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Black Squirrel Question
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:27 am
by richard b evers
I killed a Black Squirrel at my duck hole this week end - question is are they common? - I have never seen one and I was thinking about getting it mounted - a man from my camp said that were common and that it was just a fox squirrl that was black. - is there a black squirrl?
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:44 am
by Bill Collector
I've never seen one in the wild, must less killed one. It would be on my wall for sure.
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:45 am
by Warren
there was a post about this in the past you could do a search and pull it up...i think the black is a fox but i know in the delta they are real common i see them all the time
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:49 am
by Jelly
mahannah is FULL of them, oh yeah, and they are LAZY
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:53 am
by teul2
I have killed a few of em, but i wouldn't say they are common.
Just find them in certain areas.
Been waiting to find an old one with a white nose to mount.
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:00 am
by DUCKAHOLIC
Very common all along the Miss River
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:26 am
by vicksburg
Yes they are common in the delta.
about 4 years ago, i killed 7 blacks and a gray in one mornings hunt in DNF. They are dumber than regular reds or grays. 5 of those seven came out of 1 huge pecan and none really even ran after i started shooting...They just ran closer, while barking at me.
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:29 am
by max4lady
don't want it on the wall in my house. Poor little squirrel! My mom would never visit. Yeah, I know, you would like that.
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:36 am
by Brad79
I usually kill a few on the Delta National.
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:34 am
by dukluk
If ya'll don't mount them, then certainly don't waste them....give them to someone who ties fishing jigs.....they love the course black hair from them.
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:37 pm
by duramax
They are just as common as greys or reds in the north east part of the country.
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:02 pm
by Jeff
The way I have always understood it is that the black squirrel in the delta in one that is only indigenous to that area. So if you killed a black squirrel there it is somewhat of an accomplishment.
There area also fox squirrels that have extra melanin and are black. These are kinda rare also, so either way you have something.
I love hunting the black squirrels in the delta, we used to come every year and make at trip for squirrels with our .25 cal flintlocks. In those tall delta trees, that is quite a challenge!
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:07 pm
by peewee
Not rare at all along the river in MS. Watched 5 out of the same stand last week in Issaquena county. Got a camp south of Vicksburg on the river thats loaded with them also.
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:08 pm
by peewee
Also it is nothing more than a melanistic phase fox squirrel.
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:25 pm
by mudsucker
max4lady wrote:don't want it on the wall in my house. Poor little squirrel! My mom would never visit. Yeah, I know, you would like that.
OWNED! 