Rock ckucks

[Imr1966]

Are Rock Chucks,Marmots in the Naches hts. area? One of the field men that works for the same company I work for says they are up there.They have told me to go up and hunt them,any one have any info? Are these the critters I would be hunting for?

[Imr1966]

Yes,I did steal the pic from a previous post.Trying to verify.

[bowhunterwa87]

Yup

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

To what purpose?


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[SilkOnTheDrySide]

Interesting...didn't know marmots were destructive.


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[SilkOnTheDrySide]

Interesting...didn't know marmots were destructive.


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me neither, cows just don't step in holes

I wasn't being obtuse on purpose. I've only seen them in the high country. Didn't know they caused the same problems as PDs.


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[Imr1966]

Well I got a yup,which either means they are there or I stole the pic.And I got a what for,they want them gone because of destruction.I guess I will get the small game license I have a go at it.I have also heard about the dog population up there.

[jackelope]

Interesting...didn't know marmots were destructive.


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me neither, cows just don't step in holes

I wasn't being obtuse on purpose. I've only seen them in the high country. Didn't know they caused the same problems as PDs.


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Different brand name in the mountains.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Yes, I've seen them climb trees and bushes to eat the buds before the vegetation comes up.  If they are causing damage to crops, I say shoot them.  Out in the wilds, I wait until late May, when the pups are weaned and on their own.  I just can't see shooting a female, and having her litter starve to death in the burrow, if they aren't causing damage to trees or crops.

[jackelope]

I wouldn't see a need to shoot the critters up high in the mountains.

[Skyvalhunter]

  Leave them alone in the high country

[runamuk]

basically woodchuck, rockchuck, yellow bellied marmot all same critter different names, in the lowlands the little buggers dig holes and damage crops, they are similar to sage rats, gophers, coyotes, etc plentiful and often considered vermin.  All depends on where you were raised I suppose, why kill moles they don't harm anything and they only eat worms.

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

I wouldn't see a need to shoot the critters up high in the mountains.

Ok I'm glad you guys clarified. I was having a real hard time understanding why guys were wanting to shoot these guys up high. To me that's wanton killing with no purpose.

I had a little family I took quite a few pictures of last year that were pretty neat.

So what is the species up high called?


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[Heredoggydoggy]

There are 3 species of marmot here: Olympic, Hoary, and Yellow Bellied.  The first two are protected in WA, and the Yellow Bellied Marmot is the one we have here in Eastern Washington, and is not protected.  At higher elevations, there is a little guy called a Pica, that kind of resembles a short-eared rabbit, and inhabits rockslides, mostly.  They are also protected.  In short, only the Yellow Bellied version can be hunted any time, and they can be fun to hunt. 

[jackelope]

We had pikas all over where we were in the ALW last year and the hoary marmots were around too. Just a few here and there.