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Post by Sunshine on Sept 24, 2009 11:35:45 GMT -5
any of ya'll been noticing a higher than normal population of squirrels this fall in your area,both alive and roadkilled?
here it seems like there is a huge percentage of squirrels with warbles this year, definitely hgiher than in recent years past.ive seen several around with noticeable warbles in them.Have any of you guys noticed that?
i saw one this mornin near my car with a huge warble right below his neck on his upper shoulder. it looked pretty nasty.
squirrels are so abundant here this year that ive even seen it being discussed on the news and heard it being discussed on the radio as to why there are so many of them getting hit on the roads.(i know its WV and we aint got alot to talk about in the news,LOL)
do you think the food supply could be low forcing more competition for food and making the squirrels travel farther than normal in their search for food and as a result more are getting smacked along the way or do ya just figure that all the factors were right this spring and the population is just higher so the roadkills are more noticeable cause theres more of them?
its nothing for me to travel the 17 miles to the nearest town and count 20 or more fresh roadkill squirrels per trip. thats way more than normal for our area.
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Post by tctrppr on Sept 24, 2009 14:03:42 GMT -5
On the way to Glenville last Saturday I saw 38 between Rt 50 and Glenville. ( 38 live, not counting roadkills) Chris even commented about all the squirrels. Every one of them was headed off the hill(downhill) toward water. It's so dry they can't water on the hill, so they're coming down to the creeks. No ditches, mudholes or anything like that up high has any water, at least up this way. The hilltops are dry. Seems to be plenty of mast, at least around here. Good crop of oak, fair amt. of hickory, at least locally. A lot of walnut trees along waterways, too. Another good draw for them. Should be a good year for squirrel gravy!
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plankton
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Post by plankton on Sept 24, 2009 16:07:47 GMT -5
Not that many people hunt them anymore. That one reason.
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Post by BlueRidgeTrapper on Sept 25, 2009 3:06:28 GMT -5
Aint been in the woods much yet....let yall know on Monday
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Post by tctrppr on Sept 25, 2009 13:42:47 GMT -5
Not that many people hunt them anymore. That one reason. Still quite a few folks around here hunt them.
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