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Apparently, a .38 Special is not sufficient armadillo medicine.DALLAS (Reuters) - An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said on Friday.
It could be one of those new Kevlar-plated Armadillos.SigM4 wrote:Just a guess, but he missed completely, hit a rock and that caused the ricochet. I've shot an armadillo or two with a .22 with no issues. I find it hard to believe a .38 wouldn't penetrate. Unless it was one of those mouse fart loads they use in cowboy action shooting.
I think they are gonna put those out as standard issue helmets for the militaryWildBill wrote:It could be one of those new Kevlar-plated Armadillos.SigM4 wrote:Just a guess, but he missed completely, hit a rock and that caused the ricochet. I've shot an armadillo or two with a .22 with no issues. I find it hard to believe a .38 wouldn't penetrate. Unless it was one of those mouse fart loads they use in cowboy action shooting.
Absolutely true.Abraham wrote:Armadillos carry leprosy.
5% of the human population is susceptible.
Eat one, handle/clean one, be in their habitat and stir up dust they've spent time on, etc. and if you're one of the susceptible 5% you have a change of contracting leprosy.
My dermatologist's nurse told me this when I told her I did trail maintenance as a resident volunteer (about 15 years ago) at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.
Factoid: Armadillos have 4 babies and they're always all males or all females - never a mix.
Isn't this the key point? Shoot rounds that have a high enough velocity that the bullet won't ricochet off its initial impact.SigM4 wrote:...Unless it was one of those mouse fart loads they use in cowboy action shooting.
