As small as those traps are that Bare Hunter has been using, he shared some additional information. As large as you would think an armadillo is, they can actually turn around in the 9x11x18, surprising as well as educational, providing a different perspective, new information. Just like you wouldn't use a 460 Weatherby for squirrels, you wouldn't use a .22 for elephants, the right tool for the job. There is a learning curve with new equipment in finding out what tools are in fact right for the job and will work and what won't, or what will work sometimes, just how far you can push. Obviously sometimes or never won't cut it. Bare Hunter has made 7 consecutive armadillo catches in the small traps without issue, a big surprise to most of us, me included, which shows a trend, indications for what might be possible in the future. Anyone in ADC, out in the field doing it every day knows the value in space saving equipment in a truck, the smaller the better. I have seen armadillo traps advertised as large as 11x13x48, they work. Great, as long as you have one job.
Paul says that he gets fewer refusals with small, which makes sense, more open less intimidating.. I know when I began using 9x11x18 inch double door traps for chucks and skunks, there were many skeptics, detractors, later becoming believers when they tried it for themselves. Bottom line, its all about options, the ability to choose what you want to use, big, small, single, double etc. and how you choose to use it.
