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1. Christopher Sorrell

   

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   11/4/2015 10:11 AM

   Anybody have any information on the most effect ways to trap armadillos? We have at least one (and probably multiple) doing some digging on the course. We have not had any luck catching them yet and would love to solve the issue. Thx.

   
   
   
   
2. Andy Jorgensen

   

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   11/4/2015 12:11 PM

   Normal cage trap, put a slice of bread with some peanut butter in it. You'll catch anything and everything you have out there.

   
   
   
   
3. Melvin Waldron

   

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   11/4/2015 3:11 PM

   Are you sure they are armadillos? I thought they were born on the side of the road dead?
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
4. Steven Huffstutler

   

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   11/4/2015 4:11 PM

   Melvin Waldron, CGCS said: Are you sure they are armadillos? I thought they were born on the side of the road dead?
   
   Mel

   
   
   I remember that one, Mel. Thats funny.
   
   It's been awhile but we used a live trap filled with pine straw and some cat food. Then we threw them in the pond for the gators. Armadillos sink like a stone.
   The pine straw was to keep them from backing out when the felt the wire cage.

   
   
   
   
5. Mowrey Mark S

   
   11/5/2015 9:11 PM

   20 gauge/6 shot, 11pm-3am

   
   
   
   
6. Mark Claburn

   

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   11/6/2015 10:11 AM

   I have used a medium humane cage trap with turf staples holding it down, and for bait using worms from a bait shop or Walmart. I just put a few worms with the soil in a spray can lid beneath the trap in the bait area.
   
   We also put a pile of compost mixed with mulch and a few worms in an out of the way area on each hole when pressure is high, they will root in there first.

   
   
   
   
7. Peter Bowman

   

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   11/6/2015 11:11 AM

   Mark Claburn said: ....We also put a pile of compost mixed with mulch and a few worms in an out of the way area on each hole when pressure is high, they will root in there first.

   
   
   I've done that when the ducks were getting up my tees near a pond and eating my ryegrass seed out of divots. They're going to eat my seed anyway, may as well feed them by the pond. A couple of handsfull in various spots around the pond kept them off my tees.

   
   
   
   
8. Hunter Cooper

   

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   11/11/2015 6:11 AM

   this may be a little late... we battle them on a regular basis. We use havahart traps placed on edges, whether it be pinestraw or native areas etc... the trick is using 1x4's as a funnel to get them in the trap rather than going around. The bigger the funnel the better.

   
   
   
   
9. Steven Huffstutler

   

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   11/11/2015 12:11 PM

   Hunter Cooper said: this may be a little late... we battle them on a regular basis. We use havahart traps placed on edges, whether it be pinestraw or native areas etc... the trick is using 1x4's as a funnel to get them in the trap rather than going around. The bigger the funnel the better.

   
   
   Yeah, I forgot about that. We had a lot more success when we did set up fences like that and funnel them into the cage.