Warning for those who hunt armadillo's

[Art Eatman]

Working Man, that instinctive jump is what wipes them out when a car runs over them. If they'd just lie still, they might well be cleared.

Same thing when a tractor-cum-shredder is clearing a pasture of weeds. The "thump" is a one-time event.

Art

 

[Matt G]

Yep, I've popped a few with full-sized sedans and buses that would easily have cleared 'em. Thump! Well, maybe the next ones to mate will have a lower tendency to jump...

As a kid bringing in bounty on 'em for my mother's garden in my teen years, I found that the best way to hunt them was by sound; they make a racket digging in the summer hardpan. Listen for the scritch-scritch-crunch, quietly walk up to them, and put a .22 short through their heads from the muzzle of your .22 rifle at about contact distance. Warning! When head shot, they tend to begin flopping/jumping, and can get head-high in their flipping contortions, spraying dark blood everywhere. I found that a second round through their hindquarters usually puts an end to that.

 

[Working Man]

Working Man, that instinctive jump is what wipes them out when a car runs over them. If they'd just lie still, they might well be cleared.

Same thing when a tractor-cum-shredder is clearing a pasture of weeds. The "thump" is a one-time event.

Art

Yah, just like the rabbits zigzag... they make it safely across the street then
bolt back in front of my truck again. Yah Matt, I guess evolution and automobiles
don't mix.