Trail Cam Pictures: The first critter
By Kareng
@kareng (80243)
United States
November 1, 2020 8:02pm CST
We purchased a trail cam several months ago and just got it installed a couple of weeks ago. Yes, my hubby was slacking in getting it set up outdoors. Our dogs frequently go into a tizzy at night. We can go out there and see nothing. That is why we got the trail cameras.
This was the first critter we captured on the camera. It's an armadillo. They are common here in the south so not surprising at all. It was captured out on the railroad ties where hubby has his shooting targets set up.
Do you have armadillos in your area or neighborhood?
© 2020 Karen Gros, All rights reserved
18 people like this
18 responses
@Namelesss (3364)
• United States
2 Nov 20
Had to look twice to see the little armadillo. We have them here all over the place and possums too. Will be interesting to see what else shows up on your camera.
3 people like this
@prinzcy (32299)
• Malaysia
2 Nov 20
I never see one around my area. But I don't know whether I might see one if I step further into the woods. I live in rural area after all. But it's not really safe to go there. At least I know there are wild boars roaming. I don't want to meet one.
2 people like this
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
3 Nov 20
Thanks for introducing me to an armadillo. Cute!
Nope, I don't think we have armadillos here.
1 person likes this
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
3 Nov 20
@kareng With my daughters, such creatures are cute. For example, the Yeti in Abominable is cute. Raya's sidekick, a pangolin, or probably an armadillo, in the upcoming Disney flick, is cute.
I know cute is a simply a nice word but it has become a cutesy word for us.
1 person likes this
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
2 Nov 20
sweet! i'd love to gimme some 'f those to see who all 'tis rummagin' 'bout. particularly since my red pup's been gone. no ma'am, no dillo's here, gotta go where there'd be moisture fer such :)
1 person likes this
@kareng (80243)
• United States
3 Nov 20
Our little adopted dog, Honey disappeared. I do believe she went home with the man working across the street. Both of the little ones were over there and I called them home but only Jessie came. As long as she has a good home, I'm good with it. Still not nice taking a dog with a collar. I was attached to her too.
1 person likes this
@kareng (80243)
• United States
3 Nov 20
@crazyhorseladycx We get so many here that are skin and bones coming out of the woods where hunters have left them. It's really a shame. She was in bad shape when she came, very thin and covered with fleas and ticks. She was filling out and I had finally gotten all the fleas off of her. He better take care of her!
1 person likes this
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
3 Nov 20
@kareng oh no! out here, we get lots 'f pups dumped with collars though'n perhaps the fella thought nothin' 'f such? most oft they've no tags, no micro-chip so's no way to find the owners. then 'gain, perhaps 'twas meant fer him to take her. his need more'n yers :)
1 person likes this
@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Nov 20
Your husband should use the armadillo as a shooting target! haha
I see armadillos all over the place around here. Especially ones in the roadways that have become roadkill.
1 person likes this
@kareng (80243)
• United States
8 Nov 20
Yes, they are common on the road! We encountered a wild pig slaughtered on the road last night. It was so mangled I had to ask the hubby what was that??!! It must have been hit by 18 wheeler in the middle of the road like that. He was huge.
1 person likes this
@kareng (80243)
• United States
16 Nov 20
@moffittjc We have them here too! They have been rooting up in the field 
1 person likes this
@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Nov 20
@kareng Wild hogs are abundant here. Too abundant, as they tear everything up they encounter. They sure are good eatin' though!
1 person likes this
@kareng (80243)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@Tampa_girl7 I've never seen them be aggressive like some other critters can be. They have that armor or protection on their side.
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@kareng I sometimes see them when I’m out walking.
1 person likes this
@wolfgirl569 (135770)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Nov 20
Dont have those here. It takes very good pictures
1 person likes this
@kareng (80243)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@wolfgirl569 Our rechargeable batteries are now in good use!
1 person likes this
@wolfgirl569 (135770)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Nov 20
@kareng The newer trail cams do great. I need to put new batteries in ours.
1 person likes this
@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
2 Nov 20
Sorry I can't spot armadillo. We don't have that kind of creature.
1 person likes this
@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
2 Nov 20
@kareng yes I see it now. It looks like a pig.
1 person likes this
@kareng (80243)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@Nakitakona Nope, it is a small animal with a hard shell for protecting the body called an armadillo.
1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
2 Nov 20
No we don't have armadillos. I'd love to see one in person.
1 person likes this
