I believe some felonies charged to those drunk, stupid rednecks would slow them down, but as stated before, proving with physical evidence is hard, unless you've had several bullets go through your home, and cellphone or camera video.
I'm flummoxed that an activity this stupid is going-on, and for quite some time.
I live in wooded surroundings, and have discovered 3 illegal tree stands where hunters wait for deer to cross. They are bow hunters. The land belongs to Cooper Communities and referred to as "commons". No guns may be discharged in the city limits, and bows are excluded, last check.
I'm certain no permission was used to erect them, as I've not seen trucks parked beside the roads in our woods secluded neighborhood lately, and the stands are rusting nicely. I'm going to point-out the stands to some buds in law enforcement for documentation, then go to the property owners and inform them of the previous activity.
I'm all for hunting sports (coyotes here everywhere), but these deer stands are very close to homes. The coyotes are getting brazen. My wife was walking around our cul-de-sac and several of them were running through the woods and stopped dead in their tracks when they saw my wife (I was in the garage). They were sizing-up my wife and I jumped from my stool in the garage and charged the pack with my walking stick, swinging it as a weapon as I ran, and they scattered. This was my last attempt at running as my ankles, knees and hips rebelled for days. It sucks getting old.
A small toddler wouldn't have had a chance with the pack.