DadOfThree
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I have lived in Indiana most of my life but just recently moved to Upland, a small town in north central Indiana. The town has a couple of thousand people in it if you include Taylor University. The town has 2 or 3 smal parks with lots of nut trees and a lot of Walnut and Oak trees scattered through town. What is really odd is the number of black squirrels in the town. They are not dark gray but a silky, ebony black. Probably a third of the squirrels in town are like this. The rest are mostly grays and a few fox squirrels. I grew up only 35 miles from here and have hunted central Indiana quite a bit but have never seen a population like this. Does anyone here know if this is a seperate species or just an anomaly that keeps being rebred back into the local critters. I wouldn't mind taking a couple next season and mounting them but I don't know for sure if they are legal to take. I believe the Indiana hunting regs refer to grays and fox squirrels specifically. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.