I was wondering if they were potentially eyeing your fish, but it doesn’t sound like they go for that from reading a few things. Should be mostly small mammals and maybe some hares.

They should be able to avenge your apple trees! 😁

I have had decent enough success, for my purposes anyway, of using a cell phone adapter on my binoculars if you have a set of those. I’ve seen you can rig a setup with some sturdy rubber bands as well. Nowhere near as good as real camera glass, but it really extends the range of my phone camera.