You have a lot of nice rifles!
In the 27 years that I've lived in Nebraska, I have yet to encounter another tree squirrel hunter in either Kansas or Nebraska, but have run into a couple in northwestern Missouri. Among the things that I like about tree squirrel hunting is that the seasons tend to be very long, in Nebraska it runs for six months, from August 1st thru January 31st, and tree squirrel hunting is typically done in a spot and stalk mode in, or on the edge, of timber, so it is good practice for still-hunting whitetails.
Since 2007, I have done the majority of my tree squirrel hunting with a couple of 17HM2s, Marlin 917M2/917M2S and Savage MarkIIBVSS. I recently bought an Anschutz 1502 and am hoping to take it out once before the tree squirrel season ends.
I was surprised to see pictures of grey squirrels, as I don't recall seeing any species except for fox squirrels in Kansas, Nebraska, and northwestern Missouri.
Fox squirrels like open country, like a few trees out in a pasture, or alongside a creek. Greys tend to stay in larger patches of timber, or big patches of woods, at least, that's how it is in N/C Missouri, where I grew up. If I wanted a few fox squirrels, I had to run down to the timber along the creek, or hit up that big oak tree up on top of the hill. If I wanted greys, I just hopped the fence to the woodlot just north of the house. N/W Missouri is really open country, so it doesn't surprise me that you've seen mostly fox squirrels there. Here in Kentucky, you rarely see a fox squirrel at all, same with Indiana, fox squirrels are downright rare.
