Armadillo madness...

[James Murphy]

goddamn...
4:20 AM and i am covered in dirt and sweat...
i just had to chase an armadillo across my yard... shooting at it with my .357 the whole way... lol

wounded it, but it made it's way to it's den... which turned out to be opposite a culvert that crosses the lane that runs alongside my house... which means it's den was just under the corner of my yard...
was able to see the back and part of the side of it's body... and blasted it until it stopped moving and making noise... about 3 shots...
then i dug out free dirt from around the culvert opening and filled in the hole...

it's home became it's tomb, poor guy... but it was him or my yard.... my yard wins,

seriously though, i truly do not enjoy killing them... but it's the only way to be rid of them and the damage they do to property... not to mention to your ankle if you step in the holes they dig all over the place.

R.I.P. little armoured dude.

[Öwen]

Originally Posted by James Murphy

goddamn...
i just had to chase an armadillo across my yard... shooting at it with my .357 the whole way...

Ahahahahaha

[James Murphy]

the only way to get the buggers is to patrol the yard at night, flashlight and gun in hand.... that's when they come and do their damage, which includes holes all over your property, and even more destructive digging all your the foundation stacks of your house, if it's raised off the ground, which mine is.

also, over half of them are carriers for Leprosy, and can transmit it by attacking with their claws, and other diseases which can be transmitted via their fecal matter... which they will of course leave all over your property, endangering you and your pets. they also are known to be common carriers of Rabies, and to often carriers of tapeworms and salmonella.

yeah, they gotsta go. but you're right to laugh... i'm sure it was quite a comical sight, since having lost weight none of my jeans stay up very well... so yeah, half my ass was undoubtedly hanging out.

[kaomao]

Originally Posted by James Murphy

also, over half of them are carriers for Leprosy, and can transmit it by attacking with their claws, and other diseases which can be transmitted via their fecal matter... which they will of course leave all over your property, endangering you and your pets. they also are known to be common carriers of Rabies, and to often carriers of tapeworms and salmonella.

What ? leprosy? oh god you did the right thing then lol
I can understand rabies but I didn't know a single animal carrying leprosy!
They look cool but in the end are bastards lol
The fucker died !

[Öwen]

It's only really funny cos I've never seen an armadillo in my life and have never so much as held a gun, so the idea of our intrepid and mustachioed hero chasing an armoured mammal across his front lawn with a deadly weapon is as far removed from any reality I'm familiar with as possible.

[DanLights]

Originally Posted by Öwen

It's only really funny cos I've never seen an armadillo in my life and have never so much as held a gun, so the idea of our intrepid and mustachioed hero chasing an armoured mammal across his front lawn with a deadly weapon is as far removed from any reality I'm familiar with as possible.

this, and Jame's comments about his half naked ass made my morning hahahaha


Now seriously, my vegetarian girlfriend would freak out at you for this, and personally I really find it a bit bad-person-ish but I understand and accept your point, it's like killing a roach cause of the diseases and such, although I don't fell capable of killing anything bigger than a roach.

I know a good veggie/straight edge something would say something like "well they were there first, it;s more THEIR yard than yours", but seriously I'm not putting that onto you

[kev]

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[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

Originally Posted by James Murphy

goddamn...
4:20 AM and i am covered in dirt and sweat...
i just had to chase an armadillo across my yard... shooting at it with my .357 the whole way... lol

Holy shit, if you tried to pull off a stunt like that up here, there would be six police patrols on your ass in five minutes, you'd be locked up for years and the yellow press would write about it for the next decade This dude from the town I go to school to got taken down by the cops on his way to school one morning, held up for a day, made it to the news and all his computers taken away. His crime? Someone thought he had an assault rifle. Maybe. Or well... he could've had. At least he was into sports shooting. The cops even showed him some IRC logs of the casual conversations they had been monitoring (seriously), and one of them was me telling about my drunken adventures (SERIOUSLY).

Now imagine if he had been blasting off armadillos!

[Glenn Fricker]

Originally Posted by James Murphy

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i just had to chase an armadillo across my yard... shooting at it with my .357 the whole way... lol

Hey man, is this your truck?




Sorry, couldn't resist.... Armadillos & handguns in the same sentence just make me think "redneck!"

[Erik Monsonis]

Originally Posted by Jarkko Mattheiszen

Holy shit, if you tried to pull off a stunt like that up here, there would be six police patrols on your ass in five minutes, you'd be locked up for years and the yellow press would write about it for the next decade

Same in Spain...

[GarethSE]

armadillos are fucking cool, you're a murderer murph >:{

[Sickan]

This thread made me giggle.

[James Murphy]

Originally Posted by Glenn Fricker

Hey man, is this your truck?




Sorry, couldn't resist.... Armadillos & handguns in the same sentence just make me think "redneck!"

nah... this is my car:



but yeah... the story can certainly conjure up some red-neck imagery, lol.

[thefyn]

I was drunk in a hammock in my backyard at 1am. Whats that? a noise to my left. I think i turned my head the same time he did. A racoon. A fkn big one, was hanging within arms reach of me from the tree next to the hammock. I caught him with his hand in to cookie jar. In this case, a birdhouse my wife had put some suet bird blocks in.

It was a Mexican standoff for a good minute :freak:-----------------:freak: before he started making his way down the tree. And he slinked off a foot at a time, watching me all along.

Florida is kinda crazy. I have seen bunnies, armadildos, snakes, possums, loads of eagles and hawks (every day event) and the coolest of all was a bobcat trotting through my garden at sunrise. it was friken beautiful.



I laugh at people going to all of these lengths to stop animals from getting in your yard. It's no big deal. Worst case scenario is a trash can knocked over. Leprosy, rabies etc? haha.
America is soft I tells ya, its media scaring the public. I just worry about carpenter ants and termites when it comes to defending my home from the marauding evil that is nature. People lose their minds because of molehills etc. Big deal. I just get in the hot tub and watch the show.

[Metaltastic]

All we have up north is deer, and Rufus keeps them at bay Though he did get blasted right in the face by a skunk once, that wasn't fun (for any of us )

[James Murphy]

this was the weapon used...



but it wasn't loaded with .357 magnum rounds.. i had it loaded with pest-control shotshells...



and thefyn... no, armadillos are an infestation, not just "animals getting in your yard", and their feces is deadly to your pets, and to you... and they damned sure are well known for a high percentage of their numbers carrying leprosy. an armadillo infestation lowers your property value, and in FL you are bound by law to deal with it before you can even sell your house.

even if you have no fear of the diseases (a bad plan, imo) they dig holes all over your yard... destroying it.. i will upload pics of some of the holes these fuckers have dug in my lawn. no, trash cans getting knocked over is definitely not the worst case scenario.

btw, i have a family of rabbits living in my yard... they just showed up one night... wild rabbits... i see them all time, and i enjoy going out and watching them. they don't even run when they see me anymore. our cat doesn't even chase them.... she can't be arsed. lol.

[The Unavoidable]

So how does those bullets work? Not knowing anything about armadillos, but do they even penetrate that armor of theirs?

[James Murphy]

Originally Posted by The Unavoidable

So how does those bullets work? Not knowing anything about armadillos, but do they even penetrate that armor of theirs?

yes, at close range they do. i actually fired the final shot from my .40 cal though... the light on the end helped me see the animal down in it's burrow, and i knew it would be immediately lethal. i wanted it to suffer as little as possible, but it had to go.

[Metaltastic]

Aren't there traps you can buy, though? Just kinda seems like a PitA to have to constantly be on 'dillo-patrol

[Jaymz]

[JMarz]

Originally Posted by James Murphy

yes, at close range they do. i actually fired the final shot from my .40 cal though... the light on the end helped me see the animal down in it's burrow, and i knew it would be immediately lethal. i wanted it to suffer as little as possible, but it had to go.

I remember when you showed me this baby on AIM

Jizzed my pants

[James Murphy]

Originally Posted by Metaltastic

Aren't there traps you can buy, though? Just kinda seems like a PitA to have to constantly be on 'dillo-patrol

it's dangerous to trap them... they have giant claws.. not a good idea. and if you do catch them, it's illegal to release them elsewhere. and if you hire a professional removal service, they "dispose of them"... meaning they kill them.

it's best to just shoot them and be done with it. quick death for them, and the least expense and danger for you.

[thefyn]

Originally Posted by James Murphy

this was the weapon used...



but it wasn't loaded with .357 magnum rounds.. i had it loaded with pest-control shotshells...



and thefyn... no, armadillos are an infestation, not just "animals getting in your yard", and their feces is deadly to your pets, and to you... and they damned sure are well known for a high percentage of their numbers carrying leprosy. an armadillo infestation lowers your property value, and in FL you are bound by law to deal with it before you can even sell your house.

even if you have no fear of the diseases (a bad plan, imo) they dig holes all over your yard... destroying it.. i will upload pics of some of the holes these fuckers have dug in my lawn. no, trash cans getting knocked over is definitely not the worst case scenario.

btw, i have a family of rabbits living in my yard... they just showed up one night... wild rabbits... i see them all time, and i enjoy going out and watching them. they don't even run when they see me anymore. our cat doesn't even chase them.... she can't be arsed. lol.

Yeah they dig my yard too. I just dont care. My yard is neat and I just stamp down the holes. I haven't known a single person whos pet was sick/diagnosed with something related to wild animals. I am sure it happens but it is not exactly rampant.

I have vacant lots next to my house which are just scrubland. So animals are everywhere. Trying to stop them would be pretty futile. My house is set up so nothing can nest/burrow in/around the property itself. Preventative measures etc.

yeah those bunnies are hardcore. They see me coming too and dont care. i haven't seen them for a while. A black and white housecat was stalking them. Ironically the only animal I have shooed from my property is that cat.

[James Murphy]

well fyn... every time i shoot one i don't have holes in my yard or around my house's support pilings for a couple months.... until another one finds my place. so the cost to me to keep my property free of these pests is a few bullets every few months. works for him.

these are not cute little critters... they are nasty, disease-ridden rodents. they don't "visit", they infest.

[thefyn]

Originally Posted by James Murphy

well fyn... every time i shoot one i don't have holes in my yard or around my house's support pilings for a couple months.... until another one finds my place. so the cost to me to keep my property free of these pests is a few bullets every few months. works for him.

these are not cute little critters... they are nasty, disease ridden rodents. they don't "visit", they infest.

I keep rodents as pets:



Rodents are only dirty and diseased if they are in slums where human waste interacts with them.

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