Ok guys and gals, I just wanted to know a good gun and if anyone else hunts them. when I wrote the thing about my backyard it meant in the woods around here there are lots of forests (public). I haven't shot any yet. And I wasn't planning on shooting around here (my actual backyard) I dind't realy mean that they are a pest problem although that's what it seems like in the post, I just meant to hunt them and asked what a good gun to use would be. thanks and sorry for the confusion.