That's why I love shooting them with the Bee. Even a bad hit should decimate them. A broadside rib shot cuts them in half. I really want to load up some 100 grain hollow points and see how they perform. I know that the 300 mag with a 130 grain Speer blows them to pieces. Lots of bird food laying around. Smacked one at 550 yards and I think that there is still pieces falling out of the sky. They are great off season practice, and the gophers are a howl as well. Yes, it is overkill for the gophers and the yotes, but it keeps me sharp with my toys, and when I am deer or elk hunting, I know what I am capable of at extreme ranges. Shooting at a moose after spending the summer shooting at yotes and gophers is like aiming at a barn. Hope that you get a pile of them.