I used the .22 caliber solution for my gopher problem.
My wife used to tell the story of how she was awakened by the sound of a gunshot early one Sunday morning. She opened her eyes to see me in my underwear, standing at the open bedroom window with a rifle, saying “Got him!”
“She opened her eyes to see me in my underwear, standing at the open bedroom window with a rifle, saying “Got him.”
I hope she dragged you back into bed and rewarded you appropriately.
That reminds me of the story a friend of mine told me about how his wife shot a turkey from their bedroom window while she was stark naked. Apparently she’d heard the Tom gobble. She woke him up and said “cover your ears”. She knocked that bird over DRT.
My friend was laughing his head off telling the story and his wife confirmed it was true.
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