Whitetail in Our Yard

[cedarthicket]

Not a white-tailed deer, but a white-tailed fox squirrel. My wife and I have been seeing it every few days for the last month or so. Finally, I had a relatively inexpensive digital camera close by today when I saw the WT squirrel through our kitchen window. I zoomed in as best I could and pressed the camera against the window to steady it. This is not a professional picture by any means, but I was happy to get it.

 

[Throwsstones]

How weird. We have seen two in Mogan Co this year.

 

[Hookeye]

Got one living in neighbor's tree. Kinda funky.

 

[bwframe]

Ruh-roh

 

[Fishersjohn48]

Que probably wouldn't be able to see that one either! Where? Where?

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Wouldn't that be an example of a piebald-squirrel. I've seen it happen with deer before.

 

[UncleNorby]

I had a treestand a few years ago where I would normally see a normal colored fox squirrel, with the exception that he had white ears.

 

[nkhrfh]

Thanks for the post. My wife just saw one and mentioned it to me. Wondered what it was. Morgan Co.

 

[ghitch75]

i bet he is a transplant from here....

White Squirrels of Olney, The William Yates Stroup Hypothesis While William Yates Stroup was hunting squirrels in the woods near his home in the southeast Olney Township he saw a gray squirrel run into a nest and shot the den killing the mother and k

 

[snapping turtle]

We have them in Pendleton IN also. These are not albino just a color phase. I have also seen them with just white tips on the tail and black tips and tails. I only see them on the west side of Pendleton near the Prison farm. In the park and where I hunt I do not see the white tails or black tails. Also you will see several of the white tip or tails ones one year and then only maybe one the next. I think the white tail offers an advantage in finding mates but a disadvantage in camo from hawks and owls.

There is a genetic thing going on for sure. With limited hunting at the prison farm maybe they got an easier life than the east side tree rats. Then again maybe the west siders are better fighters. Like west side story.

 

[tackshot]

I've been hearing some people at work talk about seeing these here in Morgan county as well

 

[GunSlinger]

We also have one running our property here in Brown County, and a couple others that have the white ears. Odd looking to say the least.

 

[xM3RC1L3SS1x]

Thats the first time I've ever seen one before. Pretty cool looking though.