Finally cutting int armadillo population

[Tdog]

My live trap has not produced any results yet, but my 16-gage did. One benefit of my wife not being able to sleep is that she spotted this guy dining in our front yard - - so she got me up.
Earlier, during the day, I dug up a small oak - - so I had a ready-made hole to dump him in.
Are there likely to be more of his family around? Or are they territorial & solitary?

 

[YanmarFever]

Have you ever tried armadillo stew, or soup ?

Have your wife cook some up, you will love it !

 

[waynokakid]

Around here we call them possum on the half shell. Never tried eating one, guess if I got desperate enough......

 

[Bird]

I used to have an employee who would bring barbecued armadillo and raccoon to work; both quite tasty.

 

[texasjohn]

Where there is one, there are more.
When they are born, there are always four... all identical twins... all the same ***.
They don't run in herds.... but I wouldn't be surprised if you get several more over the next several nights... assuming your wife remains sleepless and vigilant

Unless you are trying to do your own version of "survivor" I wouldn't recommend eating it.

 

[BTDT]

I used to have an employee who would bring barbecued armadillo and raccoon to work; both quite tasty.

Back when I was single, our singles group at church won a chili cookoff with a recipe that used armadillo meat (our secret recipe).

 

[Bird]

With chili, you can just use any meat you can find. I'll never forget my wife telling me one Saturday morning while I was mowing the yard that one of us needed to go to the grocery store and one of the things she mentioned that we needed was ground beef or hamburger. That night we had homemade chili for supper, and later while watching TV, I remembered her saying she was out of ground beef, so I asked if she had gone to the store. Nope, so I said, "I thought you said you were out of ground beef." She says, "We are." So I said, "Well, what did you make that chili with?" and she said, "Half moose and half bear." One of my brothers had recently come to visit from Alaska and had brought us some moose and bear ground meat, as well as some steaks and roasts.

 

[MossRoad]

What's for dinner honey?

Moose bear chili!


MMMmmm!!!



Bird, you've had a most interesting life!

 

[jinman]

My live trap has not produced any results yet, but my 16-gage did.

'Dillo in a 'bota bucket. That's the first time I ever saw that method. I always use a square bladed shovel.

 

[Georgia Boy]

Armadillo is good cooked on the grill. During the Hoover days folks called them a POOR MANS PIG.

 

[Soundguy]

Putting out blood meal will keep them away.. if you are having problems of them rooting in your flower beads.

if you want to attract them, a bit of dry catfood at the mouth of that hole will bring them in.. then just shhot em nd let em drop in the hole. Works for possum and racoon as well.

Soundguy

 

[Bird]

Putting out blood meal will keep them away

I hadn't heard that about armadillos, but I'm not surprised. I was told to use the blood meal to keep the cottontail rabbits out of the garden. I guess it worked; only trouble is that you have to re-apply it after every rain, so it sure did make the grass grow good around the garden perimeter.

 

[Tdog]

'Dillo in a 'bota bucket. That's the first time I ever saw that method. I always use a square bladed shovel.

Well, it was a looong way back to the stump hole that I had just dug out. Very convenient.

Thanx for all the 'diller cuisine tips, but I have no ambition there. I might try it, but someone else will have to put out the effort & do the cleaning & cooking.

Jack

 

[Soundguy]

I hadn't heard that about armadillos, but I'm not surprised. I was told to use the blood meal to keep the cottontail rabbits out of the garden. I guess it worked; only trouble is that you have to re-apply it after every rain, so it sure did make the grass grow good around the garden perimeter.

Works on the hard or soft shell ones.

my guess is their sniffer is so sensitive that the nitrogen / amonia is too strong for them.

soundguy

 

[dmccarty]

Ya'll need to watch the Bizarre Foods show when it is filmed in Mexico. The host spent quite a bit of time looking for an armadillo to eat as well as someone to cook it. The impression I got was that it cost a fair amount of money to get the critter but they may have been taking advantage of the Gringo. He did find and old couple who spent some time preparing the thing....

Not something I would like to try.

And I ate bugs at Bugfest a few weeks ago so I'm not squeemish.

Later,
Dan

 

[RobertN]

I worked with an ex Army Ranger sniper for a while. One of thier training parameters was being dropped off and living from the land for a bit. They went over all the bugs they could eat.

I asked him if any bugs were tasty at all; he didn't think so

Also asked him if he ever ate one just to mess with the kids; he has not eaten any since his Ranger days

I guess they're an acquired taste

Not something I would like to try.

And I ate bugs at Bugfest a few weeks ago so I'm not squeemish.

Later,
Dan

 

[BTDT]

I found a bug in a can of green beans once. Even though it was probably processed, and edible, I brushed it aside. Probably would have tasted like a green bean would be my guess.