Air rifle or heavy BB gun for possums in backyard

[scoutingranch]

Why would anyone want to hurt a Possum? They will take on a rattlesnake...did you know that? Save your hate for creatures with two legs.
Geeez...

[duga]

Can't imagine getting rid of something that eats tons of ticks and doesn't carry disease. If you must, use enough force and proper placement. That means no bb guns. High end pellet gun assuming you have practiced at a very minimum or better yet, shotgun

[rodsvet]

Possums can and have cost me a lot of $$. They dig up my lawn looking for grubs. I trap them and take then far away. Skunks are different. I shoot them if trapped. There is no way to get a mad skunk out of a have-hart trap without getting sprayed.