Fox Squirrel Down!

[Jmoore]

Decided to go sit in my deer blind this morning with my shotgun to fool the squirrels lol. I ended up getting the target squirrel that's been chewing my blind to pieces!! I've caught this squirrel red handed chewing on it. Biggest fox squirrel I've ever taken and she's going on the wall!

 

[Tenntrapper]

Sweet. I've got a few that hang around my blind. Haven't chewed on anything yet.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

I've seen 2 in the last 2 years. We used to have a ton of them

 

[backyardtndeer]

That looks like a big one, congrats.

Used to see a lot of them here, but not been seeing as many the past couple years. Over run with grey squirrels.

 

[ronnie77]

That's a nice one!

 

[waterman]

shot a many in my day. floating in a canoe. mounted my first one. still looking to get a black phase one

 

[rem270]

I changed out carpet and cleaned one of my blinds in Oct. Climbed in it last Monday and a dang squirrel was in it and had already made a nest. It chewed a good bit of the wood and was living life. As of late last week it hadn't come back but not sure how long it'll stay out of there either

 

[Jmoore]

I changed out carpet and cleaned one of my blinds in Oct. Climbed in it last Monday and a dang squirrel was in it and had already made a nest. It chewed a good bit of the wood and was living life. As of late last week it hadn't come back but not sure how long it'll stay out of there either

Yep they are pretty destructive! This 1 had done chewed ¾ the way through a true 2x4. The wood I used is oak from a 100 year old barn I tore down. That stuff is so hard you have to drill a pilot hole to put a screw in it!

 

[TnBob]

That's a beauty. Should make nice mount.

 

[TnBob]

shot a many in my day. floating in a canoe. mounted my first one. still looking to get a black phase one

I saw a black one years ago on my grandparents place in Smith county. It was the prettiest one I ever saw. Had reddish feet and a huge white nose and white tipped tail. I was carrying a 243 so I went back with a 22 after deer season..... never saw it again. Lol

 

[Iglow]

I saw a nice fox squirrel today in a big poplar tree, my pup acted like she winded something but probably it was just luck. I was looking up in that poplar and saw a little tuffed of something that looked outta place and got my binoculars on it and there that rascal was. I looked at him through my scope but didn't shoot him cause the dog hadn't treed him. I don't shoot fox squirrels much cause they are kinda rare around here.

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

I'd have a hard time shooting one they are so beautiful.

 

[Kahrman]

Nice fox. He should look really good mounted.

 

[Jmoore]

I'd have a hard time shooting one they are so beautiful.

Lol I'll get to admire her for a long time now!

 

[Tenntrapper]

I'm going this Friday, hopefully I will get a few for the table.

 

[J.A.F.O.]

Dang! That's a big foxy. Don't find em too much but I do like taking a few and making stew with them.

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

Lol I'll get to admire her for a long time now!

So they taste the same as gray?

 

[Tenntrapper]

So they taste the same as gray?

I prefer the grays for eating, but I'm not going to pass on a fox.

 

[M T Pockets 000]

That thar be one nice foxsquirrel. We got a couple a running thru the trees. Been known to take a few but thar gettin kinda scarce so I leave em be a hopin they will repopulate. Meanwhile a few grays make a nice meal

 

[bowtechgump]

Looking forward to seeing the mount! The giant fox squirrels are one of the greatest things to ever get to watch during any hunt.

 

[rifle02]

I've noticed that fox squirrels and gray squirrels are seldom found in the same Woods in close proximity. They each seem to stick to their own neighborhood. Also fox squirrels seem to spend more time on the ground covering distance.

 

[Tenntrapper]

I've noticed that fox squirrels and gray squirrels are seldom found in the same Woods in close proximity. They each seem to stick to their own neighborhood. Also fox squirrels seem to spend more time on the ground covering distance.

I think, generally speaking, that fox squirrels prefer "edges"...where woods meet a field. I see them often here out in pastures and hay fields.
That said, the property I hunt at the lake is full of them...and no fields there.
I've also noticed that they tend to sleep in compared to gray squirrels. Hunt grays at first light, fox a little later....say around 10..ish.

 

[J.A.F.O.]

I think, generally speaking, that fox squirrels prefer "edges"...where woods meet a field. I see them often here out in pastures and hay fields.
That said, the property I hunt at the lake is full of them...and no fields there.
I've also noticed that they tend to sleep in compared to gray squirrels. Hunt grays at first light, fox a little later....say around 10..ish.

Yes Yes and Yes to all these. Man knows his foxes.
I'll post a pic of one I found on the farm Saturday. About 20 yds in the timber from the field,lots of old hickory trees and oaks and at around 1030/11.

 

[Iglow]

Another difference is when a dog trees them, fox squirrels just flatten out on the tree and will let you walk right up and shoot them. (One of the reasons I don't shoot them often) but half the time a gray squirrel will do everything he can to hide from you and the other half he'll take off for his hole and risk everything to get there! The hardest shotgun target I know of besides doves after they have been shot at in a field is timbering gray squirrels. Unless you catch them pausing to jump from one tree to another they are in herky jerky running motion nonstop. They've left me with an empty gun and six burnt hulls many,many times.

 

[rifle02]

I've had them tree in a 4" dogwood. The dumb things sit there helplessly 20 feet up. I couldn't bring myself to blast them.

 

[Gravey]

My uncle has 3 mounted and he passed away 8 years ago. Was at his house a few weeks back visiting my aunt and she told me to go look for something in the walk in attic. Bunch of hanging rods with clothes on each side and as I was sliding them to the side to look behind them those dang mounted fox squirrels were right there in my face. Admittedly I jumped as they caught me off guard and for a second I was thinking live squirrels.