Mary, who lives in town. . . My Gypsy heard that Uncle Frank was out hunting deer in the field. She was so upset! She said Uncle Frank couldn't hunt on our land. The next year a young buck took out three fruit trees and did a lot of damage to several others. Gypsy came to me and said, "call Uncle Frank to come shoot Bambi."
I probably would put up with a bit of damage to my hostas or other perennials, but getting into my food supplies, and I'm likely to react just like Gypsy, Nyboy, etc.