Go inside. Call the cops. Let the police do their job.

Guard dogs are a nice idea, but either the dogs will be well trained (and not go onto the vacant lot next door= useless to patrol the neighborhood) or they will want to attack. Stangers get bitten. Dog gets put down. You get sued. And it could turn out strangers were just a couple who were sneaking off in the woods for a quickie.

Guns are a nice idea and in a rural area they're good to have for many reasons. I'm not sure wandering out, making a big show of your shotgun, is the best idea though. They could be total jerks and when the cops do show, they say you were threatening to shoot them with it. They could be even worse and make note of whose house to rob if they want a spiffy new huntin' rifle. And heck, if these people were really evil for all you know they're hyped up on dope and have a stolen handgun in their pocket. Shootout at OK corral!

In the end, you have to make a judgement call and decide if they look dangerous enough. If they just look harmless people wandering through, just talk to them... otherwise I'd just quietly watch from inside my home after i called the police.

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