Thought my season was over until....

[batsquatch]

No story just went to get some firewood and this thing ran across my yard. I used a multi porpose axe.

[washelkhntr]

   congrats, i love the ax!

[rasbo]

westside yote

[mossback91]

good eats

[Gutpile]

I didn't know we had those in Washington.     I used to see them when I was in the service but didn't know they lived here.

[alanger]

yum. 

[Straight Shooter]

I didn't know we had those in Washington.     I used to see them when I was in the service but didn't know they lived here.

  

[batsquatch]

I didn't know we had those in Washington.     I used to see them when I was in the service but didn't know they lived here.

  

Strange I see about 20 a month road killed everywhere on the west side, and ive killed 4 in my yard now.

[Gutpile]

I know I'm a bit weird but they are kind of cool little buggers. They're kind of like coons right? Trash eaters?

[longrange7mm]

westside yote

 

[Birdguy]

They have slowly increased over the last 25 or so years. When I was a kid the farm feed truck driver would tell us each month how they were heading north a little at a time until they made it. Now we are stuck with them .
My theory is the WDFW decided they could not manage the good game so they figured they could charge hunting license fees for these large rats the seem to reproduce real well . Imagine how many there must be to have so many roadkilled each night  .

[shoot-em-dead]

Them things are all over the roads at night around Battleground and Yacolt. I moved there in 98 and they were there then.

[Wazukie]

Those things have been in this state as long as I can remember and I've been here for 45 years.

[runamuk]

They are a marsupial the only one I believe that lives off the australian continent they are interesting as a species and there are lots of them on the wetside and they do get hit a lot.  They are opportunistic omnivores they will eat small rodents and grain and anything they can find. 

They have always been here, I've seen them my entire life.....which began in 1969

[lokidog]

And chickens....

If you get a female, check out the pouch and you might find a bunch of little pinkies in there.  Kind of cool, but just giant rats as far as I am concerned.  Kill 'em all!