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Celebrating National Squirrel Appreciation Day!

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Yesterday was National Squirrel Appreciation Day but I had some things to do after work so I wasn't able to celebrate. I felt bad about that so I made sure I had time this afternoon to let my bushy tailed friends know how much I like them...right next to the biscuits and gravy.

Darren
 
In N.C. Pa. , we have so few squirrels left after the hoards of predators are done, I feel guilty shooting them. I've seen one squirrel in the last two years.
time to start sniping them predators.
we have little pine squirrels here and this time of year i see one scampering across the snow i feel sorry for the bugger!
 
In the big woods of N.Central Pa. , we have so many predators , hawks , owls , fishers , (over sized weasels intentionally stocked ) hoards of stocked coyotes , cougars , (stocked) , eagles , over run with bears , etc , etc.. Small game has no chance. In 2005/6 , we had huntable populations of squirrels , and grouse , but most are gone. Thanks to the Pa. Blame Commission. Just another self centered , bloated state govt. bureaucracy , that has lost it's original mission.
 
In about 1990 , I was doing business in north central Pa.. The area around the town town , was some private land , a lot of property owned and managed by a very large timber company , and National Forest Land. At the time , other areas were secretly stocked with Michigan coyotes. The first truck load of coyotes were ceremoniously released on the paper company land. Those attending the event were , officials from the paper company , Pa. Blame Comm. and a lodge brother from the local town . One of my very best friends , I could trust w/my life , was a lodge brother of the guy that witnessed the event. This happened all over the Central Pa. mountains. Another of the coyote stocking events , was accidentally discovered by a public official , another trusted good friend . He was on a back road near his home. He saw a truck parked near the end of the road and inquired about the driver's load. To my friend's surprise , the driver, said coyotes. The driver asked directions and declared he was lost , and headed for the other location.
At around the same time , folks were seeing Mountain lions generally all over central Pa. . I was on the road traveling on business every day ,and by 1992 I had seen three of the big cats w/in a short time. Hunters out in the woods , were seeing them. And again , our state conservation agency totally denied all knowledge of the events. Government agencies think folks are stupid , and lie on a daily basis. When the evidence mounts upto a given level ,it becomes undeniable. The bad part is , bloated agencies are self perpetuating , and don't give a manure about the people they are supposed to serve..............
 
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A fact is that the grey squirrels you have over on your continent is larger and meatier then the red ones we have here in Europe. it would take a lot of them to make a descent stew and a ton of work. And I am not sure they all would understand that they wold lose a battle with the humans...!:dunno:
 
Oh no American greys everywhere , our own reds few and far between, I have killed dozens in our massive garden London Esher area They are tasty but not yet mastered how to skin them fast Takes me 20 mins. I worry about the pox they often carry in the uk but I guess too late to worry at 78. Pubs are selling squirrel on the menus too Use a bsa Scorpio pcp 177 and 22 out to 70 yards too many houses around for real guns
 
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