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Took a cell phone call, and walked out to the polebarn, (actually oversized garage) to complete the call in peace and quiet. Sat down on a lawn chair in the garage doorway. Heard a rustling off to my left - and a juvinile woodchuck popped out from under my partially disassembled Farmall tractor. Since I had some problems with gophers, there was a scoped, semi-auto .22 in the building, to my right,just a few feet away. Tried to shoot it under the tractor without taking out a tire, but trouble seeing thru the scope in the darkness and shadows. Critter finally ran thru the open door and into the yard. Made it all of ten feet!
 
Your story reminds me of a conversation that I had with a gent last year. He is a licenced trapper allowed to trap or shoot nusince animals. He does a lot of residential trapping. Squarls, Chippers, Coons,snakes, and yes woodchucks.We have a bunch of ________ who don't want a critter killed. They pay him a lot of money $20.00 a pop to remove them. Many ask where he releases them. He says "up on my farm" He had a woodchuck in the back of his truck, so I asked the question. His answer "I'll give him a 10' head start up on the farm."
 
I keep an old 12ga. single shot in the barn for the same job. Price was right and I don't need my glasses. Got three of 'em out of my woodpile last summer.
When I was a kid every farmer kept a shotgun or a single shot .22 in their barns. Gun control meant hitting your target!!
 
I have a pretty nice 1990 Dodge 4x4 that I bought new. Last summer I was having trouble with rabbits eating everything they could get to. I keep a really accurate scoped 22 bolt action (made in the USSR) handy , loaded with Colibri ammo ,no powder,just ELY primed. Well this waskally wabbit was standing between me and my truck. Thought about it for a second but there was no way I could miss right? Well, I pulled the trigger JUST as he moved. Bullet hit the ground and the ricochet put a really nice dimple right in the center of the passanger door.
 
I have a pretty nice 1990 Dodge 4x4 that I bought new. Last summer I was having trouble with rabbits eating everything they could get to. I keep a really accurate scoped 22 bolt action (made in the USSR) handy , loaded with Colibri ammo ,no powder,just ELY primed. Well this waskally wabbit was standing between me and my truck. Thought about it for a second but there was no way I could miss right? Well, I pulled the trigger JUST as he moved. Bullet hit the ground and the ricochet put a really nice dimple right in the center of the passanger door.
 
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