The one & only NDTerminator from Devils Lake, ND here. I'm 49, a Patrol Supervisor for the DLPD. I also lead the regional SWAT/High Risk Entry Team and am a Sniper School graduate. My wife and I live on a farmstead 10 miles NE of town that we call Critter Crossing. We have everything from horses to gamebirds for gundog training out here. We both are hardcore hunters/outdoor-folk. Primary varmint pursuits hereabouts are coyotes, Norskie Gophers, and coons.
We are in a never ending battle with coons; we've killed nigh onto 300 in the 7 years we've owned the property, 5 last week alone. Also took 2 POWs (coon kits we found in the yard) and turned them over to a vet we know who does rescue work (sorry, my sense of fair play prevents me from whacking nursing babies). My primary varmint rigs are LH 700's in 22-250 & 223, and a LH Savage 93 Heavy Barrel in 17HMR. Going to order up a T/C R-55 Classic in 17M2 today, as well. When I'm feeling particularly nefarious, I'll get out my work rifle, a Remington 700 VSF in 308...
I have one son known as The Primate. He's in his late 20's and career Army. Has done one tour in Afghanistan and will probably be deployed to the Middle East again in 2008. I advised him to think of those Tango Alpha Hotels as big Norskie Gophers...