What's the deal???? I've killed 5 in my yard this week and my son made his first kill with his new bow, you guessed it. Are they mating or what?

I wonder what BBQ Armadillo tastes like...

 

Chicken.

 

"not"

 

From Wiki:

They are typically hunted for their meat, which is said to taste like pork


In Texas, nine-banded armadillos are raised to participate in armadillo racing, a small-scale, but well-established sport in which the animals scurry down a forty-foot track.
Only in Texas...


[edit] Hoover hog

During the Great Depression, the species was hunted for its meat in East Texas, where it was known as "Hoover Hog" by those who considered President Herbert Hoover to be responsible for the depression.[


I wonder if things get that bad again if we can rename them Obamarillas...

 

So, now they are called Obamadillos?

 

Armadillos are pretty tasty!!
Had em BBQ-ed in a dutch oven back when I was in Boy Scouts.
FWIW I only kill animals for food or to protect myself and or my property.
Hopefully you've gutted, cleaned and froze all of those armadillos.

 

Down these parts, we call them possums on the half shell.... U clean em properly, place them on the pit shell side down and Q them till the internal temp is 175. Use your favorite BBQ sauce (Stubbs comes to mind) and serve witha all of the fixins. Just remember that armadillo is one of the only critters besides humans that can carry leprosy....so cook thoroughly to kill any bad bacteria........

 

And handle them with latex gloves.

MikeyB

 

My buddies and I call 'em "Up-Armored" possums. Never eaten one, don't intend to. They aren't here yet but are on the move. Saw one dead on the road just south of Coffeyville Kansas.

 

I have heard they can carry leprosy. I had to take one out that was digging up my yard and beds. I didn't touch him directly.

..

 

They can be a bit tough. They can carry leprosy.......I was told by a Prof. in college you need to bring the meat up to 180 degrees. I think they do taste like pork.

 

Are y'all serious? I can think of many critters that I would prefer to eat over those nasty things! I guess I have been very blessed and never been hungry. Anyways, I remember a few years ago they were so thick for a few weeks in central Texas you could drive around the pasture for an hour and kill 20 easy. Haven't seen them that thick in about 5 years. I shot one that was purple in color once, no idea what it was carrying!

On topic of cooking strange things, had a Hispanic fella' helping me build fence a few years ago. We shot a skunk and he rolled it around in the fire he cooked lunch on with a shovel and burned all the hair off. He then proceded to put it in a feedsack and threw it in the back of his truck. He swore they make great tamales. I believe I'll pass...

 

They're tough fellas.

I had one rooting in my front yard awhile back. I shot him with my 357. I could literally see a hole completely through his body. Last I saw him he was running down my driveway like hell and crossed the highway out of sight.

 

Shot another one yesterday with my wife's .380...and it bounced off it's shell. I guess 20 steps isn't close enough.

I think I've thinned the herd and I have a lot of work this spring to correct what they've done.

 

Finger lickin good as long as your fingers aren't falling off.