Armadillo Bait?

[Doboy Dawg]

Does anybody know what I can use to lure Armdillos to traps or how to trap them?
I can trap any critter around me except them, they laugh at my traps.

 

[Big7]

Not sure about bait but they do eat tubars.

 

[Doug B.]

Does anybody know what I can use to lure Armdillos to traps or how to trap them?
I can trap any critter around me except them, they laugh at my traps.

I've never trapped them but I know Throwback has caught some!

 

[cj580guitar]

Only “bait”that works is the smell of another armadillo.

 

[Nicodemus]

Two 10 foot 2x6s set as a wide V with the box trap as the point. Set it where they are traveling.

 

[Throwback]

Here’s my contribution

Armadillo, Lacy dogs and Comstock cage traps

Armadillo 1 armadillo 2

forum.gon.com

 

[Doug B.]

Does anybody know what I can use to lure Armdillos to traps or how to trap them?
I can trap any critter around me except them, they laugh at my traps.

Armadillo, Lacy dogs and Comstock cage traps

Armadillo 1 armadillo 2

forum.gon.com

 

[Permitchaser]

There’s no bait for Armadillo’s you have to trick them to come in your trap. A v fence works. I’ve also caught them by putting the trap on the side wall of my house and up against some azaleas and they walked in

 

[2dye4]

There’s no bait for Armadillo’s you have to trick them to come in your trap. A v fence works. I’ve also caught them by putting the trap on the side wall of my house and up against some azaleas and they walked in

There is bait for armadillos. Find one road killed and extract the contents from their guts. Smear into whatever trap you have and you’ll have a catching machine. Done it and works.

 

[C.Killmaster]

Eggs sometimes work

 

[kmckinnie]

Eggs sometimes work

I’ve heard that.

 

[Throwback]

There is bait for armadillos. Find one road killed and extract the contents from their guts. Smear into whatever trap you have and you’ll have a catching machine. Done it and works.

If I did that I’d be covered up in buzzards.

 

[Permitchaser]

There is bait for armadillos. Find one road killed and extract the contents from their guts. Smear into whatever trap you have and you’ll have a catching machine. Done it and works.

That must have maggots on it

 

[trad bow]

Raw ground meat works. Just have to figure out how to keep possums out of your traps. Don’t turn any possums loose. Kill them.

 

[GeorgiaBob]

'Dillos absolutely love grubs. Fill a dish or tray with lots of grubs and high clay soil and put it on their trail, either in or a part of the trap. They absolutely will bury their nose in the soil while stabbing for the grubs.

I'm not a trapper so how you turn their addiction for digging grubs into a trap is beyond me. Good luck.

 

[2dye4]

That must have maggots on it

No. This time of year when cool they do not.

 

[Permitchaser]

So where you gonna find all those grubs

 

[Darkhorse]

I live out in the piney woods and we have a lot of armadillas that just move right in, find a hole, and make themselves at home. Once we find evidence of digging I will try to shoot them at night with a .22 LR. I also set up some traps devised as BriarPatch described. I will have at least one set up like Permitchaser described, this type catches the most armadillas.
But lately I discovered that I could just set a large hav-a-hart trap against my privacy fence, without the "V" setup, and they would just walk into the trap. The last 3 I caught this way.
Our local paper had a writeup supposedly from UGA describing how to catch armadillos. I noticed nothing I thought would catch one by design in that article. It also mentioned "bait" and said fruit turning rotten would bring them in. I did try that one but got no takers.
So if you want to try and bait one then go for it. Maybe I used the wrong type fruit.

 

[NCHillbilly]

A buddy of mine unintentiaonally caught three of them in some catfish baskets laying in his yard that had cottonseed meal cakes in them.