Illinois is being invaded

[jsizemore]

We'll take the armadillos if ya'll take back the Yankees.

[starnbar]

Armadillos are known for carrying the disease of leprosy so when you deal with them wash your hands and anything you handle them with after you are finished.

[Hogdaddy]

We'll take the armadillos if ya'll take back the Yankees.

^^^^^ "I'll second that" ^^^^^^^^ Ha ha ; )
H/D

[Walks]

Cougars and Black Bears feel safe in Illinois, fewer guns due to RESTRICTIVE Gun Laws.

[Preacher Jim]

Possums on a half shell are all over Missouri been here several years.
To those who don't know that's the other name for the armadilas

[Hossfly]

I ran over one the other day and stopped and backed up to run over it again just to make sure it was dead.

[chutesnreloads]

My 83 year dad tells me he never saw them in Texas when he was a boy

[Silvercreek Farmer]

Saw lots of dead ones on the road last time I was near Charleston. Lots of groundhogs in our area now as well. Never saw either growing up.

[Smoke4320]

I have been told by some no so well ejdumacted that 1/4 lb of tannerite taped to the shell makes for a great time ..
They say let em get off a piece first ..

[Nueces]

So that's where the little buggers went. We used to be overrun with 'dillos here in central Texas, but they are much more rare now. However, I've seen beaver on a lake in Burnet County (about 45 miles NW of Austin) and a neighbor's dogs got thoroughly quilled by a porcupine last week. Now and then, a lion takes a neighbor's goat. I used to ignore claims of lion hereabouts, but we have tracks and pictures. So when a friend solemnly claims to have seen a wolf out east of Austin, I'm not willing to disbelieve automatically.

[Hogtamer]

We had an explosion of them 8-10 yrs ago. They must breed like rabbits. But like so many things I think the coyotes like 'em and you just see them occasionally now, mostly dead in the road when you do. And they are mostly nocturnal now.

[Jniedbalski]

I have seen them in se Missouri for about 15 years. I moved to Houston tx in 1990 and moved back to Missouri in 92. It wasn’t long after I moved back that I seen one on the road dead. I had to back up to see if it was really a armidilo. I have never seen one before untill I moved to porter tx.

[RogerDat]

Well possum is the other, other white meat so maybe armadillo is a variation on that?

[ThomR]

I've spent most of my life in and around Richland county IL and have never seen an armadillo.

[lightman]

We see them in the pasture next to the deer club on sunny afternoons during winter. They get out on the shallow hillside grubbing. Sometimes 6 or 8 of them. Makes for a fun time, what with 5 or 6 guys shooting at them with 308's and '06's! They sound like a mob coming through the woods when your sitting on a stand! And they don't taste bad either!

[Nueces]

They are so low to the ground that they sound like a ship plowing through a sea of leaves, when you are sitting quietly.

Y'all be aware that they are a known carrier of leprosy, so take care in handling them. If you pick one up, best to use the tail as a handle, so they piss themselves rather than you!

[Driver33]

I always heard them called hard shelled possums