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The funny thing about squirrels is how the color can vary from area to area, even for the same sub-species.
In Michigan, our Eastern Fox squirrels are a redish-tan statewide.
Our Eastern Gray squirrels are either gray, sometimes with a bit of tan, or jet black depending on the ratio of beech/birch in the area they live.
My daughter graduated from Michigan Tech in Houghton a few years ago. They have a pocket of pure white Eastern Grays, which only makes sense because Houghton/Hancock has an average snowfall of over 200" between October and May each year.
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SCGunut,
i live in the upstate, in Greenwood, and at one time, our local school Lander, had a very large populace of albino squirrels, around 30 plus in the 80's, but I think that they all but died out....not sure why.
After only 26 years, I have 'old trusty,' my gran-pap's old Columbia single shot 12 ga. one-shooter all prepped and ready to roll, gonna bowl over a few grays while I do some after season deer scouting!
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Panda Squirrel= Why Cool...
We have a few spots in Md that Black Squirrels are abundant..
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SCGunNut,
Do you have any pictures of your squirrel mounts? These are so cool looking. I'm curious how they turned out.
Got the black one back today: ![[Linked Image]](http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx201/markcloer/blksquirrel2.jpg) And here's "Panda" from last year: ![[Linked Image]](http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx201/markcloer/squirrels004.jpg)
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SWEET! Dood..you are the squirrel God in my book! 
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We don't have fox squirrels where I live. I love to squirrel hunt and have since I was a kid. I have hunted with Hayward Simmons at Cedar Knoll a few times there in South Carolina. The deer hunting there is excellent and the woods are FULL of fox squirrels of various colors.
BTW, your fox squirrel mounts are really nice.
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SWEET! Dood..you are the squirrel God in my book! Watch out, you'll give me a big head! It's kind of pathetic when I think about it. I have scores of exotic rifles for every animal on this planet and all I have to show for it is a wall full of squirrels. Oh, I've got a half dozen nice bucks on the wall but I haven't killed or even seen a mountable deer in years and I have neither the time nor funds to go on out of state big game hunts. I've been on one Maine bear hunt and two paid hog hunts here in S.C. and didn't kill sh*t on any of them. But I'm pure poison on them fox squirrels! And of course my wife absolutely L-O-V-E-S it when I hang another squirrel on the wall! "Squirrel God", I kind of like the sound of that. Thinking about getting that tatooed on my arm.....
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You should really consider a road trip to Arizona for Aberts/Tassel-ear squirrels. It would be worth the trip. Handsome big dudes they are too. Every bit as handsome as eastern fox squirrels and then some.
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Awesome pictures everyone, Keep them coming. I might have to chime in.
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Fox Squirrels are all but gone in Florida. Have noticed the same here in my neck of the city....uh, I mean woods. Can't figure it out.
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SCGunNut,
I have watched two black fox squirrels on my happy hunting grounds for years. First saw them in 1987. Can't bring myself to shoot them. I have had many opportunities.
The Panda looks like a simple crossbreed, Red Fox & Black Fox.
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I saw a Panda type squirrel 2 years ago in northern Michigan, .... saw him ...a few times but never could find him! Did you look in the bamboo? 
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Any squirrel dog hunters here from the north AL area?
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