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<blockquote data-quote="JCDEERMAN" data-source="post: 5540895" data-attributes="member: 5787"><p>That's a good question and one I haven't read a single definitive answer to yet in anything that's been published. I know one thing, the higher the population of armadillos grew over the years at our place, the less turkeys we have seen. Now, I don't know if having, what seems to be, a rebounding turkey population has to do with our extensive trapping efforts OR annihilating the armadillos….but we have taken the approach of "kill them all" - why not? Used to be, we got after them because they tore up all our fields and roads. When the idea of turkey nest invasions came to the brain, we really got after them.</p><p></p><p>To me, it's just plain logic. 1) They are supposed to be mostly nocturnal. 2) they live by their nose. 3) what doesn't like eggs? They eat worms and grubs - only so much of those to go around. </p><p></p><p>We waged war on them years ago. The first day I sought out to kill them, I killed 7 in about 2 hours. The .17 stays on my golf cart. Used to be you could walk up to them and shoot them. Nowadays, if they hear footsteps, they take off. The .17 eliminates the need for footsteps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JCDEERMAN, post: 5540895, member: 5787"] That’s a good question and one I haven’t read a single definitive answer to yet in anything that’s been published. I know one thing, the higher the population of armadillos grew over the years at our place, the less turkeys we have seen. Now, I don’t know if having, what seems to be, a rebounding turkey population has to do with our extensive trapping efforts OR annihilating the armadillos….but we have taken the approach of “kill them all” - why not? Used to be, we got after them because they tore up all our fields and roads. When the idea of turkey nest invasions came to the brain, we really got after them. To me, it’s just plain logic. 1) They are supposed to be mostly nocturnal. 2) they live by their nose. 3) what doesn’t like eggs? They eat worms and grubs - only so much of those to go around. We waged war on them years ago. The first day I sought out to kill them, I killed 7 in about 2 hours. The .17 stays on my golf cart. Used to be you could walk up to them and shoot them. Nowadays, if they hear footsteps, they take off. The .17 eliminates the need for footsteps [/QUOTE]
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