>have a 12 gauge Remington but am afraid of the buckshot becoming >embedded in the rocotos. Any fellow CH's ever had this problem? I'd be more worried about chopping a big chunk out of the plant <g>. Even a full choke has some spread to it. High velocity hollow-point .22s (Remington Hornets, for example) will take out a destructive animal easily without damaging the plants around it. So will a crossbow bolt fitted with a broadhead (and the crossbow doesn't make any neighbor-disturbing noise.) === Dave Sacerdote davesas@tiac.net "I am so mighty, I do not have to kill you all." -- Flaming Carrot Resist or Serve. Visit Dave's New England Almanac: http://www.tiac.net/users/davesas/index.html