Year before last, I was a little pissed about all the peaches and maters in the yard that were missing a bite or two. Then one day I came home from work, and those rat basterds had eaten every ear of my Peaches and Cream sweet corn........... in one day !! At that point, I drew the line.

Since then, My friend Mr. Gamo and I have turned the tide. I didn't keep track of numbers that first year, but the total was more than this past year.

I wasn't always this pissed. At first I put out some live traps and painted the captives' tails orange, and turned them loose at the Tank pond. No neon rats showed up back in town.

Unless they have another boom in numbers, I'll just stick with the lead poisoning.