You may need a little less hope and a lot more action.LOL The real question is are there enough for the critters and you too? Can you beat them to it?
We got dwarf trees so that we could put protective netting on them, but our trees are very young and not really producing yet.
Well, even though we live in a city and it is illegal to discharge a firearm, if I see a squirrel with a pear in its mouth, it is fair game for the trash can.
Possums and raccoons come at night, and I am not going to stay up and try to get them. I did get one possum early one morning with a steel toed boot to its gut.