Interesting thread.
Some laws are good and some not so good.
It seems that rural people have a more "common sense' approach to life. But regrettably, laws are made where citiots live.
There are animals that need killing or they become a problem. It could be an aggressive dog, squirrels that want to the invade the attic, porcupines near the homestead, rattle snakes near the homestead, woodpeckers etc etc.
My inclination is to follow laws even if they are silly, unless doing so does not makes sense. If I need to kill a rattle snake or other protected animal, I will do what I need to do.
If someone decides hanging plastic owls, nets, mylar tape and installing ultrasonic deterrents is how they want to deal with a woodpecker that is their choice. My choice will likely be a $.02 pellet from an air rifle. But I can make that choice because I live in the country and my closest neighbor is 3/4 miles away.
I am sure there are some rural folks who will solve the problem with city solutions. But I suspect they are the ones who moved to the country to get out the cities. Strange how they cannot shed what has been brainwashed into them. What is that old saying....You can take a boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy. It works in reverse too.