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I've always held you guys responsible for the influx of armadillos into Arkansas. I have one burrowing under my house. Any proven method of getting it out?

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

Move

Mike
White Oak, Texas

Feed it with cookies and a banana for about 6 months then on the last day feed just the cookies, forget about the banana, keep a hammer close at hand, if it gets out and asks for the banana, you'll know what to do with the hammer!

oh okies,sorry thought cookies! Serge Poirier38791.9821064815

when you get it out, or kill it whatever. SAve the shell for me. Serious. I
want to build a traditional charango.

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John Mayes
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Hi Ron

Charge it rent Armadillos are notoriously cheap, it will move out, alternately if this doesn't work stick a fedex label on it, those guys will ship anything, although you will have to ship surface as Armadillos are Hazadous

They should never have started giving them bus passes.

Sorry Ron I'm not being much help , but we don't have too many Armadillos around here.

i hunted armadillo in africa once, voracious little blighters, saw them nibble clean though a mans left toenail.......i still get nightmares about it now...

i think you need an old trick i picked up in india, for a week you must wear your underpants inside out, then the next week, wear them upside down (sounds tricky but it can be done with perserverance and a clear mind) walk around the perimeter of your house anti-clockwise three times,

whilst the armadillo is rolling around laughing at you, then you must strike, i like to get them in an arm lock and then finsh them off with an egg slicer, you have never tasted anything sweeter than freshly filleted armadillo, or as the french called it, poisson de terre.

hope this helps


paddy

I always heard it called "possum on a half shell. They have crossed the Miss. River, and are now in the southwestern corner of Illinois.

Al

Ron.

Forget John's charango, you can make your very own Ovation

I think the sight of Paddy walking round your house dressed only in his underpants might make the critter dig in even further!

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[QUOTE=PaddyD] i hunted armadillo in africa once, voracious little blighters, saw them nibble clean though a mans left toenail.......i still get nightmares about it now...

i think you need an old trick i picked up in india, for a week you must wear your underpants inside out, then the next week, wear them upside down (sounds tricky but it can be done with perserverance and a clear mind) walk around the perimeter of your house anti-clockwise three times,

whilst the armadillo is rolling around laughing at you, then you must strike, i like to get them in an arm lock and then finsh them off with an egg slicer, you have never tasted anything sweeter than freshly filleted armadillo, or as the french called it, poisson de terre.

hope this helps


paddy[/QUOTE]

Pat, that is hilarious! Thanks, I needed that... By the by, you, Hesh and I all share the same birthday... Now that is weird... Cheers

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I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

Out here in far West Texas we don't allow the critters further west than San Angelo. Of course we don allow it to rain much past San Angelo either

Well, I guess I got all the help I deserved. Thanks fellows. I'm not sure which method I'll try first.

Pretty rare thing here, every single response made me laugh out loud. I still have armadillo trouble , but I feel a lot better.    These answers are hilarious.

Thanks,
Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

Moth balls.

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Jimmy Caldwell
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[QUOTE=PaddyD] i hunted armadillo in africa once, voracious little blighters, saw them nibble clean though a mans left toenail.......i still get nightmares about it now...
i think you need an old trick i picked up in india, for a week you must wear your underpants inside out, then the next week, wear them upside down (sounds tricky but it can be done with perserverance and a clear mind) walk around the perimeter of your house anti-clockwise three times,
whilst the armadillo is rolling around laughing at you, then you must strike, i like to get them in an arm lock and then finsh them off with an egg slicer, you have never tasted anything sweeter than freshly filleted armadillo, or as the french called it, poisson de terre.
hope this helps
paddy[/QUOTE]

Paddy, you rock. That's hilarious. perserverance and a clear mind. Good material!

Thanks, Jimmie
I've tried moth balls, but it's hard to hit them when they're running.


Seriously, I have tried moth balls, with limited success. and I have put sulfur powder in the burrow. I think I will try the moth balls again, though, and really load up. If I had a smoke bomb I would throw it in and fill one end of the tunnel then wait for him to come out the other end. I have found two ends. Maybe if I put the water hose in there and flood him out. Hmmmmm.


Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

If he`s a little too wily for a varmint gun, you can use your pickup truck and a length of flexible tubing. Exhaust fumes work really well around these parts for ground hogs. Believe me, carbon monoxide does in fact work, as I personally had a darn close call with it last December.
Or you could loan him a hundred bucks and tell him you want it back on Fri. He`ll disappear never to be seen again. This works with other types of pests as well!

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[QUOTE=Cocephus]
Or you could loan him a hundred bucks and tell him you want it back on Fri. He`ll disappear never to be seen again. This works with other types of pests as well![/QUOTE]

Good one Coe!

Seriously, I live in an infested area as well, great advice from others, I would contact my local County Extension Service office and ask them, they will have either a trap, or a method to remedy the situation.

Mike
White Oak, Texas

That's a good idea, Mike. I might do that. I like the carbon monoxide idea too, and I have a pickup. Thanks.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

[QUOTE=MSpencer] Seriously, I live in an infested area as well, great advice from others, I would contact my local County Extension Service office and ask them, they will have either a trap, or a method to remedy the situation.
Mike
White Oak, Texas[/QUOTE]
I've seen both armadillo and a racoon in live traps and I've never seen poorer sports. They growl, bare fangs and look like if they got loose, they'd go right for your femoral artery.

I've had a tangle or two with racoons, but find the armadillo to be rather docile. They have very poor eyesight and this is compensated by great hearing and smell. We have been sitting out in the evenings by one of my water features and they pass through. They will root around in the beds and come within just a few feet of you and just keep on going. I once had a pet armadillo, it would follow me like a dog everywhere I went, actually pretty calm creatures. The County Extension will release them further out in the woods, they don't kill these trapped animals at least here in my county where there are not alot of people and alot of timber woodlands. Never known one to be agressive, generally jump and run the other way. Never had one in a trap, so they may get a little steamed.

Mike
White Oak, Texas

I'm surprised no one has suggested that you enroll him on the local church roll. You'll need to start having prayer meetings at your home, and then he'll be nowhere to be found.

Or the joke runs something like that

Steve

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Now I think I remember my sister who lives in Austin saying something to the effect that it was OK to run over them on the road, but you couldn`t shoot `em (legally). Maybe that was just the beer talking...

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Give me 50 cents worth of regular.
Check my oil too, if you don`t mind,,,

I think it is OK to shoot 'em, never heard to the contrary.

Mike
White Oak, Texas

I'd just drive your truck back and forth beside your house. They all seem to get run over eventually . I would wear gloves to handle them though. I believe they are are the only animal besides man to carry leprosy. Could never understand why people would put them in exotic chili.

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Don Atwood
Arlington, VA

Mabe you could shoot it with mothballs out of a slingshot.

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