The only critter I dislike are squirrels. They almost burned my neighbor's house down when they got in his attic and chewed wiring.

They are on my hit-list at all times.

True Confessions:

I blast the SOB's from my living room couch via a Benjamin Sheridan pellet rifle - perfect stand setup angle to the bird feeder. (I'm a scofflaw hunting with air-powered firearms).

Cut the tail off for use on a homemade decoy stick.
The rest of the filthy little rat carcus goes toward baiting a Wiley E Coyote.

Drake- Had squirrel  issues this year -- just as one did a Mary Lou Retton off the bird feeder my wife had looked out the window at 'the poor thing' floppin all over the yard. Had to slow down for a bit.