Snyder...interesting point. How would they prove it was you if your are not seen or heard? The level of evidence can be easier to process in civil court, but again if you are a good liar and they don't have the rifle to match bullet to the rifling how would they know?
We had some cases here in Texas of guys shooting their neighbor's dogs and got convicted, but they were seen and heard doing it. Another option is to use a pellet rifle that will use BB's, as this will not leave rifling marks for use as evidence, unlike a lead pellet. I have had good luck with slingshots, but I don't recall those actually hurting anything, just annoying the target and making them move on.
