[Mars]

We have a few grey, a ****ton of red, and squirrels that boggle the mind in the Rockies.

(Albert's squirrel, like the "devil" one in a picture someone posted last page)

[Flipside]

With regards to the Black squirrel, I think the best part about those was the Daily Mails' reaction to them They obviously hadn't read up on the history of the squirrel in the UK because it was a quite obviously designed piece to highlight the fact that these squirrels (a) might one day push out the current inhabitants and (b) were black. I think they thought they were being subtle, and maybe it was to a Daily Mail reader, but it wasn't to pretty much everyone else...

[Grizzly]

Considering that the First Nations population of North America was relatively small and sparse to begin with, I'd be seriously surprised if human hunting pressure on deer stocks is not the same or greater now than at the time of the European migration.

In that book I talked about a while ago - Guns, Germs, and Steel - It was stated that there were studies that the population of the Americas was not as small as was previously assumed, and that the effects of the germs that the european colononists brought was much greater then assumed (IE - They all got killed by our diseases before we even got to most of them).

EDIT AFTER NUKE's POST: Also - There's not much hunters 'round lately, whilst it probably was the major food source for the natives.

[Nuke]

Actually, talking of animals in the UK, I've been noticing growing concern about domestic cats killing birds pointlessly, which is hilarious because (a) It's humans complaining, the biggest joy-killer on the planet and (b) the whole reason we domesticated them was because cats habitually do exactly this, and it kept mice and birds away from crops and store-sheds.

are you kidding, cats domesticated themselves. or perhaps they domesticated us.

[NGTM-1R]

What happens if you shoot a squirrel with a 12 gauge?

What squirrel?

.22/250 will make the thing explode, for chrissakes.

[headdie]

What happens if you shoot a squirrel with a 12 gauge?

cooked mince

[Al-Rik]

What happens if you shoot a squirrel with a 12 gauge?

Ragout ?
Maybe with Polenta and a dry red wine like a Merlot ?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090324143213AASLfYZ

Anyway, if your are a marksman and able to hit such a small target with a single bullet I would suggest to prepare it like a bunny with a little  Rosemary in a Clay pot.
But don't tell your Children or your Girlfriend what it is, to avoid drama

[FlamingCobra]

What happens if you shoot a squirrel with a 12 gauge?

What happens if you shoot a squirrel with a muzzle loader?

[Scourge of Ages]

What happens... If you shoot a squirrel... out of a squirrel cannon... at another squirrel?

Annnnd now the word "squirrel" looks odd to me.

[Scotty]

I think it explodes, than explodes again.

[FlamingCobra]

What happens if you have two magnetic squirrel accelerator cannons, each five hundred miles long, and you aim them at each other.... and then you shoot them at each other?

[Nuke]

squirrels are not magnetic, nothing would happen.

[headdie]

squirrels are not magnetic, nothing would happen.

metal belt?

[Mongoose]

Hey, you can levitate a frog if you pump enough magnetic juice into it.

[NGTM-1R]

Magic squirrels.

[S-99]

What happens... If you shoot a squirrel... out of a squirrel cannon... at another squirrel?

Annnnd now the word "squirrel" looks odd to me.

My friend shot a live squirrel he somehow baited into the barrel of a potato gun. Shot the sucker straight at a wood pile. It's morbid yes, but his parent's property had a severe squirrel over population. They tasked their son to take them out. First was bb gun, second was paintball gun, third was potato gun, and fourth was bow and arrow.

Nobody cares he got inventive, and i certainly don't either; that's a lot less ****ers stealing insulation and other ****. I feel bad however that he didn't involve blow gun in the list.

[Pred the Penguin]

Paintball would have been slightly ineffective?
Anyway, only grey squirrels around here, and a ton of them, too. I think they're all pretty agitated because it has snowed already. Nowadays they barely even care that I'm walking right by them. O_o

[Wobble73]

As for the grey squirrel, to be honest, I don't think that there are any Red squirrels left on Mainland UK anyway, so it's pretty much a moot point, it's just nature doing what it always does.

Sorry Flipside, the UK's Forestry Commission disagrees with you, LINK

[Ravenholme]

As for the grey squirrel, to be honest, I don't think that there are any Red squirrels left on Mainland UK anyway, so it's pretty much a moot point, it's just nature doing what it always does.

Sorry Flipside, the UK's Forestry Commission disagrees with you, LINK

Heck, I'm gonna disagree with Flipside. We've got a lot of Red Squirrel up here in Scotland, especially in the North East and lower Cairngorms. Indeed, this morning, I was watching a red squirrel frolicking in the ash tree outside the bathroom as I was shaving.

[Wobble73]

As for the grey squirrel, to be honest, I don't think that there are any Red squirrels left on Mainland UK anyway, so it's pretty much a moot point, it's just nature doing what it always does.

Sorry Flipside, the UK's Forestry Commission disagrees with you, LINK

Heck, I'm gonna disagree with Flipside. We've got a lot of Red Squirrel up here in Scotland, especially in the North East and lower Cairngorms. Indeed, this morning, I was watching a red squirrel frolicking in the ash tree outside the bathroom as I was shaving.

And according to Wikipedia (granted not the most reliable source), the UK's red Squirrels have reddest coats of all European Red Squirrels, :ccol:

The coat of the red squirrel varies in colour with time of year and location. There are several different coat colour morphs ranging from black to red. Red coats are most common in Great Britain; in other parts of Europe and Asia different coat colours co-exist within populations, much like hair colour in some human populations.

Reminds me of you Scots Ravenholme