On Jun 24, 2008, at 10:09 AM, <eureka AT hctc.net> <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:
I have not heard this story. Which Texans protected
armadillos? Most of the Texans I know stay up all night to
shoot them.
Probably an apocryphal story; people need to blame someone for their
troubles. I have heard it so many times I thought it was true. I
remember discussions at pot-lucks and such where the predominant
solution was "trap 'em, load 'em up into an eighteen wheeler and let
'em out on the front lawn of the Texas governors mansion."
I am seriously thinking of getting a night vision rifle telescope. Not
cheap. The move is to shoot them with a twenty-two, which does not
kill them outright (they do jump straight up into the air, which is
entertaining) so they go back to their dens and bury themselves. I got
real tired of carrying them out away from the house where the buzzards
would get to them.