When my parents were "courting" in 1939, they would borrow a car and drive out to the dump in Madison, WI, and sit on the hood of the car shooting rats with a .22 rifle. How romantic is that? My mom had a keen eye and a very level grip on the gun.
@realjohnboy,
Oddly, I don't recall any rats at the dumps I visited.
@edgarblythe,
Maybe my mom got there first.
