swimming tree rats

[munch]

almost forgot to mention i saw one of the strangest things ever while moose hunting. my son thinks its nothing but new to me
we where sitting on a beaver pond when i see a red squirrel playing around on the other side he ran down a log sticking out in the pond and when he reached the end he dove off as if he had done it a hundred times before. i watched him swim across then out of the water and right up a tree near where we sat. don't know if anyone else has ever seen this but it was a new one for me

[Raymond]

I have never seen them swimming before. It is new to me.
Raymond

[Normous]

New one to me.

[Big58cal]

I've never seen them swimming, but it's been well documented that squirrels swim. Can't remember the author, but in a book I read once they were talking about a mass squirrel migration. There were literally thousands of squirrels seen swimming the Ohio River between KY & OH and KY & IN

[vixenmaster]

Yup they swim rather well & i have seem them swim streams rivers n ponds even out acrossed swamps. Every now & again one won't make it, either a gator will get it or big gar be on it like a duck on a june bug

[rayman]

Don't remember when or where, but I know I read something about squirrels migrating once.

Never seen a squirrel swimming around here, except maybe after he had been shot. Probably too many gators in Florida. Smaller critters make it a habbit to stay out of the water.

[j.krug]

That would be cool to see. I'm no squirrel expert but I've never heard of that either??

[flightattendant100]

I've never seen them swimming, but it's been well documented that squirrels swim. Can't remember the author, but in a book I read once they were talking about a mass squirrel migration. There were literally thousands of squirrels seen swimming the Ohio River between KY & OH and KY & IN

Must of wanted out of Kentucky pretty bad!lol

[awshucks]

I've never seen them swimming, but it's been well documented that squirrels swim. Can't remember the author, but in a book I read once they were talking about a mass squirrel migration. There were literally thousands of squirrels seen swimming the Ohio River between KY & OH and KY & IN

Must of wanted out of Kentucky pretty bad!lol

Lmao...........

[mr meat]

never seen that! didnt know they could swim!!

[Cossack]

Recall as a kid where they swam the Mississippi into Mn after a nut failure on the other side. Lots of em. They can and do swim.

[tman74]

I've seen them over the years on the French River. Made the mistake of "helping" the first one by offering it a hand into the boat. Lets just say I'll never do it again. Lol.

Let them swim.

[rayman]

Do you suppose its illegal to shoot squirrels while swimming?

[srhall32]

I have seen squirrels swimming in the mountain lakes we troll for trout in here in Western NC and East Tn.....they can hold their tails up and keep them dry...seen a deer running from dogs, hit the lake and swim out a ways and just float around....looked like it was just being still and actually floating. This was in winter, after deer season and we must have trolled by it 5 or 6 times and all we saw was it drink water...moved on and it was still there when we left.

[Ont_Excal]

I've never seen them swimming, but it's been well documented that squirrels swim. Can't remember the author, but in a book I read once they were talking about a mass squirrel migration. There were literally thousands of squirrels seen swimming the Ohio River between KY & OH and KY & IN

Must of wanted out of Kentucky pretty bad! lol

Didn't want to end up on a piece of bread!