[mdhunter]

I hunt in the mountains of western maryland, and find that fox squirrels and grays act a little different. However, both are active the first few hours of daylight on nice days. On windy days they still move a little, but it's really hard to see/hear them so you may not see any even though they're there.

Fox squirrels (at least where I hunt), although much larger than grays, are also MUCH quieter, and prefer to sneak along on downed trees rather than crash through dry leaves. Grays make enough noise to wake the dead.

I find that I can sneak up on most squirrels by still-hunting, but still sit for the first 90 minutes or so in the morning.....I like watching the woods wake up.

I have also noticed that just as the weather starts to get cool, they are really active on gray cloudy days - my guess is that they start to realize it's time to store some food for winter, but that's just my own guess.

They sure are fun to watch, and fun to hunt. Good luck.

Michael