i wont groundhog hunt with anything less then a deer rifle....many die death from a 30cal bullet fired from my mauser.......and a few even die from my 50cal flinter.........i dont mess 'round......dont know nothing about them pea shooters......shot a few with a 22lr....only because farmers asked me to remove them from areas i couldnt hit em with teh big dawgs.......nothing wrong with a peashooter........but i like my groundhogs messy......