Have any of you killed these with a high power .22 PCP rifle? Just wondering? Keep reading to see what an adventures I have had with these pest..
LOL I trapped 11 in the few weeks in my yard. They actually dug under the chain link fence and got into the yard. I began to see where they were rooting around in the yard. LOL it looked like a hog was in the yard. I located two den holes and trapped them over a period of weeks as they came out. I can only trap one at the time using my live trap, It might be 3-4 days or longer before another one would come out and get in the trap. There are sometimes multiple armadillos in the same hole. This was my case. So it took about a 1/2 month for all of them to get caught. Just be warned...if you don't subsequently kill them and choose to relocate them, take them several miles away or they may return! My dog actually sent one to the happy hunting grounds. I let the dog out into the chain link fenced backyard about 3 AM one morning to be excused and all hell broke loose. LOL I didn't know what he had gotten. I was thinking house cat, coon, or possum. They all visit at times! I grabbed a flashlight and went running out into yard. By then he had dispatched the intruder.
After getting all of the armadillos, I back filled the holes with bricks, debris, and dirt.
That was an experience! Good riddance!
By the way there was no such thing as an armadillo in Alabama when I was growing up. They migrated from western states ino Alabama. They also brought the coyotes with them. Thanks Ezana4CE 
. I began seeing both in the late 70's. They have now proliferated beyond imagination. LOL, damn squirrels and armadillos! So...the war continues and the squirrels have recruited the armadillos.
