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Went to my friends place this weekend to do some pest eradication. We have a Gun and Light Hunt permit for hogs, coyotes and armadillos and were ready for anything. We baited up an area near the perimeter of his property and proceeded to splitting up wood for the winter.
When night came, we hunkered down and waited. None of the hogs or coyotes (our main targets) showed up but periodically I would go out on foot near the other property perimeter armed with my Olight M20 flashlight and the XDSC. Lo and behold I came across an armadillo. The first shot was at about 20 yards, as I wasn't sure just how close he would let me get before he started to run. Unfortunately, it literally grazed his shell and he took off. I was able to catch up after about a 30 yard chase. I stopped, aimed in and shot and hit him, but he scurried under the nearby fence and to the base of a tree about 20 yards away. He was definitely wounded, evidenced by the blood trail, but getting over the fence was not going to be quick or easy. By then my buddy had come over and we decided my buddy would put him out of his misery with the Sig556. A few seconds later, the armadillo shot up almost 2 feet when the 75 gr. .223 round hit him. It literally exploded and destroyed one whole side of the varmint.
The next night was much of the same, with no yotes or hogs showing so I prowled around the opposite perimeter of the property and found another armadillo. This one was a little less dramatic as I fired once from 15 yards and hit him just behind the neck. He ran about 20 feet and rolled over dead.
I have to say that anyone wanting to purchase a flashlight should seriously consider the M20 S2 by Olight, and the Fenix TK35. The TK35 is absolutely amazing at 820 lumens. Using the Fenix, we were able to illuminate our baited area sufficiently from about 190 yards!!!
When night came, we hunkered down and waited. None of the hogs or coyotes (our main targets) showed up but periodically I would go out on foot near the other property perimeter armed with my Olight M20 flashlight and the XDSC. Lo and behold I came across an armadillo. The first shot was at about 20 yards, as I wasn't sure just how close he would let me get before he started to run. Unfortunately, it literally grazed his shell and he took off. I was able to catch up after about a 30 yard chase. I stopped, aimed in and shot and hit him, but he scurried under the nearby fence and to the base of a tree about 20 yards away. He was definitely wounded, evidenced by the blood trail, but getting over the fence was not going to be quick or easy. By then my buddy had come over and we decided my buddy would put him out of his misery with the Sig556. A few seconds later, the armadillo shot up almost 2 feet when the 75 gr. .223 round hit him. It literally exploded and destroyed one whole side of the varmint.
The next night was much of the same, with no yotes or hogs showing so I prowled around the opposite perimeter of the property and found another armadillo. This one was a little less dramatic as I fired once from 15 yards and hit him just behind the neck. He ran about 20 feet and rolled over dead.
I have to say that anyone wanting to purchase a flashlight should seriously consider the M20 S2 by Olight, and the Fenix TK35. The TK35 is absolutely amazing at 820 lumens. Using the Fenix, we were able to illuminate our baited area sufficiently from about 190 yards!!!