Armadillos in Tennessee?

I'm pretty sure I saw a roadkilled armadillo somewhere around Chattanooga. Are they common there? I guess there's no reason there wouldn't be.
Also saw a ton of roadkilled coyotes all thru TN, KY, IL.

Yes, we have armadillos here. I am in the western part of the state. Seems like they came right behind the fire ants.

I am in the Ozarks they are everywhere, anybody know how to lower the population?

We have them in the southern part of NC as well.

We have roadrunner here in the Ouachitas. Y'all got them in the Ozarks?

They are all over Middle Tennessee. Frequently catch them in double door cage traps set up as blind sets.

A spotlight and a .22 is what I use. Right after dark around the farm I can usually do good.

Buddy just moved to MO and is seeing them there now I hunted that area years ago never heard of one around central MO then.

J Staton yes

I have not seen or heard of any in Michigan yet.

They been there. My father inlaw lives South of Nashville. He kills a few every year.

yes, I see them frequently

I have not seen one here north of Knoxville.

Starting to see a few in southern KY..saw first one as road kill couple years back. Seeing sign of them occasionally.

there in southern IL

I am glad IL. is a long State.

Our wildlife department says me we have a few In Western NC. Never seen one here. I read a year ago that their northern migration might reach PA. Limited only by frozen ground.

I saw one in IA this summer.

They were in western Ky for a few years before I moved from there in 2015. At least 5 years prior to that I saw them on the side of the road just south of St Louis Mo. It is definitely a period of expansion for the species.

If armadillos took over East St Louis it would be an improvement. I was shocked at the craphole ghetto it is there.

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

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.

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.

We still got a plenty in ks......killed at least 20 so far this spring

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.

They sure can jump when they take a .22 pill.

We froze them all out this year in n Texas.:):)

Can ya eat em ?

Who would want to?

I understand that Mexicans do.

Possum on the half shell. It's what's for dinner.

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

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.

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.

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.

Been spotted in East TN.. Oak Ridge, Wartburg and Sunbright. One killed in Sunbright just about a week ago.

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.

Don't they carry the leprosy or something.

Yes

What counties qbd?

Pretty wide range according to the WRC........

Armadillo Range in NC

I got one on a trail cam, and saw one turkey hunting here in Middle Tennessee. Also seen a few dead on the road.

I hit one in So. IL this week.

Since posting this I've seen them clear up to Kansas City

They are in KY

they are in southern ill. been seeing lots of dead ones on the roads