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Re: 10 year old shot a Hybrid squirrel? [Re: Providence Farm] #7719347 11/16/22 07:20 PM 11/16/22 07:20 PM
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 4 Central Ohio S Shark trapper
Shark trapper S Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 4 Central Ohio	Here's one my son shot this fall. We have fox, gray, and reds, but I've never seen one like this before

Re: 10 year old shot a Hybrid squirrel? [Re: yotetrapper30] #7719392 11/16/22 08:00 PM 11/16/22 08:00 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,258 ny U upstateNY trapper
upstateNY trapper U Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,258 ny	Originally Posted by yotetrapper30 Fox and gray squirrels are enemies, so a hybrid seems unlikely? I know that Red Squirrels and Grey Squirrels here don't get along.Cant say for Fox Squirrels cause we don't have any here.Wish we did. the wheels of the gods turn very slowly

Re: 10 year old shot a Hybrid squirrel? [Re: Providence Farm] #7719423 11/16/22 08:39 PM 11/16/22 08:39 PM
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JOCO1995 Unregistered J	Shark, that looks like a cross for sure. In my area of NC we have Grey's and a few fox squirrel. Where I have hunted in Illinois there are reds and Grey squirrels. Where my wife is from in Ontario, they have black ones that are about the same size as the reds I have seen. The reds and the blacks are bigger than the Grey's but not as big as what I call a fox squirrel. I think a lot of Yankees call reds foxes imo from what I've seen posted here before

Re: 10 year old shot a Hybrid squirrel? [Re: yotetrapper30] #7719424 11/16/22 08:40 PM 11/16/22 08:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,514 Woodhull, Illinois 77 J Jim Bethell trapper
Jim Bethell trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,514 Woodhull, Illinois 77	Originally Posted by yotetrapper30 Fox and gray squirrels are enemies, so a hybrid seems unlikely? In my town, west central Ill., the gray and fox squirrels mix all the time. Makes for some weird colors.

Re: 10 year old shot a Hybrid squirrel? [Re: Providence Farm] #7719432 11/16/22 08:48 PM 11/16/22 08:48 PM
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JOCO1995 Unregistered J	Jim, I have hunted for years in Pike co. It is wrapped up w squirrels for sure. The hardwood forest out there sure supports a lot more than NC pine woods

Re: 10 year old shot a Hybrid squirrel? [Re: Wanna Be] #7719440 11/16/22 08:56 PM 11/16/22 08:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 8,954 Indiana P Providence Farm OP trapper
Providence Farm OP trapper P Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 8,954 Indiana	Originally Posted by Wanna Be I can tell you with certainty there is no “crossbreeding” here with our greys and fox squirrels. They act like mortal enemies here. And if that’s a fox squirrel, he’s tiny. I don’t see much of a difference in body size with the pics. Our fox squirrels here are quite large. They’ll keep deer and greys off a feeder in a heartbeat. I’ve watched three greys go after a fox squirrel and the fox squirrel whooped two and the third wanted nothing to do with it. We may have different names for squirrels than y’all do. I know I’ve seen some crazy looking squirrels in Washington and Idaho. We have grays, fox, and reds. Reds are much more common than fox but dew around here know the difference. I didn't untill a few years ago when I saw a fox squirrel in a basswood behind the barn. Was the biggest squirrel I ever saw. My entire life I had been calling all thr reds fox and never knew the difference tell them.

Re: 10 year old shot a Hybrid squirrel? [Re: Providence Farm] #7719470 11/16/22 09:19 PM 11/16/22 09:19 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 873 west virginia W wvmntnhick trapper
wvmntnhick trapper W Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 873 west virginia	I could be totally wrong but…our grey squirrels will color up like that when they’re in walnuts. They’ll take on the red colored belly and often end up staining the coats. Soon as the walnuts dry up, they’ll start getting their natural color back. Not saying that’s the case here but the last pic posted certainly looks like what we get with the staining. Just throwing it out there. I keep desperately hoping that one day someone will call me "Sir" without adding "please calm down" or "you're causing a scene."

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