In SC, it is legal, unless otherwise prohibited by local ordinance, to shoot rodents and other small animal pests that do damage to homeowner's property within 100' of a residence. Speaking of which, this pest was making a meal of some of the $X,XXX.00 worth of sod we just had to replace about thirty steps out my back door this evening. As he was shot in the head with a .22 CroMag, it could be considered a "humane" way to control the pest.