What kind of squirrel is this?

[CoyoteChuck52]

Eastern
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_gray_squirrel


Western
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_gray_squirrel

[BOWHUNTER45]

Eastern Fox Squirrel ...My favorite squirrel hunt ..they get big !

[bobcat]

So I CAN'T kill them?   

They are an endangered squirrel? Maybe the WDFW would be interested in knowing the location?

I'm still not 100% convinced. I thought Western Greys were much bigger than this.

[CoyoteChuck52]

So I CAN'T kill them?   

They are an endangered squirrel?

Thats my understanding in Washington...It may have changed, I would check first

http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_squirrel/

notice the ear size of the one in the wdfw picture

[BOWHUNTER45]

So I CAN'T kill them?   

They are an endangered squirrel? Maybe the WDFW would be interested in knowing the location?

I'm still not 100% convinced. I thought Western Greys were much bigger than this.

Another thing I have noticed is the western is more Silverish Grey than the Eastern and most likely if you see a grey in the woods far from civilization and not in town chances are the Western Greys ..It is tough to tell anyways So I would be afraid to shoot one around here anyways 

[bobcat]

So I CAN'T kill them?   

They are an endangered squirrel?

Thats my understanding in Washington...It may have changed, I would check first

Well I know Westerns are protected, and Easterns are not. Question is, which species are these? From the pictures you posted, my squirrels look like Easterns.   

And Bowhunter, this is VERY close to civilization.

[CoyoteChuck52]

Bobcat,
 click on that wdfw link above and it has areas listed for each type

[bobcat]

This is in Thurston County. It could be either but to me it doesn't look at all like a Western Grey. But Bowhunter45 says it is. Everyone else said Eastern. Looks like Bowhunter got out-voted.   

Maybe I need to shoot one so I can get a close up look. 

[CoyoteChuck52]

This is in Thurston County. It could be either but to me it doesn't look at all like a Western Grey. But Bowhunter45 says it is. Everyone else said Eastern. Looks like Bowhunter got out-voted.   

Maybe I need to shoot one so I can get a close up look.

10-4 on that...
Have some well fed ones here in Puyallup. They should taste like peanuts by now.....


I know my grand mother use to make some fine squirrel gravy and over some homemade buttermilk biscuits that was some good grub

[bobcat]

Maybe I should give them a few more weeks, that COB should fatten them up real nice.      

[BOWHUNTER45]

This is in Thurston County. It could be either but to me it doesn't look at all like a Western Grey. But Bowhunter45 says it is. Everyone else said Eastern. Looks like Bowhunter got out-voted.   

Maybe I need to shoot one so I can get a close up look.

HAHAHA Well go ahead and shoot it ...then post a picture on here and lets see what happens next  LMAO !!!! 

[CoyoteChuck52]

found this online for Wa....(first time I ever been WRONG )

Non-Native Tree Squirrels: The Eastern Gray and Fox squirrel, while the most common squirrels found in urban settings, are not protected under these provisions and it is unlawful to release a squirrel without a permit anywhere other than on the property where it was found. Washington & Oregon doesn’t allow the public to import, trap or keep wildlife, without either a special exhibition permit or a wildlife holding permit (available only in Oregon - link below) or while under treatment by a licensed wildlife rehabilitator.

http://squirrelrefuge.org/squirrel_refuge_web_site_013.htm

[BOWHUNTER45]

CoyoteChuck .. Some good info ... what you have found is a little different than what I found ...guess the thing to do is go by what the dept is declaring western Grey Squirrel habitat ..anything outside those guidelines is fair game ...    Bobcat ...looks like it is time for some squirrel stew ....

[bobcat]

I'm thinking maybe I should just try to trap them, in a cage trap. That way I can let them go if they're the wrong kind!   

[CoyoteChuck52]

Think this one is a blue