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Black Squirrels
Posted on 10/22/23 at 6:51 pm
Posted on 10/22/23 at 6:51 pm
My son killed a black squirrel this weekend.
I have squirrel hunted for 30 years and never killed one.
I’ve seen one or two in my life cross the road in the government woods.
Any of you guys ever see them?
I have squirrel hunted for 30 years and never killed one.
I’ve seen one or two in my life cross the road in the government woods.
Any of you guys ever see them?
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Posted on 10/22/23 at 6:55 pm to TurkeyThug
I’ve killed about 20 in my life. Some areas have more than others. All the ones I have killed were fox squirrels. However about 5 years ago while deer hunting I had a black cat squirrel come about 5 feet from me. I am 100% certain it was a cat squirrel
Posted on 10/22/23 at 7:01 pm to TurkeyThug
Yeah seen a good bit and killed prolly 10 or so.
Seems like certain areas have them you will see several and then other areas will not have one.
I saw one last year at my brothers lease that was a booner squirrel, I will bring my 22 this winter and try to get it so I can mount it.
Seems like certain areas have them you will see several and then other areas will not have one.
I saw one last year at my brothers lease that was a booner squirrel, I will bring my 22 this winter and try to get it so I can mount it.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 7:48 pm to TurkeyThug
I squirrel hunted my whole life in swla and can’t remember ever seeing one. Then I started deer hunting in cat island and just about every squirrel I saw was black. Shoulda brought a .22 just to say I killed one. Maybe have it mounted.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 7:51 pm to TurkeyThug
Delta NF in MS is loaded with them.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 9:21 pm to speckledawg
I killed one last weekend and almost got another yesterday.
Richard Yancey WMA has a bunch.
Richard Yancey WMA has a bunch.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 9:41 pm to Marciano1
Saw a good many at Tensas.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 9:48 pm to speckledawg
Concur with Speckledawg, there’s a bunch in all the public land north of Vicksburg.
This post was edited on 10/22/23 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 10/22/23 at 9:56 pm to TurkeyThug
Along Atchafalaya River on Attakapas Management Area there have been times I have killed more black than red fox squirrels. They are some big ones and really like being in cypress trees.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 2:19 am to speckledawg
Is that the one that’s close to Lake Washington?
Posted on 10/23/23 at 3:17 am to TurkeyThug
I killed one 30 years ago in the Picayune area. Totally black with just a touch of white on his nose. He was a good size squirrel. I had him mounted.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 4:32 am to TurkeyThug
Seen three in my life. First one was in the mid 90’s while deer hunting at Stumpy’s off Hwy 76. Second one was near St. John high school in Plaquemine. The last one I saw was behind CJ Brown bldg off Sherwood Forest. Never ran across one while squirrel hunting, and I’ve been chasing them for a long time.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 5:01 am to TurkeyThug
Have killed lots of them. I didn't realize they were such a rarity in places..
Posted on 10/23/23 at 6:54 am to TurkeyThug
Black fox squirrels are rare. Black eastern gray (cat) squirrels are even rarer.
I’ve shot black fox squirrels but not yet a black gray squirrel.
I’ve shot black fox squirrels but not yet a black gray squirrel.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 7:11 am to TurkeyThug
I've killed a few in Sherburne and RKY.
They stick out like a sore thumb.
They stick out like a sore thumb.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 7:38 am to Loup
Two types of black squirrel
Agouti coloration - each hair has two colors make it appear dark
Melanistic - jet black
Fox and grays can have either but most of what I see is the agouti fox squirrels
Agouti coloration - each hair has two colors make it appear dark
Melanistic - jet black
Fox and grays can have either but most of what I see is the agouti fox squirrels
This post was edited on 10/23/23 at 7:39 am
Posted on 10/23/23 at 7:39 am to Loup
I have about half of a dozen on my property in Zachary.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 7:47 am to TheChicotKid
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that the one that’s close to Lake Washington?
That is Yazoo Wildlife.
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Any of you guys ever see them?
All the time. You have to be where the fox squirrels/red squirrels live.
As for the guy that said he saw a black cat squirrel.
Pretty sure black squirrels can only be fox squirrels like how jaguars can be black. I don’t think cat squirrels can be black just how mountain lions can’t be black. (They don’t have the gene that can possibly turn them black) I have seen hybrids and one of those could have been black I guess.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 8:02 am to TurkeyThug
Killed some in Chatham, LA back in the 1990s when we were in a hunting club there.
Have some in west GA that have black heads on them but but regular fox squirrel colored bodies.
Have some in west GA that have black heads on them but but regular fox squirrel colored bodies.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 8:07 am to ATL_Tigerfan
There are still some in the Chatham area, we hunt between Chatham and Quitman, saw a solid white one in Arkansas back in the late 90’s
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