I believe "redneck" is the preferred term to "hick" up here.

I think what you need to do is come at them with "shock and awe". That seemed to work pretty well in Iraq.

You know Shawn, I was thinking that if I could get my hands on something like a few M-80s, I probably could make some real headway.

for a second there I thought I was at the caddy shack web site....

I am sure the shotgun will work better than the "gassing" method that Dad once tried to employ at Killingworth. That was the time he stuck a garden hose down a woodchuck hole, put the other end up the exhaust pipe of the Blazer and gunned the motor.

You get the efficiency award.

Try not to shoot any people.....

A neighbor from your neck of the woods told us that he just sits in a chair next to the hole with a beer, a magazine, and his rifle -- and waits. Kind of like fishing.