I don't make it a point of killing these guy's, they keep the bug's and rodent's at bay. The only thing was that he was in the house and the wife was screaming like a BANSHEE!. He had worked his way through the laundry room window and the wife almost stepped on him. So I got out the QB-78 , planted myself on the floor in the livingroom and set the crosshair's on the thickest part of his body. The Gamo Hunter had no problem putting him and the wife to rest, 13yrd's from muzzle to snake hehe. Wife is still hiding somewhere in the house, I tossed him cause he was just to small to eat and I'm happy that it wasn't a rattlesnake which are common around here. Ed