squirrels in the u.s.a.

[catdaddy]

is there good tree squirrel hunting in areas north of the lower 48 states,such as alaska,the yokon southern canada,etc etc. any repplies will be appreciated

[Mack in N.C.]

no first hand experiance, just from waht i have researched is fox squirlles are found in canada just barely in a couple of spots......grey squirrels are just in very southern canada.....yukon, alaska should only have red(pine squirriels) ...mack

[Ladobe]

There are 22 species of squirrels in Canada.

6 ground squirrels
5 chipmunks
4 marmots
1 prairie dog
6 tree squirrels

Tree squirrels: Sciurus carolinensis, S. niger, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, T. douglasii, Glaucomys volans and G. sabrinus.

You can research them by species name yourself to get the ranges they occur in.

[Mack in N.C.]

only tree squirles in canada that might offer hunting is grey, fox, douglas like someone said but a red squirrel or flying squirrel is not going to have anough meat......flying squirrel maybe hard to hit in the dark....here in nc we have reds in our mountains but they are not big enough to eat....i may shoot one one day to go with my fox squirrel mounts,  would make an interesting side pieece beside a 4 lb fox squirrel.................fox squirrels in nc can be almost any color.......charles elliot onece wrote that of all the mounts in his house which included sheep and other big game that the most comments he got were on a fox squirrel mount and a red squirrel mount because thay were so neat and different.....fox sq he shot in fl and red he shot on mt mitchell(6000+ ft)in nc........mack

[catdaddy]

but are there "alot" of red [pine] squirrels all over canada and alaska

[Ladobe]

I think if you researched Tamiasciurus hudsonicus you could probably answer your own question.   

In the right habitat, just about every place I have been in their range has contained a good population of them.   But I have only been to Alaska and Yukon once, and to several places in lower Canada.   For the about 35 years I lived in the US Rockies they were a constant companion though almost everywhere I trekked, fished and hunted in the mountains.