Best of Airgun Pest Control part 2
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Helimech,
Beauty shootin' and nice camera work. Might start calling you Zapruder...
Those black squirrels are demonic looking buggers. Never seen them before. What exactly are they?
Justin
Beauty shootin' and nice camera work. Might start calling you Zapruder...
Those black squirrels are demonic looking buggers. Never seen them before. What exactly are they?
Justin
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Ya, we don't get them here either.
Nice shooting helimech, great video, thanks... What scope/camera, ATN...?
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The black squirrels are a color variant of grays.
The black squirrel occurs as a melanistic subgroup of both the eastern gray squirrel and the fox squirrel.[1] Their habitat extends throughout the Midwestern United States, in some areas of the Northeastern United States, eastern Canada, and also in the United Kingdom. The overall population of black squirrels is small when compared to that of the gray squirrel. The rarity of the black squirrel has caused many people to admire them, and the black squirrels enjoy great affection in some places as mascots.
As a rare mutation of both the eastern gray and fox squirrel, individual black squirrels can exist wherever gray or fox squirrels live. Among eastern squirrels, gray mating pairs cannot produce black offspring. Gray squirrels have two copies of a normal pigment gene and black squirrels have either one or two copies of a mutant pigment gene. If a black squirrel has two copies of the mutant gene it will be jet black. If it has one copy of a mutant gene and one normal gene it will be brown-black.[2] In areas with high concentrations of black squirrels, litters of mixed-color individuals are common.[3]
The black squirrel occurs as a melanistic subgroup of both the eastern gray squirrel and the fox squirrel.[1] Their habitat extends throughout the Midwestern United States, in some areas of the Northeastern United States, eastern Canada, and also in the United Kingdom. The overall population of black squirrels is small when compared to that of the gray squirrel. The rarity of the black squirrel has caused many people to admire them, and the black squirrels enjoy great affection in some places as mascots.
As a rare mutation of both the eastern gray and fox squirrel, individual black squirrels can exist wherever gray or fox squirrels live. Among eastern squirrels, gray mating pairs cannot produce black offspring. Gray squirrels have two copies of a normal pigment gene and black squirrels have either one or two copies of a mutant pigment gene. If a black squirrel has two copies of the mutant gene it will be jet black. If it has one copy of a mutant gene and one normal gene it will be brown-black.[2] In areas with high concentrations of black squirrels, litters of mixed-color individuals are common.[3]
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Did both the skunks the body shot and head shot spray? In the video you said the body shot sprayed but didn't say anything about the one with the head shot.
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These black squirrels are grey squirrels that have a black color morph. They are everywhere in south east Michigan.
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Nice shooting, sir! Looks like a blast, especially on those skunks! What gun make and model did you ever say you’re using?
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In this video, I used my .22 cal Benjamin Marauder (shot the skunks with it), my sons .177 cal Benjamin Maximus tuned to 11.5 ft lbs, a Hatsan BT 65 QE in .25 cal, and my FX Impact in .25 cal.
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