Chase, capture or kill?

[Haunted55]

The reason I posted the link to the depredation permit wasn't that I was expecting everyone to rush out and pony up their $50.00 fee and jump through all hoops and comply with all the caveats.
I posted owing to the somewhat confusing issue of what constitutes "harassment" One of the questions on the form inquires as to the applicant's attempts to mitigate the problem by non-lethal means (including scaring the raptors away). So, unless the FWS is purposely trolling for `harassers' to bring before the bar, I'd expect bottle rockets fired in the general direction of the offending hawk is probably copacetic and safer/cheaper for all concerned.
Our resident, yearling, Red Tail spends all its time out in the open, stooping like a diving rocket for inattentive Bull Frogs on the edge of the pond. Under the trees, the CD/DVD's are still doing the job (a Kestrel `hit' one of our BSL's, once, but bounced off - big girl).

I agree Ivan. The wording on the second page of that permit request describes clearly what can be done and what can't. If we can keep these raptors from thinking we're providing a hot lunch for them and let them live, I'm all for it. I have always liked them, I think they are beautiful birds and have a place in this world. That is why I have repeatedly written that you have to show you have done everything humanly possible to protect your livestock. If you are unwilling to do that then you would never be able to get the permit in the first place. The law works both ways but only if you are willing to do your part.