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I got this picture today it in east Tennessee ugly little thing didn't think armadillo had made it this far
 

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The first one I saw in middle Tennessee was on interstate 440 West right off West End. It was dead up against a concrete barrier. I did a double take and figured someone had lost a pet, or played a joke.

The joke was on us a decade later.
 
There stupid critters!
3 ran out of the ditch today down in Stewart county, looked like the 3 stooges running around each other! Then ran right under my trailer tandems on my haul truck as I was bringing the tractor and spray rig back to Ky. Now just a big greasy spot with 2 dillow and 3 tails!! LOL
 
Can't see it well enough to say dillo, a possum tail for sure, can't see the ridges of a shell , not seen any around the Knoxville area ran over and I run 200-300 miles most every day
 
Lost Lake said:
The first one I saw in middle Tennessee was on interstate 440 West right off West End. It was dead up against a concrete barrier. I did a double take and figured someone had lost a pet, or played a joke.

The joke was on us a decade later.
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I was driving to college in the mid 1990s and saw one on 231 south of Murfreesboro. It was dead on shoulder of rd. Turned around and went back and looked at it. Told everybody about lol. Nobody believed me. Thats before cell phones. I figured it was a pet.
 
I started seeing them on I-40 west of KY Lake in the early 2000s. They made it to the east side of the lake by 2006, when I first started to pick them up on trail-cameras in the area. By 2007-08 they were to Dickson. A couple years later, was seeing them in my yard in Bellevue (SW Nashville).
 
Bounced an entire mag of 9mm off one at about 15 feet in a tree last season. only red marks and it kept on its path. Next time .300...lol
 
themanpcl said:
Bounced an entire mag of 9mm off one at about 15 feet in a tree last season. only red marks and it kept on its path. Next time .300...lol
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Back when I used to hog hunt with dogs in Florida, I watch a pit bull roll an armadillo all over an open pasture. The pit bull was trying to get his mouth around the balled-up armadillo but just couldn't quite open his mouth far enough.
 
Saw one dead on hwy 33 in Maynardville a few years ago. Folks were out taking pictures of it. We have noticed them getting farther East each year we drive to our lease in West Tennessee.
 
Got this pic last November on lease in Rhea County. First one I've seen.
 

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I see them dead along the road between Cookeville and Crossville at least once a week. Same along 70N between Monterey and Crossville. Have never seen one alive though.
 
The thing I found out is how noisy they can be in the woods walking and they really can root up a yard. I guess I never considered such a small animal being so noisy.
 
TheLBLman said:
I've killed a ton of them with my .22 target pistol.
Don't know why your 9mm wasn't stopping them.
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I don't know what's up, but I had two .22 rounds bounce off of one. That's what prompted me into getting a .17. We used to be overrun with them in Hickman, but you can tell we've put a hurting on them. Don't see nearly as many the last 2 years.
 
JCDEERMAN said:
I don't know what's up, but I had two .22 rounds bounce off of one.
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I have double-lunged most, no problems,
and this is with a .22 handgun, not a rifle (which should hit harder).
Also, often loaded with hollow points which shouldn't penetrate as well.

I'm also sure I've had some presumed misses where may have been more the case of the bullet hitting at more angle and not penetrating. But I'm frequently killing them with a .22 in large part because don't want to use my more scarce (and expensive!) centerfire ammo on these frequent pests.
 

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