Mike SE IL - 9/24/2016 04:35
2 different people on a local Facebook group are claiming seeing an armadillo in Robinson, IL (click for map). OK, I am considering the source. It's the first I've heard of them being this far north. But considering our usual good fortune with pests, if it's true I'll have one someplace in a field within a year. :-) With groundhogs making a local come back and moles taking over my yard I have no desire for another burrowing varmint.
My response was "Shoot it! Shoot it dead!" which created a discussion of stories about people shooting them and the bullet ricocheting and hurting someone. Are they really that tough or is that just a good urban rumor?
I've always heard you do not want them around. Any particular reason or just the burrowing problem?
Any comments or suggestions?