Comments on: Weekend Gardening: Outwit and Outlast Those Troublesome Armadillos

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:52:00 +0000

I can understand everyone’s frustration, if only they were not such peaceful little creatures, its hard to kill the gentle, if only they were mean. This dilemma is a two lane blacktop., for me anyway.

By: Mr. T

Mr. T — Sun, 29 May 2011 19:25:23 +0000

You know, I would leave them in peace if they would me.. It’s bad when you sweat
your butt off trying to have a decent lawn and flower garden,just to have these
bas@#&ds destroy it by the time you wake up the next morning!!! I’ll give “em
peace,, they can rest in peace after I shoot them !!!!

By: bwayne

bwayne — Sun, 29 May 2011 16:01:10 +0000

I found another method for trapping them is to dig a hole, set a metal bucket down inside it and balance a plank over the hole in such a way that the weight of the armadillo will cause the plank to drop it into the bucket when the critter walks out on the plank. The plank should be lightly dusted with soil, and perhaps seeded with meal worms or such. Of course, you have to make sure the hole and the bucket are big enough to contain it. Then use your discretion on how to extract, relocate, or dispose of it.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 29 May 2011 15:02:35 +0000

I remember when my son was young and we used to think they were cute!!!!

By: Killa Dilla

Killa Dilla — Sun, 29 May 2011 02:35:32 +0000

Leon: do we use our brains when a fox is in the chicken house or perhaps coyotes killing our livestock or even when bugs and insects attack our garden. At some point and time nuissance critters that destoy what we work for must go. Using a gun at times may mean we are using our brains!!

Why did the ckicken cross the road?
To show the armadillo it can be done!!

By: dagb

dagb — Sat, 28 May 2011 23:06:55 +0000

22 shorts, and the flashlight has worked the best for me.

By: moma3boys

moma3boys — Sat, 28 May 2011 20:42:28 +0000

I have a 100 pound American Bulldog that has made it his mission in life to rid the world of armadillos. I must say they’re beginning to thin out where I live.

By: L Eidson

L Eidson — Sat, 28 May 2011 17:58:57 +0000

Oops! Should read it again – not the size of the Armidillos, it’s the size of the burrows.

By: jcellop

jcellop — Sat, 28 May 2011 17:06:02 +0000

im POSITIVE that if i encountered an armadillo “7-8 inches in diameter and 15 feet long”, id be taking a video for YOUTUBE! and, then….call 911 !! (im sure that had to be a typo, hopefully!)

By: Leon

Leon — Sat, 28 May 2011 16:49:52 +0000

Leave those animals in peace….what about if we start shooting everything we do not like ….lets use our brains.not our guns.