Here's an option no one has seem to mention. When I was a kid, I spent my summers on my uncles farm. My cousin and I were paid the equivalent of 1 box of 22 cal ammo to shoot groundhogs in neighboring farmers fields for each one we brought in. (It's better to shoot a groundhog than a cow or horse with a broken leg) We also gave the dead ones to a family that would eat them 1ea. 22 cal. hollow point round between the eyes/ears of a squrriel is instantaneous death. This is an option, yours to use or throw out. The final choice is yours Byron