Garage rat plinker

I have 3 large irrational fears. Rats, mice, and heights. A couple years ago we had some rats outside because my neighbor has this huge junk pile he is a hoarder you cannot even see his grass he has no yard just knee high weeds and an acre of junk so I guess the rats got overpopulated and came to my yard. Luckily I found out before they got I'm my house or I would have burnt this ***** down!! My weapon of choice was a 410, victor traps and poison. I set poison where my dogs couldn't go and set traps around my house. And I would set on my porch from dust to around midnight every night blasting them bastards. I forgot my kill count but it was way up there. I still keep the poison and traps out I havent caught any in about 2 years so i guess they moved on or I killed them all lol