I know where you are coming from, my shooting went sort of the same way, I was bored not with the lack of "vermin to control", for me it was the equipment I was using! all the money that has gone on my shooting over the past 32 years would have paid for my house. I had to have all the best guns, scopes, clothing ect ect. For me the best thing I did was sell the lot and I started over again with the basic kit. You see I got stuck in a rut I would spend more time findind what seemed to me to be better equipment and trying it out and tuning this and tuning that, all the fun had gone out of my sho