good thing it wasn't my cat.
I would have poisoned your dog.

The bald eagles get the neighbor cats around here.

Folks gonna do what folks gonna do...
It was a nasty habit but technically the cats were trespassing. We just always had a ton of gophers on the property which attracted hunting cats. If they were in our back yard, soon the hunter would become the hunted. Not proud of her appetite for cats and she even got one of ours once. A hunter through and through.

Well, I ended up with a Ruger 10/22 Carbine. Who knew?

Great little rifle, but I thought you already had a .22 rimfire? Not that we can't use more than one, but...

Cheap airguns are truly a false economy. Good ones last a lifetime, times two or three. Cheap ones give up early, don't have the power we want, and lack pride of ownership. They are no fun to play with, and therefor do not entice us to play. My RWS 34 is my most shot airgun; it's truly a joy to shoot, and to be honest, just to hold. Over 12,000 rounds and counting, and it feels just "broken in".

Ok... Higgins sold me on a RWS Diana a couple years back. It's all sighted in and ready to go. Now I've found we have ground squirrels in the garden and it's driving my wife crazy! How do I bait them out where I can see them long enough to put them in my sights? Any bait tricks, better times of the day etc???

Jeff, we do have a single shot rimfire. The 10/22 was a price I just couldn't pass up at the time. Less $$ than any of the air rifles I was looking at. I did some work on the seals on the air spoon and now mine will currently group about 2.5" at 28 yards with the less expensive pellets. I have some Kodiak Match to try now that it is sighted in close enough. I can usually get close enough on ground squirrels that the grouping is fine for them.

Plus, the 10/22 is much more fun on the Texas Star compared to the single shot.

Our son was also given a "Grizzly" single pump air gun from my mother in law. He can group about 18" at the same target but it doesn't shoot very well and he is only 5.

I see the ground squirrels here in the early to mid afternoon.

I am still looking for an air spoon but will save up and get a better one. Probably a Diana.

Can I pop those little things at 30+ yards with the RWS?

I've popped them at 30+ yards with my RWS 48. I zeroed it in for about that distance. The trajectory seems to be really flat out to that range. I don't know about farther than that. I deleted 12 to 15 ground squirrels about 6 years ago & have been shooting ones now & then since. I really have only one or two around here now. Those run hard when they see me.

Oh, absolutely, Brent. My RWS 34 in .22 caliber is deadly on our rats well beyond that range. I love this rifle - it's my most often fired, "go-to" air rifle. I think it's one of the better bargains in the airgun world.

I have an RWS 48 as well, also in .22 caliber. It is a far more powerful rifle, beating the 34 by about 200 fps with any pellet weight. It is, however, a far more expensive rifle. Beyond that, it is very heavy, ill-balanced, blocky feeling, and just plain cumbersome. Even with its power, it's my least shot, least favorite air rifle. The 34 is just so lithe, sleek, and nimble in comparison. It's very well balanced and just a joy to shoot and / or carry.

Peanut butter. Smear it on a lower fence rail, on whatever borders your garden, or something like that. They can't carry it off, so they have to stick around and lick it. Early mornings are good for squirrels; middle of the night for rats.

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