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That sounds like... fun. :)

A little research and I find shotgun shells are more than $20.00 a box depending on what you choose to shoot. I think last time I was actively buying ammo they were a little above $10.00 a box which was high then.

Armadillo invasion
 

That DNA research I linked is saying the nine banded armadillo found in Argentina doesn’t actually live in the US. Regardless they certainly have limits to the levels of cold they can tolerate. Thats not to say they can’t keep adapting as they move further north though.

Very interesting, thanks

not sarcastic-this is an interesting thread
Feral pigs- now armadillos

The Armadillos are wearing my ass out. I have been getting up every couple hours to check and see if they are out there. Each morning I go out with a hoe and pitchfork to repair the damage.

I bought some motion activated lights today and hopefully that will help. I have the shotgun loaded with 00 shells ready to go.

We made the trip to Springfield today and saw at least a half dozen road kill Armadillos on the way. Stopped at the big hardware store in Nixa asking for traps and there were several other people in there checking on the same thing due to Armadillo damage.

Speaking of hogs, my son in law shot these a couple days ago, the same morning I shot the Armadillo, on his property in Texas.

https://i.postimg.cc/7Ptbkv1F/hogs.jpg

Dammit, Biden opened up the border and these bad mothers have found their way to Ky! :D :rolleyes:

Well I may have stumbled on to a solution after much deliberation.

So far, this is the second night in a row without any prolonged visits from these armored rats that I am aware of and zero damage yesterday after a thorough check.

I had been considering the trap thing and shopped them on Amazon, Ebay and the big hardware store in Nixa. A one use approximate $70 expenditure that might not work but I would have paid double that for something that would positively kill the things instantly.

So, when at Sam's on Wednesday I picked up some motion detector lights for $17. If I had spent more time looking at them I probably wouldn't have bought them since they need to be plugged into AC. But, after running a long extension cord out there and setting them up where the Armadillos had been most active it seems to be working. :p

Anyone thought of an electric fence? I am on 10 acres and had some horses back in the day. Pain in the ass to maintain, but kept the horses in????? Or armored rats out?

An M1A1 would work as well

Cant remember if it was FB or Reddit.

Someone had run over an armadillo in Adair county, IA.

They began showing up on our farm in KS in the 2000s, IIRC.

Wow, I had no idea they had made it that far north.


Southern part of the state I hope? Have they damaged your crops?

I have been getting concerned about what they would do on our farm in NW Kansas.

I live in the country north of Springfield. I can concur. I see them all the time.

Those critters are all over SWMO.