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Not really, I guess I'm just using the term loosely to mean "any animal or person in your yard that was not personally invited." I just like using the term varmint. I guess "critter" would have been a better choice, but I didn't want to confuse people who would assume that I was referring to the movie Critters.

Reminds me of the debate about the term "brandishing a weapon" on the old board. FYI, a varmint is an animal that is classed as vermin and unprotected by game laws. Deer may be a nuisance but they certainly are not varmints.

I took out a neighbor's window with my wrist rocket. Steel marbles ftw! I was never suspected either.

That's the hardest I'll laugh all day. Thanks for posting that.

Mission accomplished.

I really don't consider a woodpecker tapping a hole in one of your trees as the same thing as termtes destroying your home's structure. But they will kill a tree if they continue for too long so I can see your point.

We've got woodpeckers all over the place and personally I like the sound of them going to work. A hole in a fence post or in a tree won't do nearly the damage of a termite so let's forget that analogy. I'm no PETA member and I've got nothing against hunting, although I could personally never do it. And I know I could never shoot anyting I had described as beautiful.

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on my second throw i hit a rabbit in the head from across my neighbor's yard with a non-ripe (very hard) apple and killed it. it was really weird to watch it flip and twist and stuff. it wasn't a very good feeling

Call them whatever you want; they've cost me 5K+ in damages to various vehicles

Yeah I know I could drive slower but 4 miles at 20mph down a country road takes forever

I had a family of woodchucks in my backyard recently. They were cute until they started trying to dig under the foundation, so instead of lighting them up I just caged and released them into the wild/local park. The critters are incredibly easy to catch and it just took a few peaches. Trapping animals instead of killing them is a good alternative, just sayin'.

One summer I decided to take out the squirrel who was sifting through the bird feeder eating only the sunflower seeds and raking the rest of the seed out of the feeder. 24 gray squirrels and 4 flying squirrels later I decided to buy a squirreless bird feeder.

So then they disrupt the ecosystem of the local park, by either creating competition for woodchucks already there, or taking food away from animals that were already there. Best case scenario, they get eaten quickly by a local predator.

Wherever animals are released they, of necessity, do some harm to something that was just minding its own business. All ecosystems are already at their 'optimum', unless they just went through a zombie holocaust or nuclear war or something.