Black Squirrels

[desmobob]

I grew up in the southeast corner of the Adirondack Park in NY, and never saw a black squirrel until I was at Navy boot camp at Great Lakes, IL in 1982.

But in the last several years, I'm seeing them here in NY.

 

[quikdraw67]

I have seen a few black squirrels at McDade Park in Scranton. I saw one white squirrel there once.

 

[Bald1]

I grew up in the southeast corner of the Adirondack Park in NY, and never saw a black squirrel until I was at Navy boot camp at Great Lakes, IL in 1982.

But in the last several years, I'm seeing them here in NY.

NY is funny. Around the Buffalo area it’s all gray. Go to Rochester and Syracuse and there’s loads of black squirrels. I noticed 2 of them this yr on my lease. First time. When I caught movement from corner of my eye I immediately thought it was a Marten/Fisher. We have a few of those nest raiders around

 

[twodog max]

I have seen black squirrels in a few places around Arkansas. IMO they tend to be kind of a local thing where the genetics for black colors manifest. I have shot a couple to show around but other than that just let them go their way. Around here they are color variants of fox squirrels and for eating purposes they make good gravy if the spoon don't bend easy.
There is a reason the Native Americans used fox squirrel skin to make bowstrings

 

[CH4]

Do they taste different?
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[Model 15-4ever]

Black squirrels are a mutant species and must be eliminated.

 

[desmobob]

Do they taste different?
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Red squirrels taste like strawberries.
Gray squirrels taste like pork.
Black squirrels taste like licorice.

 

[Rustyt1953]

And the snozberries taste like snozberries.

 

[desmobob]

And the snozberries taste like snozberries.

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[dmar]

Pinehurst, NC has black squirrels all over the place. They’re pretty interesting looking.

 

[67tempest]

Black squirrels out number the gray's in Marshall Michigan, have seen numerous black squirrels with gray tails.

 

[Skeet 028]

There were black and white squirrels in many towns on the Eastern Shote of Md. The only actual black squirrel I ever saw in the woods while hunting was a very large blavk Delmarva fox. Big darn thing the approx size of a medium cat...Endangered species...so I did not shoot it. I was hunting ducks in a woods that was mostly very large older trees. There was even an old American Chestnut that was stil alive and bearing nuts The darn wood ducks ate them. Those woodies liked those little woods ponds

 

[Fishinfool]

There is a pretty large population of black color phase gray squirrels in the town of Milton, PA. I used to deliver auto parts to a small shop that always had them running around his yard. Only ever seen them around there.

Larry