In NH and ME, we started our hunting careers with red squirrels, about 2/3 the size of greys. We'd go up in the summer for a week and shoot many dozens of them.
They are protected in lots of states, including WA and WI.
No, just the opposite here in Wa. The Eastern Grey is an invasive. Fox squirrel s too, but I don't think we nave a population of those.
Western Greys, on the other hand, are protected. Location is the dividing line. Western Greys
are in the South Sound in Oak grove areas for the most part.