Wow.....MaggiesDaddy...what a post for your very first one on YT.
If you know the hawk is a federally protected bird, why would you come on a public forum and admit to breaking the law?
It seems to me you could have come up with a better solution. This isn't the ONLY hawk in your area, are you going to go on a killing spree now? You know owls are just as likely to carry off a pup, are you going to eradicate your area of those also?
Hopefully, after you've killed off the hawk population you won't be plagued by rats, mice, snakes and other vermin the hawks keep populations of in check.
I would and do, protect my pups too, but if at all possible it would not have been at the expense of the life of the bird.