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Re: Melanistic squirrel is...
[Re: slydogx]
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 11/23/24 02:55 PM
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 W NY
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I'd say 50% of grey squirrels are black here now 
 
  
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: Melanistic squirrel is...
[Re: slydogx]
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 11/23/24 03:00 PM
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We have always had a healthy population of black gray squirrels around camp in north-central PA.
  Never had them around home in southeast PA until about 6-7 years ago when I saw my first one. About 40% of them are black now.  
 
  
Eh...wot?
  
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Re: Melanistic squirrel is...
[Re: slydogx]
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 11/23/24 03:04 PM
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 St. Louis Co, Mo
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If not too messed up, might have some value to a taxidermist. 
 
  
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
  Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
  Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Melanistic squirrel is...
[Re: slydogx]
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 11/23/24 03:42 PM
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 St. Louis Co, Mo
BigBob
 
 
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BigBob I cased him to tan later. They aren't rare around here. Don't have to be, most all taxidermist's will buy/sell all over the country.  
 
  
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
  Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
  Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Melanistic squirrel is...
[Re: BigBob]
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 11/23/24 06:05 PM
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BigBob I cased him to tan later. They aren't rare around here. Don't have to be, most all taxidermist's will buy/sell all over the country. Can't sell a black grey or fox squirrel to any local taxidermy shop here.  There are just too many.  
 
  
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Re: Melanistic squirrel is...
[Re: Boco]
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 11/23/24 06:56 PM
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 About 40% of them are black now.  Gonna have to pay reparations soon. WOW, yet another racist Canadian!  ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2024/11/full-2625-237755-1000001991.png) Have NEVER seen a black squirrel here until this summer. Was in Ohio.last week.and saw a handful  
 
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Re: Melanistic squirrel is...
[Re: slydogx]
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 11/23/24 10:00 PM
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 Ontario, Canada
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Growing up (70s), it was more rare to see gray squirrels than black in the Windsor area. I was a bit skeptical when Americans would tell me they'd never seen a black squirrel LOL. 
  We actually have a few albinos in my area that I see once in a while. 
 
  
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Re: Melanistic squirrel is...
[Re: slydogx]
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 11/24/24 07:39 AM
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Growing up (70s), it was more rare to see gray squirrels than black in the Windsor area. I was a bit skeptical when Americans would tell me they'd never seen a black squirrel LOL. 
  We actually have a few albinos in my area that I see once in a while. There was a taxidermy mount at my gun club that had three gray squirrels on a branch; a regular gray, a black and an albino. It was a cool mount. Don't know what happened to it.  
 
  
Eh...wot?
  
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