Armadillos in the North Georgia Mountains??????????

[Cobalt 60]

Did a little digging. I did not realize that they were not native, but migrated north from Mexico quite some time ago. Interesting.

 

[roundhouse]

I got a funny dillo story

Will post it shortly

 

[Dallasdave]

They are good at distracting me from the task at hand the last 30 minutes of shooting light which is when they seem to emerge and make all kinds of noise walking and rooting in the leaves. I stuck one from above and it easily cleared the arrow shaft when it jumped but it didnt go far after that.

 

[Patronus]

You trying to avoid leprosy or syphilis?

Either...both...wait, what was the question?

 

[DTK Supply]

Either...both...wait, what was the question?

Just don't touch it! We used to have a saying that we tried to live by while traveling the world.

"If it's warm, wet and not yours, don't touch it! Rules and diseases are different here."

Still a good rule to live by.

 

[2jackrussell]

Did a little digging. I did not realize that they were not native, but migrated north from Mexico quite some time ago. Interesting.

More illegal immigrants!

 

[roundhouse]

In the mid 80s I was visiting a friend who was a deputy in a then rural county in north Florida
(they had 12 deputies in 84, they had 320 last year )

I'm riding with him about 2 am and dispatch calls on the radio and asks him to return to his home it was in his patrol zone
Singh his zone was the half of the county west of I-95

So we pull in and his wife is waiting in the drive way

"quick , gimme your gun. I need to shoot something !"

He pulls out his 357 and hand it out the car window

She runs around the house and fires six shots quickly
Brings the gun back, barrel still smoking

"thanks, see you in the morning "

Me: " uhhhh don't you wanna know what she shot"?

" nope "

Turned out it was a armidillo digging up her garden
She finally caught it .

 

[stealhunt]

In the mid 80s I was visiting a friend who was a deputy in a then rural county in north Florida
(they had 12 deputies in 84, they had 320 last year )

I'm riding with him about 2 am and dispatch calls on the radio and asks him to return to his home it was in his patrol zone
Singh his zone was the half of the county west of I-95

So we pull in and his wife is waiting in the drive way

"quick , gimme your gun. I need to shoot something !"

He pulls out his 357 and hand it out the car window

She runs around the house and fires six shots quickly
Brings the gun back, barrel still smoking

"thanks, see you in the morning "

Me: " uhhhh don't you wanna know what she shot"?

" nope "

Turned out it was a armidillo digging up her garden
She finally caught it .

Now that's exercising your "stand your ground" rights!

 

[jcountry]

In the mid 80s I was visiting a friend who was a deputy in a then rural county in north Florida
(they had 12 deputies in 84, they had 320 last year )

I'm riding with him about 2 am and dispatch calls on the radio and asks him to return to his home it was in his patrol zone
Singh his zone was the half of the county west of I-95

So we pull in and his wife is waiting in the drive way

"quick , gimme your gun. I need to shoot something !"

He pulls out his 357 and hand it out the car window

She runs around the house and fires six shots quickly
Brings the gun back, barrel still smoking

"thanks, see you in the morning "

Me: " uhhhh don't you wanna know what she shot"?

" nope "

Turned out it was a armidillo digging up her garden
She finally caught it .

Sometimes you just do what mamma wants. Do ask questions. You just comply.

 

[57tr6]

I've been watching them slowly move north over the past twenty years. Definately to the foothills now.