Hum, home made Suppressor sounds like a good idea. I'm shooting with a flashlight so there's just enough light to see in through a scope. Whatever I come up with I'm at war with Armadillos and it's 2 to 0 now.

[quote=Fredfish]I was thinking more of a head shot, or a gut shot when they stand up. You're probably right about the heavy shell. You could always make a home made suppressor.[/quot

Not sure a pellet would penetrate that tough shell. These guys are tough, the one I shot last night, dead center, made it a good 75' down in the back yard before it expired and I'm using hollow points. Maybe one shot at a time won't bother the neighbors to much it's an acre on the side I'm shooting. Luckily I'm shooting almost straight down off the deck so no stray bullets, the only two shots I've made ended up inside the target.

They really just arrived in the past few years and they are a nuisance to say the least. I've spent the past couple nights up to 4am just to get a shot at them and I'm running out of steam.

Went out for a while last night and had a really good night. Caught 12 and lost 8 because still can't get the hook set with the pinched nerve in my neck. Only took a few Pics but had some nice ones. Supposed to see a neurosurgeon tomorrow see if he can help out with the nerve thing. Hope he does better than the last two DR.'s I've talked to. the last gave me an epidural injection in my neck. While it helped some my arm and right hand are still numb with some really intense pain to go along with it. Good to get back out for a night, and it was a pretty good one.

If anyone has a trick for getting rid of Armadillos please pass it on, I've tried live traps with no success so I went to the 22 rifle. killed two so far but shooting at 3 in the morning might get the neighbors upset, would like a silent way to rid the yard of these intrusive rascals, they've dug my yard up like someone been there with a tiller.

I'm still in the process of paying all the doctors to get to the doctor I really need to see. It's a racket, they gotta try an epidural injection before referring me to Neuro. Epidural didn't work my hand is still numb so I did an end around on em and got my Chiropractor to refer me to the Neurosurgeon I wanted on the 23rd. It's such a waist of time and my health to get thru the system.

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Yea we really had a good time, wish I could have got him here two weeks earlier the fish were really on but we did OK.

You said it Griz but at least I did get some epic fishing last fall, winter and early spring. Just hate I'll miss night fishing season this year, maybe next year.

I have never had to take a test over again, just couldn't lay still. Mine was a stabbing pain right where my neck and shoulder meets. I can only hope my fix goes that well, I'm figuring October before I get back out fishing. I'll miss all the night fishing again this year... At least I got the winter months, my favorite time to fish right after night fishing.

Ha, So that's why I weigh heavier than I think I look... I'll be using that line myself..

Prayers coming your way, I know about that stuff hurting, a quick weather change sets mine off.

Randy I had L3, 4 and 5 fused in 2003. Mine didn't go that well, spent 3 years in a wheelchair and still have neuropothies in both feet and lower legs. I expect this one to be much more successful, whatever they end up doing.

She checked me for metal today with a medal detector and commented, you've got a lot of metal in your back. Titanium doesn't affect the MRI thou, not metallic. Told the wife to scrap me out for parts when I pass.

Well the MRI went terrible, laying my head all the way back pinches that nerve. Feel like a knife stabbed in my shoulder/neck and someone is rolling it around. they had to take one round over again so it lasted longer that expected. They finally got it done and I'm home with ice on it now, hope I don't have to do that again...

From the TVA lake info it looks like Louden-Tellico pulls down around 12 ft. during the winter. I know some of those lakes like Douglas pulls down close to 40 ft during winter draw down. Very good opportunities to take a camera and mark spots on the GPS.

http://tellico.uslakes.info/Level/