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Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Gary Benson] #7129493
01/10/21 08:44 AM
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If armadillos took over East St Louis it would be an improvement. I was shocked at the craphole ghetto it is there.


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Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Mark K] #7232569
04/01/21 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark K
I saw one in IA this summer.



A few weeks ago I saw more in IA. Right around Keokuk.

Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: J Staton] #7232583
04/01/21 11:29 AM
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We have roadrunner here in the Ouachitas. Y'all got them in the Ozarks?


A few here roadrunner here is SW Missouri. Not overly common though.

Saw my first armadillo in the late 70s along a railroad track while rabbit hunting. I've been told it's a migration thing from Central America and at the time of the Alamo armadillos were just then coming into central Texas.

Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Gary Benson] #7232640
04/01/21 12:43 PM
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I think this winter did a number on them here. Haven't seen one since the -15 cold spell and we have/had tons of them. Not even a road kill.

Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Gary Benson] #7232719
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We still got a plenty in ks......killed at least 20 so far this spring

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Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Gary Benson] #7232896
04/01/21 08:25 PM
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Seems like they moved into middle TN a few years ago. They will eat turkey eggs but they are slow movers so you don’t really have to lead them much.

Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Gary Benson] #7232984
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They sure can jump when they take a .22 pill.


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Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Gary Benson] #7233100
04/02/21 12:31 AM
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We froze them all out this year in n Texas.:):)


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Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Gary Benson] #7233112
04/02/21 03:55 AM
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Can ya eat em ?

Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: yukonjeff] #7233114
04/02/21 04:32 AM
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Originally Posted by yukonjeff
Can ya eat em ?


Who would want to?

I understand that Mexicans do.


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Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Gary Benson] #7233148
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Possum on the half shell. It's what's for dinner.


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Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: yukonjeff] #7233174
04/02/21 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by yukonjeff
Can ya eat em ?



I can remember dad calling them "Hoover Hogs" when I was a kid. Meaning in the time of the depression people ate them. I don't know if that is true or just a saying. I do know that armadillos are suspected of carrying leprosy so I will not be eating any.

Like J Staton I have heard them referred to as possum on the half shell

Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: K52] #7233236
04/02/21 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by K52
I think this winter did a number on them here. Haven't seen one since the -15 cold spell and we have/had tons of them. Not even a road kill.

It got down to -23 here and we still got em. Dogs (paterdales) have found several along with many we have shot out of the hay fields this spring. I was hoping the cold had killed them, but it didn't seem to make any difference.
Seen my first one here in 1999 and everyone laughed at me saying I had drank to much. About a week later I seen one (maybe the same one, but a half mile away), I caught that one live and took it to the local COOP. I tossed it on the floor and asked just how drunk are you fellas as it scurried around. Now 20 years later we got the dang things everywhere. frown

As for eating the things, I have heard they could be and are eaten by some folks. I would have to be awfully hungry to get past the stink of the things. sick

Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Gary Benson] #7233248
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I live in Southern Indiana near Evansville. Just north of the Ohio river and east of the Wabash. I’ve yet to see one here but cross over into Kentucky and their a dime a dozen around Henderson Kentucky.
I’m sure the rivers keep them at bay a little. My buddy was bowfishing on Kentucky lake many years ago and seen a dillo swimming across the lake.

Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Scuba1] #7282538
06/09/21 04:50 PM
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Been spotted in East TN.. Oak Ridge, Wartburg and Sunbright. One killed in Sunbright just about a week ago.

Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: nramemb] #7282560
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Originally Posted by nramemb
there in southern IL


I'll confirm that.I saw one and didn't know what is was. A month or so later one got ran over on the highway. 20 years ago there was one laying on the highway at a little crossroads store here. They got the newspaper down there and took pictures and wrote up an article. A few months later word got out that a truck driver that lived near there found it on the road in Texas and brought it back and caused a little excitement.

Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Gary Benson] #7282564
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Don't they carry the leprosy or something.

Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Foxpaw] #7282568
06/09/21 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Foxpaw
Don't they carry the leprosy or something.


Yes


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Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: QuietButDeadly] #7282737
06/09/21 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by QuietButDeadly
We have them in the southern part of NC as well.

What counties qbd?

Re: Armadillos in Tennessee? [Re: Gary Benson] #7282809
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Pretty wide range according to the WRC........

Armadillo Range in NC


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