Tree squirrels and the people who feed them.
-they're invasive
-They can eat all of my lead flashing faster than they die of lead poisoning
-They destroy landscaping
-They have gnawed, quite literally, 1/2" off the entire top of my fence
Those people sound like they suck. What kind of damage do the squirrels do?
Squirrels do terrible damage to roofs, attics, drywall, insulation, wiring. They chew it all.
At our weekend house we are fighting a squirrel infestation in the attic area and they are dropping down into the second floor bedroom.
At our city house we have many fruit trees. These tree rats strip a fruit tree in just a few days. They take one bite of fruit and throw it on the ground. They toss unripe fruit onto the ground.
There are years where we get 0 apricots when we actually have an apricot crop.
They are nasty thieving tree rats.
+1000
And you know what I really hate? Is when my tulip buds are just beginning to blush color and the horrible beasts neatly nip them right off the stem, leaving a row of bare stems!
I use Deer Stopper spray to prevent this but it has to be reapplied after every rain, and sometimes I have a life and don't get to spray in time.
We have a terrible "town deer" problem where I live...I have at least 15-20 that frequent my yard every day. Last summer in my attempts at vegetable gardening we had many stand offs. We came to an agreement that they could eat a few kale/chard, but don't touch my tomatoes! I had a deer proof (ish) fence up, and we were moving along quite well into summer until one morning I woke up to huge rustling in the garden, and saw a bear ripping down my deer proof fence, leaving it open for the deer to eat whatever they wanted. Farewell tomatoes! I somehow still got a few vegetables out of the deal, but this year I am over fighting yard animals and I will just shop at the farmers market.
Garden fed deer sound quite tasty!
I understand that firearms in town might be a problem, but bow and arrow might work. A bow and arrow may be classed as "a deadly weapon" depending on jurisdiction.
But 15-20/day ? There should be animal control etc.
Gutting and leaving the entrails in a neighbor's yard might be a problem, depending on your relationship with the neighbors :-).
Dogs should love that stuff though.
Of course, if the critters are in season, then they are not likely to be near anywhere they might get whacked.
I have a squirrel (tree rat) issue with my English walnut tree, and use a supersoaker (water sprayer), mostly for my entertainment.
After a long summer, I noted that there were NO squirrels in the walnut tree. I then noted that there were NO walnuts :-).
I wouldn't mind that much if they just took all the walnuts.
I just despise the fact that they scatter walnut shards everywhere, hurting my bare feet.
Even through flipflops, the shards sometimes bite through.
We have a powerline/TV cable that provides a highway to our walnut tree for two clans of squirrels on either side of our property.
As a former East Coaster, I get flak for admitting that I hunted and ate squirrels in my youth.
It was nice to come home from school, go ~ 200m from my house and relax in the late fall sunshine and occasionally get partial dinner.
edit typo, not important, OCD alert; garden fed, not garden feed.