"Bonarski, Paul" wrote: > > While I don't have a problem with deer, there are several "feral" dogs > roaming the neighborhood. They are disgusting beasts who > indiscriminately tear through my garden and do their business where it > suits them. They make some of the worst prehistoric sounds you can > imagine while they are digging for who knows what in the pepper patch. I > have a 12 gauge Remington but am afraid of the buckshot becoming > embedded in the rocotos. Any fellow CH's ever had this problem? Sure...use rock salt loads...discourages the critters and you can cut down on the salt in your recipes too. :) JB -- ********************************* John Benz Fentner, Jr. Unionville, Connecticut, USA http://www.geocities.com/~jbenz/ "Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis" *********************************