I have eliminated two of them from being a problem. They are now buzzard food.
My motion detector lights turned out to be folly and so did the trap I bought. They weren't the least bit interested in the dog food I used for bait.
Double 00 shot works good though.

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Killed another one at 2:45 this morning. Hopefully that will be the end of these little bastards for a while.

Kind of crazy how getting up to pee and ending up shooting the 12 gauge gets your heart rate up, making it difficult to go back to sleep. :D

Nice job cleaning up the trash....
The only good Armadillo is a dead Armadillo

I could not agree more. The critter did a lot damage on it's "last shot"


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"Have you any suggestions or experience with them?"

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Good to see you're working on your aim. I know I would be. Would also be testing the ballistics of some of my guns. See which ones could turn those suckers inside out.

It is a real challenge for me when you wake up to empty your bladder and see one of these critters out in the front yard. I have learned to pee first before I look out the window. :D

I have evolved to having a spotlight shining out at just above ground level on the front yard and #6 shells seem to be the ticket.

These things really do a crazy dance right before they keel over. Almost like cartwheels.

You need to have the wife take a video of it next time. :)

I second this idea.

Seriously, it's not like the shotgun blast in the yard isn't going to wake her up anyway.....

^ This, kids, is what is commonly referred to as logic.

Good time to brew some coffee and set out a bowl of cat/dog food and go for another one.

Haha, :LOL: She complains about being disturbed by the sound of the shotgun. It is loud as hell since it is so quiet around here in the middle of the night.

I have tried the trapping thing with dog food and even dug up a bunch of grubs and worms for the $70 trap I bought that was a waste of money. Spent about two weeks doing it with no luck.

I made a trail of grub worms in little container lids from in front of the trap all the way to the back of it. Nope. Everything I have read indicated that it would be very difficult to trap them and I have determined it is a waste of time and money.

My next step is to spread so much Merit/bug killer that it will totally eliminate the food source that attracts them. I have put Merit down annually, but plan on going well beyond that. https://www.domyown.com/merit-05-ins...les-p-301.html

I don't always see an armadillo but when I do, I swerve.