Re: When did Armadillos invade the upstate of SC?

Not that early. They were stuck on the Georgia border for yrs due to the Savanah River chain. They pretty much invaded Georgia from Florida in the 80s and 90s. It was late 90s early 2000s when enough crossed the 95 bridge to get a breeding population in SC from late 90s early 2000 they populated the east coast and spread west. Its only about 15yrs that breeding population has made it to the foothills. They are temp sensitive, don't swim well which are migration factors. The Little River and Cape Fear River NC have been the northern limiting factors to date. Any extended cold winters will thin the heard but climate has been mild for many winters now.

Now you might have seen one or 2 thirty yrs ago but the were not a true breeding population. They have overcome that threshold now and only the App Mtns colder weather will slow west migration.

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True story about those critters: many years ago, my Mother

May 26, 2024, 2:57 AM

got a call from a sister in southeast Texas, who told her that their Mamma was up to shenanigans with her guns!

Grandmother, who lived in an old farmhouse on acreage on the Gulf Coast, heard a noise at her back door, leapt out of bed and grabbed her double barrel. Stepped into her long hallway and opened fire through that back door, thinking someone was breaking into her house. Another sister, who happened to be visiting, jumped out of bed in sheer fright and ran into that hall, and what was Grandmother doing! Why, reloading both barrels, of course! When they took a look, she had blown one of those varmints to smithereens with one bad side effect: her shots had blown her door to splinters along with that critter.

My Aunt told my Momma that someone needed to take my Grandmother's guns away; my Mother said, "YOU try to take them...I won't because she'll tell me where to go!" And so Grandmother kept her arsenal the rest of her life: a six-shooter under her pillow, that double barrel and a rifle next to her bed, all fully loaded, ready to go! No doubt, she was the best shot in the family....lololololol.

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When did Armadillos invade the upstate of SC?