Fox Squirrel

What are your opinions on shooting a fox squirrel? I've noticed a lot of mixed feelings on trying to keep them around.

Shoot them if you want to...

Why wouldn't you..I see more of them than greys.

Not a problem.

That's how I feel about them also but it got me to thinking the other day when I was hunting some private property and the older guy said shoot all the greys you want but don't shoot the fox squirrels. When I got out there I saw 1 grey and 6 fox squirrels. I've never seen so many on one piece of property and for that matter with one sit. I know he can do with what he wants with his own property. I just was wondering if there were reasons or opinions other then there's not that many around anymore.

I run my dog on some private property and the landowner is the same way... He asks that I don't shoot them. He says they are there but I haven't seen one yet

My grandmother loves them. She thinks they are too pretty to shoot. Id like to have one mounted.

I wouldn’t here only because they are a rarity. Very seldom do u see one. But if they were common, bust em!

I skwerl hunted the first 20 years of my life and never saw one.
I've seen maybe a few dozen over the past few years and had a thought to shoot one but if anyone wants to that's their business

I've killed 10-15 over the years. There are some areas that have a lot and some a few and a bunch of land none.

Never seen one in my hardwoods, I understand they are prevalent on the Russell Lands property and saw one crossing hwy 63 into the pines. I think if I do see one here I would opt for a pic since I wouldn't mount it.

i only see them when im on the alabama river. But shoot away they make bootiful mounts

I never shot any or saw any for 30 years, but the property we bought 4 years ago is loaded with them.

It all depends on where you are hunting I guess.

We usually don't shoot them because we rarely see them. If we had many of them i wouldn't mind shooting a few of them. We usually leave them just for conservation purposes. Had one guy owned a pecan orchard and fox squirrels were eating all his pecans.He invited us to come hunt and kill all we could kill.

I seen a couple when I went to choccolocco WMA a couple weeks ago. First ones that I recall seeing since I was a kid. They are beautiful animals. I wouldn't shoot one unless I wanted a mount but I have heard they are good on the grill.

I have only shot a handful of them in the past. I went through a phase where I didn't see many. I wouldn't go against the property owners wishes and mess our friendship up over a squirrel. I was just curious of everyone else's thoughts. Thanks

My grandpaw use to see them all the time in new market. I killed one there years ago in a fence row. Havent seen any more and thats been 20 years ago. We always wondered why they died off. I wouldn't have killed that one if i knew at the time. Tasted tougher

our place in sumter has more fox squirrels
than we do grey squirrels

We are covered with them here but I don't shoot them a lot. IMO they taste better than greys because they actually have fat on them. I shot one a good while ago and that sucker had fat rolls on his back. Fine eatin

See at least one every time I've climbed this year. Had 4 in the same tree Thursday morning. The 3 chased that 1 the whole time I was in there.. Sounded like a herd of cows running around. Lol

Redstone Arsenal has enough of 'em to repopulate the rest of the world. There's a lot in some places on Wheeler Refuge too.

Dime a dozen in this part of Mississippi

It was a fox squirrel orgy at my place Saturday morning. I bet I watched 12-15 in a 1 acre food plot and the surrounding woods chase each other for hours and stop and screw every now and then. It was a ball to watch. I sent my son out there with the pellet rifle the next morning and he only saw one and missed him.

We got some kinda grey/fox hybrid intermingling going at my grandparents place. Size wise they're inbetweem a fox squirrels and greys, Looks like a huge grey or a small fox squirrel. They're all grey with a red saddle on their back some bark like a grey other bark like a fox squirrel. When they go through the woods you'd swear it was a herd of armidillos had one scare of a fat old doe once after it climbed out on a tiny limb and past the weight limit of the branch and fell off hit the ground like a sack of bricks about 10ft from the doe

I have several fox squirrels that I see 90% of the time when I hunt certain areas of our family property. We're in Lawrence Co. The property has several small creeks running through it and in general is a fairly wet piece of land. I also used to hunt Wheeler Refuge in a lot of the backwater areas and would see fox squirrels a lot in there. It has me wondering if they prefer areas that have a lot of water or near water, anyone ever studied that?

From what I have seen is they seem to like areas next to fields or pastures.

Yup, they are slow movers and do well near cattle pastures mostly because farmers dont like to do any shooting near their cattle. Fox Rats almost become pasture pets.

Yep. They like pecan trees too. We are pretty covered up with them on one place I hunt