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Your only real choice to get rid of them is poisoning. You just won't be able to shoot enough of them to truly rid yourself of these pests.
I'm not sure shooting them is any more "humane" than poisoning them. If you shoot enough of them to put a dent in their population, you are going to see a lot of them run off with wounds that are not immediately fatal. Lots of them are going to suffer a good deal before they die. That's just the nature of the game when shooting at small pest species, especially if using an air rifle, or even a .22 rimfire.
You really don't get to have it both ways - killing them is going to be a little bit distasteful regardless of the method you choose. There really is no neat and tidy way to go about this.
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