Wild Game Cook Off

[roadrunner]

>>Western Kentucky is where numerous Armadillo
>>sightings have been reported. Steve
>>Vantreese did an article on
>>the little guys a while
>>back and it was very
>>interesting. With our milder
>>winters, armadillos have been slowly
>>making their way north and
>>moving into Western Kentucky areas
>>and making it their home.
>> The funniest thing I
>>learned was that when they
>>are startled, they will jump
>>up into the air and
>>then take off running! Makes
>>me think of a cartoon
>>or something! That's how
>>they get killed by cars
>>so easily! When you
>>drive up on one in
>>the road, rather than take
>>off running, they jump straight
>>up and become perfectly level
>>with your bumper and WHACK!
>> If you're in the
>>Western Ky area, keep an
>>eye out for them!
>>I think people will hit
>>one, and then pick it
>>up and carry it around
>>in their truck bed to
>>show their buddies! I
>>know if I hit one,
>>I'd have to pick it
>>up and carry in my
>>truckbed for awhile to show
>>off because most people think
>>I'm crazy talking about armadillos
>>in KY !!!! :)
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>I know it's crazy, but I
>see them swimming across the
>Mississippi River all the time.
>I even saw a red
>tailed hawk ferrying them across
>once.

[roadrunner]

I live 90 miles north of Evansville on the Illinois side of the Wabash.I just had someone tell me they had spotted an Armadillo. I didn't believe him until I read Bevo post. I bet he got here with the help of a red tail hawk because I saw one of those the other day.

[JimDicken]

Do you know how to tell if a fisherman is lying...
His typing finger is moving.
Jim