I'm truly hoping we can back to where it was. I've enjoyed this thread. I've met some fellers on here, as weird as this sounds, I consider friends even though I've never met them. But we all have squirrel hunting in common. With any luck, Ed will start a new one in 11 days, and if we make a concerted effort, it will be just as good, or better than the last couple.
2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........
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I'm down like 4 flats.
Whisper nice things to Blondie Fred, maybe get fresh backstraps for Christmas dinner!
Ok I’m ready to see this thread get righted. I too have got a lot of enjoyment from it.
so I showed you guys the cool looking squirrel my friend had on his feeder.
He wanted me to come over and shoot it. I said you shoot it and I’ll mount it. He brought it over yesterday lol. He put a hole through his feeder but he didn’t care. Haha.
The black on her back appears to me like it’s the underfur showing minus the guard hair. Also, her one eye is damaged.
I’m going to mount her climbing down a branch to show the back off. Her underside is normal.
so I showed you guys the cool looking squirrel my friend had on his feeder.
The black on her back appears to me like it’s the underfur showing minus the guard hair. Also, her one eye is damaged.
I’m going to mount her climbing down a branch to show the back off. Her underside is normal.
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Absolutely the neatest looking squirrel I have ever seen. I hope the mount turns out well. Please be sure to post pics when its done.
You could call her "ole mono-eye".
longcruise
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Holy Moly! What if this spreads to our tree dwellers? I can already imagine the topics on best gun for squirrel protection. Squirrel spray????
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That's what happens when you breathe too much socialist lib air.
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I live in town and we have many squirrels in the neighborhood. I observe them when I take the dog for a walk. For those who live in town but get to the woods more than I do to you see any correlation between behavior. Such as responses to weather.
What I notice most this time of year in KY is, generally speaking, squirrels prefer to come out on warm, sunny days with light to no wind more. Late afternoon is a good time to find them on the ground. Early morning when it’s still cool out, they tend to stick to the tops of trees more.
Also, squirrels like to come out during light steady rain if there isn’t much wind. They tend to be on the ground digging for nuts. This is one of my favorite times to squirrel hunt.
Another good time to find squirrels on the ground this time of year is during warm, sunny days prior to a storm front moving in.
However, nothing is absolute. Sometimes they will throw you a curve ball.
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Your observations seem to be similar to what I see with the city squirrels here in eastern Kansas. We mostly have the red squirrels. (Fox squirrels?)
It’s tough this time of year. I was out four times this week and only got one squirrel. They just weren’t active. Yesterday I hunted til ten when the snow started. Didn’t see a squirrel 
I went out this morning. It was in the mid twenties and mostly cloudy. The sun would peak out off and on and the wind was from the north west up to about 8 to 10 miles an hour. Sometimes it would die down to almost nothing. I saw a couple squirrels on the way there, but only saw one in the woods while I was there and it was making a bee line to its den as soon as it saw me. I didn’t end up shooting any, but still a nice day in the woods for the official first day of winter.
I think it's the same. I'm just waiting to see 20 around the house and then maybe I'll see 1 in the woods.
There is a slight population differences between the woods and yard here.
I just haven't skinned one yet. I wonder how that goes. I read up about cooking and eating.
looking like dog food. But I might like them.
I don't feed them around the house.. so when there around and when there not is natural. There not Around all the time for bait.
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After removing 20 + over the summer I still have two that are hanging out. They are scavenging apples off my tree. I don't mind that but I'm in the kitchen baking and just caught one on the patio ready to start chewing on a cushion. 
I'm ready to apply the final solution to these two. Was ready to tolerate them for the winter but they are wearing out their welcome.
When I post "no problem" it's finished.
I'm ready to apply the final solution to these two. Was ready to tolerate them for the winter but they are wearing out their welcome. When I post "no problem" it's finished.
Herbivores might be omnivores more than we think. Whitetails have been observed not only eating, but catching fish.
If those squirrels in the study were eating insects, they were already omnivores. I don't know if other squirrel types eat insects, but it wouldn't surprise me. They are smart and have the "tools" to catch and eat prey. Other rodents are omnivorous so why not squirrels?
Indeed, squirrels are listed as omnivorous. They have been seen eating baby birds, insects, eggs, etc. IMO, they would have to be mighty hungry to choose that over some type of crop nuts or tree buds.
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