Black's..............

[Lawdwaz]

I had a couple black squirrels hanging around me in two different stands recently.  You don't see many so its always neat when you do.

 

I always wanted to bag one but that urge has wained.  Shooting with the camera is sufficient these days.........................

 

 

 

 

[Red]

Very nice pictures. My buddy just got one back from the taxidermy it looks really nice when I use to hunt Letchworth they were every where but ive never seen one at the state land that I hunt at now ive seriously never seen a nit one squirrel at this place

[chiefbkt]

It's always neat to see the blacks.  I have only seen one in my area, and that was on the golf course.  I wish my wife would eat squirrel.  I need to do some serious squirrel reduction.  I counted 23 nests from my stand yesterday morning.  

[Pygmy]

Years ago it was fairly rare to see a black squirrel around here..If I was lucky I might see one a year.

For years I refrained from shooting one. These days, while not nearly as numerous as greys, black squirrels are fairly common.

It's not unusual to see a couple in a morning's hunt.

For the last few years, I have considered them as just another squirrel. I have shot 17 grey squirrels and one black so far this season...In recent years I have shot 35-40 squirrels a year, and usually 3 or 4 were black squirrels.

Up in Ontario, where I hunt gobblers in the spring, nearly all the squirrels are black. Perhaps one in 50 is grey.

25 years ago I hunted deer a few times in PA near Eldred, in Mckean County. In that area greys and blacks were about 50/50...

Edited October 26, 2014 by Pygmy

[Uncle Nicky]

I've never seen anything besides reds and greys while targeting squirrels. I'd shoot a fox squirrel or a black phase if the opportunity ever presents itself.

[Twax10]

Just out of curiosity... Is the black squirrel a different species than the grey or more of a subspecies? Like different color labs

[Culvercreek hunt club]

just different color phase, kind of like Black bears.

 

 

[LuckyPickle123]

We have got a couple of black squirrels on our property.  They are always stealing the grey squirrels acorns....

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I have one spot I hint up North. I see more black ones that grey. the property is loaded with  them. Always wanted to go un after the season but it is seasonal road and I haven't had that much ambition to hike in through snow for a squirrel...lol

[stoneam2006]

All over down here in olean region woods city see them everywhere....still trying to get the white one around my house to get the black and white one mounted

[bowaholic]

i almost shot a black squirrel opening day of the northern bow season this year, glad I didn't because after turning around from watching it is when I saw the 8 point I shot instead! maybe with the shot gun after deer season i'll go back to see if I can find him for a mount.