As we were walking the dogs the other day we passed a neighbor's house which has always had a remarkably neat yard. Never a pine needle or leaf on the lawn, all needles raked to bare dirt, etc.
So as we approach I noticed the owner standing in the yard in an odd pose: arms at his side with one slightly behind. He was staring upward, toward the top of a pine tree in the yard and the only thought that occured to me at the moment was why I could not see both of his hands if he was standing like that.
Then I saw the butt of a rifle in his right hand extending beyond his body, as if he was hiding it. A few paces later I heard a pop and a squirrel fell out of the tree and was flailing around on the ground. The man walked quickly over to the squirrel and put the rifle to its head and I heard another pop.
Evidently the squirrel was eating a pine cone and dropping the shards or whatever you call them, onto the lawn and damaging the man's idea of a clean lawn. I had seen the cone's 'leaves' for lack of the proper word scattered around the tree as we passed.
So it's okay to shoot them in our subdivision? I mean, it's odd enough that somebody would have to shoot a squirrel because it's making a 'mess'. But do I want bullets flying around the 'hood?
True, it may have been a pellet gun, or even a B-B gun. But they break windows and put out eyes too. Are there any CC&R's about this?
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