Yeah you dont technically own the sky above your house. I used to have a crazy neighbor who would take pictures of the airplanes thousands of feet above her house yelling about them disturbing the peace lol. But I could see invasion of privacy & taking it to court especially if you have daughters & a pool or something along those lines.... buttttttt a 12ga does sound more fun :) if plants get stolen I think you'd have to have video of the kid stealing them, video of his drone flying around to prove he had intent to see what was in your yard before he came over to steal them. It would get dragged out but def could be a nice settlement if all your ducks are in a row.