In early Ohio, this little guy below would have been in imminent danger, as I would have been compelled by the 1807 state law, “An Act to Encourage the Killing of Squirrels" in our area to turn in 100 squirrel scalps per year or face a 3 cent fine for each I was short. While that was a short-lived law as the severe winter of 1807-1808 took out a lot of these furry critters, by 1822 they had made such a comeback that organized hunting parties across the state took out about 20,000 of them.
Back then squirrels were a major threat to corn and other crops and people "worked the summer to survive the winter". So however cute you might have thought they were, your stomach ruled the day.
https://www.thisweeknews.com/article/20150202/news/302029653
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