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Melanistic squirrel is... #8269372
11/23/24 02:49 PM
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...dead

Going in my belly shortly

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Just happy to be here.
Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269374
11/23/24 02:50 PM
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That looks Dead...sure nuf


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Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269418
11/23/24 03:55 PM
11/23/24 03:55 PM
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I'd say 50% of grey squirrels are black here now


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Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269422
11/23/24 04:00 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?

Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269424
11/23/24 04:04 PM
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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!
Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269429
11/23/24 04:16 PM
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I cased him to tan later. They aren't rare around here.


Just happy to be here.
Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269432
11/23/24 04:20 PM
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The only black squirrels here are on one neck of land and not another anywhere else... you'd think they'd spread some.

Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269453
11/23/24 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by slydogx
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!
Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269457
11/23/24 04:52 PM
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When I was a kid, if you saw a gray squirrel, it was considered a freak of nature. Ours were all black squirrels. We never even heard of a grey squirrel.

Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269492
11/23/24 06:09 PM
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Congratulations


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Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: BigBob] #8269529
11/23/24 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by BigBob
Originally Posted by slydogx
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: Lugnut] #8269532
11/23/24 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Lugnut
About 40% of them are black now.


Gonna have to pay reparations soon.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269536
11/23/24 07:19 PM
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Eh...wot?

Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: Boco] #8269568
11/23/24 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Boco
Originally Posted by Lugnut
About 40% of them are black now.


Gonna have to pay reparations soon.



WOW, yet another racist Canadian!

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Have NEVER seen a black squirrel here until this summer.
Was in Ohio.last week.and saw a handful

Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269573
11/23/24 07:58 PM
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What is that firearm? Make, model, caliber?

Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269619
11/23/24 09:40 PM
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All the black squirrels down here are fox squirrels

Don't ever remember seeing a black cat (grey) squirrel

Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: ZUTER] #8269651
11/23/24 10:57 PM
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Chiappa double badger.22 over .410


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Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269653
11/23/24 11:00 PM
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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] #8269744
11/24/24 06:17 AM
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I have never seen a black one up here.

Re: Melanistic squirrel is... [Re: slydogx] #8269807
11/24/24 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by slydogx
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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