Even though I was a hunter as a young man, I agree with you. In my old age, I seem to have gone too soft to actually kill an animal, although I heartily eat them when others do the dirty work. However, remember that this is not a natural environment and the squirrels are over populated due to artificial stimulii, neither of which is likely healthy for them or you. Trapping and relocation is easy. I have done that in the past. But in the end, I am not sure that sustainable harvesting, of the squirrels that is, may not be a more logical and suitable alternative, for the squirrels and the humans.
I wonder how much meat people would eat, if they actually had to do the killing and cleaning themselves. Far less than today, I would imagine.
Keith
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