Good shooting and story Ed!
You 're lucky to have friends that call you over for some pest control. Every friend and relative I suggested that to, looked at me like I had 3 heads and went "what? no way..!". That's the difference between the majority of NYers and people in other states :-) I think Tim is right, I probably don't belong here.. I 'd be better off down South or the mid-west :-) Actually I have felt like that for many years even though I live 50mi. north of NYC and it's pretty rural up here, most of the people here moved from the city or work in the city, so cute little animals is something they enjoy seeing and think anyone hunting them is bad.