Pa guys, our squirrels have disappeared
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09/30/21 07:00 PM
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I am in north central Pa and we had all sorts of squirrels , now none. Is it that there is just to much food in the woods this year? We have beech nuts every where, grapes apples and more apples, hickory nuts. We just had a great summer of rain every week and the place was green all summer long. Cut the grass all summer too of course. But the squirrels? Lots of road kill coon just showing up. Is it just here or a bigger area.......jk We do have a lot of fisher but not that many in my opinion
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Re: Pa guys, our squirrels have disappeared
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09/30/21 07:03 PM
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Plenty squirrels here, all colors. Our season is open, but no hard frost yet, no frost at all. Still picking tomatoes and peppers. I normally don't hunt them till after a frost or two.
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Re: Pa guys, our squirrels have disappeared
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I am in north central Pa and we had all sorts of squirrels , now none. Is it that there is just to much food in the woods this year? We have beech nuts every where, grapes apples and more apples, hickory nuts. We just had a great summer of rain every week and the place was green all summer long. Cut the grass all summer too of course. But the squirrels? Lots of road kill coon just showing up. Is it just here or a bigger area.......jk We do have a lot of fisher but not that many in my opinion Have you noticed any increases of Birds of Prey?
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Re: Pa guys, our squirrels have disappeared
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09/30/21 08:33 PM
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We still have them here in the NW. Lots of acorns right by my house so I see them often.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Pa guys, our squirrels have disappeared
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09/30/21 08:55 PM
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No squirrels here either. I went hunting once this year (early morning) and never saw or even heard a squirrel.
Also not getting any pics of squirrels on my game cams. Usually they are all over my deer feed.
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Re: Pa guys, our squirrels have disappeared
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09/30/21 11:07 PM
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when you have a red tail on every fence post , you only see squirrel in town
I watched a red tail come down and pick one up right in front of Point brewery in Stevens point some years ago so even in town they are not safe just safer
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Re: Pa guys, our squirrels have disappeared
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10/01/21 10:00 AM
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Wherever we have fishers, we see dramatic reduction in squirrels, turkeys, rabbits. Our PA fisher trapping season is short by design, but the fishers eat 24/7/364. Apparently a female fisher lives in residence at our hunting camp close to JK. Every January-February she goes into heat and walks around the barn and cabin caterwauling so loudly she can be heard over woodworking machines. We have zero birds left, maybe 1-2 super skittish squirrels, and a large male bobcat that is super quick to come in to a predator call. In Dauphin County a fisher moved into our farm three years ago and immediately the turkey and rabbit populations dropped like a rock. Ok ok ok I know, I’m supposed to trap one of these fishers. I don’t know if other people are really lucky or really good, or if I’m really bad at trapping or just really unlucky, but despite targeting the one at camp, we have not caught her. Lot of close calls as we can see in the snow and on trail cams. She killed a porcupine very close to our main cubby set, ate it, left the carcass lay within sight. We will try again this winter, perhaps harder than the past two trapping seasons that we barely set much steel of any sort. However, on the good side, plenty of squirrels are raiding bird feeders and gardens in urban areas.
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Re: Pa guys, our squirrels have disappeared
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Light bulb clicks on, caterwauling is what I've been hearing. Thanks Pal. Kinda like bobcat but not the same?
I've seen and caught them here but don't play the silly tag, date and map games. Bought the zoo tags one time and it threw my whole line/season off kilter.
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Re: Pa guys, our squirrels have disappeared
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10/01/21 01:06 PM
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The sqrs. in my area are down also. I live trapped a Red Fox in my yard two nights ago. We will see !
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Re: Pa guys, our squirrels have disappeared
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We still don't have a Fisher season in 1A. Why, I don't know. I suspect that there's areas of PA where they should allow more than one to be taken.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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