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I've always been told fox squirrels pretty much stay in the same location as small as 1/4 acre for their life. I've got a solid black and silver with black head one that hangs out around one of my ground blinds.
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Got black rock squirrels down here.
They get pretty damn big.
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Got black rock squirrels down here.
They get pretty damn big. And tough as a pot of old boot leather
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Thanks for all the replies. It's nice to actually learn a few new facts!
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Got black rock squirrels down here.
They get pretty damn big. And tough as a pot of old boot leather How do they taste, KW
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Real common where I hunt in Louisiana . I'll probably kill a couple in my limit of squirrels tomorrow.
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Never seen one, but Cookie's been on a run with melanistic mule deer. Six over the last 12 years or so.
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Ive killef several off black Fox Sq in E Texas
Cousin killed a white one stained higj yellow from tannin Iirc, ive seen one black grey (cat) squirrel.
Lots of black beavers in E Texas however, especially in Houston. Often they are dangerous and Vicious critters.
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Never seen one, but Cookie's been on a run with melanistic mule deer. Six over the last 12 years or so. Unreal.
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I saw them at my Aunt's place in SE Minnesota. Have never seen one this far north though.
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North Hays county west of Buda Tx used to have a bunch of those melenistic (sic) whitetails. Old Ruby Ranch comes to mind.
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Variant living in the Everglades that is coal black and very large that I’ve seen in the past. OAL pushing 36” That looks like a Big Fox Squirrel.
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They're fairly common in southern Indiana.
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I wonder what a 40 gr hp out of a 22-250 does to em?
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Fox squirrel black color phase most likely. If they’re 50% bigger or up to twice big as a gray squirrel that’s what you’re seeing. There a LOT of those in the timber over by the Mississippi river. At times I’ve seen more of them than grays. There are several color patterns. As someone mentioned above, some will have a black head and different combinations of white noses and/or white ears and a rusty red body. Sometimes you’ll see a really white tail just like a red fox.
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They were the most common color of squirrel at a camp we used to go to in McKean County PA on the NY border when I was a kid. Don't know the extent of their range there though or if it's still the case. Westchester County NY is loaded with them. I've seen many of them on the NY/CT border as well. As someone else posted, they are a common variant of the Gray Squirrel. I've also seen two or three that were chocolate brown.
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Real common where I hunt in Louisiana . I'll probably kill a couple in my limit of squirrels tomorrow.
I've seen two one our place in recent months. Both big black fox squirrels. My squirrel season might start Tuesday morning after the cool/dry weather rolls in.
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There were black fox squirrels around the TXDOT office in Tyler. Some were sorta charcoal grey and some were coal black.
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Usually Fox squirrels and little slightly isolated populations of them can get where practically all of them are black. There is a good course around here that is covered up with black fox squirrels. The little bastards will unzip your golf bag looking for treats while you are away from the cart.
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Some family up in Glendale, Ohio thought it would be cool to bring black squirrels from Michigan down to their house on the north side of Cincinnati. Today, they're all over Glendale, and Springdale and they're spreading. My house is about 5 miles away. We haven't seen them yet, but I'm sure we will if we wait around long enough.
I know a guy that did the same in Michigan... now they are about a quarter of the local population in less than 10 years. They breed like they are on welfare!
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