That was a mildly entertaining read, I enjoyed it enough. You got a gaggle of kids pranking you by ringing your doorbell, it must be on like Donkey Kong.
My family didn't celebrate Halloween, so she'd put a sign on the door saying "Due to specific religious beliefs, I do not celebrate Halloween or give out candy on October 31. If you wish to understand my religious belief, please take one of Jehovah's Witness tracts below." So understandably snide kids would read it and think this house was practically the most perfect target available for Mischief Night. A few Holidays of eggs and toilet paper followed to be sure.
Then one day I staked out the house that night and managed to pursue one kid. I leaped toward him to try to stupidly tackle him to prevent him from fleeing further, and I caught him on his legs and we stumbled into the grass. That's when I got a good look at him, impish kid looked like he was 15 or 16 and he had another kid who was 10-11 with him. Brown hair, dark eyes couldn't really tell so well what specific color in the dark. I surmised it was probably his brother, they sort of looked alike. Anyway he dashed backwards out of my grasp and he and his "I think brother" got away.
The next night I filled up a super soaker with ice water and waited. I thought long odds, but maybe he would think I would not recognize him and I'll see him walking the neighborhood on Halloween. Sure enough, I thank my lucky stars because here they both come with the 16 year old-ish kid was escorting his 11-ish brother-ish around the neighborhood. They approach my door, say "Trick or Treat" and I say "Trick" and unload after them with the ice cold water. Now it is fucking bitter out that night, unseasonably so for Fall even in The Poconos so I felt a little bad afterwards (I was young and prankful in High School, not cool) but especially because as they ran away the older kid tripped and dropped his candy but left it behind to keep running.
SO we gots a hefty bag of candy for free since they never came back around again. Figured it was fair compensation anyway for all the egg I had to clean off the side of my House.
Now as a 30 year old dude I feel bad about doing that to them, but I was young and stupid too. Not terribly older than the 16 year old-ish boy.