one for one against woodchucks

[Swimmer]

This morning the wife and I were sitting on the deck when across the lawn comes the bigger of the two chucks living in the yard somewhere. It walks up to fence gate and nudges where the fencing rest against the bottom cross piece of wood. I have the fencing stapled to the wood around the gate on both sides and across the top, but not across the bottom. But I did leave the end pieces so they point out towards anything that might try to squeeze in between.

Thats just what the woodchuck does though. Walks up to the gate, pushes it head in between the wood and the bottom of the fence. Make an opening wide enough to push his shoulder through and then rolls his body over the piece of wood and into the garden.

I look at the wife and said I hope this doesn't bother you, but went and retrieved the very nice pump pellet rifle I have and shot the friekin thing five times before it died.

She asked me never to shoot anything in the past but thats before animals started eating her hard work.