[Jeff Higgins]

Just go to the local sporting goods store and buy the cheapest one they have. Maybe a CO2 powered BB firing repeater, so you can keep pumping them into his fleeing ass. Anything you buy will be accurate enough for your needs.

Hopefully none of the neighbors see you. People can be funny this way. Even pet owners, who are at risk of having their pets killed, may think this guy is "cute" or somehow "special" to have around. They may have to lose a few cats and small dogs before they cotton to your shooting him.

You realize, of course, that these things are like rats and cockroaches - if you see one, there are undoubtedly more. And shooting one with a BB gun won't dissuade the others, or likely not even him.

We get these things in our neighborhood all the time. Neighbors have lost dogs and cats to them. Even so, some of our newer neighbors would not appreciate me shooting one, so I keep a lid on it. 20 years ago, I nailed one with the .220 Swift from my front basement window, right out in the middle of the street. Every house on the street emptied to see what in the hell just happened (nothing like the bellow of a hot .22 centerfire on a quiet Saturday morning...). They all thanked me. Today, some of their replacements would call the cops. Even if I used a BB gun.