, at least to a neigbor. TXL ETA, looks like powerslide had the same advice. |
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You need to treat for grubs anyway before you lose your turf. Over And Out has been reformulated and is back on the shelf. It isn't the best, but it's good and the bifenfrin- active ingredient in it, treats for a lot of problem insects. It was better when it had fipronil, and it lasted 6 months instead of just 3, but it's still good. It's granular so you just need a fertilizer spreader. This would be a good time to apply a pre-emergent for weed control too. Scott's makes a good product for that. Just buy the proper one for whatever turf you have. The stuff for treating Bermuda will kill St. Augustine. |
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You need to treat for grubs anyway before you lose your turf. Over And Out has been reformulated and is back on the shelf. It isn't the best, but it's good and the bifenfrin- active ingredient in it, treats for a lot of problem insects. It was better when it had fipronil, and it lasted 6 months instead of just 3, but it's still good. It's granular so you just need a fertilizer spreader. This would be a good time to apply a pre-emergent for weed control too. Scott's makes a good product for that. Just buy the proper one for whatever turf you have. The stuff for treating Bermuda will kill St. Augustine. thanks for the tips! |
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Catch 'em and race them. That's what the high school band does for their "Spring Fling" fundraising event.
We would go to the woods and pastures at night and generally catch them by running them down pinning them down to the ground. Never grabbed their tails. We were pretty gentle. As gentle as we could be considering they got some pretty strong short legs. We only kept them a few days for the races and then let them go... across the river of course. Cattle ranchers don't like them so much. |
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Catch 'em and race them. That's what the high school band does for their "Spring Fling" fundraising event. We would go to the woods and pastures at night and generally catch them by running them down pinning them down to the ground. Never grabbed their tails. We were pretty gentle. As gentle as we could be considering they got some pretty strong short legs. We only kept them a few days for the races and then let them go... across the river of course. Cattle ranchers don't like them so much. got any video of these armadillo races? |
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Any tips for getting rid of moles? Since this appears to be the ag subforum. You try tannerite yet? arfcom style |
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ARFCOM STYLE
BA-BOOOM ....I have also used a nice Cattle Prod with a nice, fresh battery |