Been a few years since I had to deal with a trash panda. I would create a bait pile in front of a dirt pile out in my wild patch in the backyard, the back LED deck lights light it up well. I sat on my upper deck in the dark with a light right underneath me so looking at me from the bait pile you see nothing, then read and watch and when they came in to the bait(marshmellows, sweet rolls, tuna...) I use the 22 on them. I am in city limits but the neighbor across the street isn't and he shoots all the time so nobody notices a 22 pop...
I do have permission to take coyotes coming into town across the field behind my house so use of a rifle is legal. I use that upper deck as a shooting platform to see better into the dip in the field they like to use. Being 14' off the ground helps!