Son's first Whistle Pig!

[Special T]

I would like to point out that it is mostly the Yellow bellied marmot that is shot due to damage issues. the "Silver" Hoary marmot lives mostly at the upper edges of the tree line. They aren't endangered but i don't know if you can hunt them or not. there is a Marmot on the OLY pen that looks similar to the Hoary marmot but is enangered. 

[Alpinist]

Both the Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata) and the Olympic Marmot (Marmota olympus) are protected in Washington. The Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris) is considered unclassified wildlife and may be hunted year-round with a small game or big game license.

[Special T]

I thought that was the case but couldn't find the source to document that. Do you know where it is stated?

[Heredoggydoggy]

I thought that was the case but couldn't find the source to document that. Do you know where it is stated?

Page 71 of the Big Game hunting pamphlet lists the "Protected Species".  Page 62, the Small Game Seasons page, lists the classified species.  Yellow Bellied Marmots, also called Rockchucks or Whistle Pigs, are not classified.  HTH...

[JohnVH]

Fun! Great job!!

first time Ive heard those called a whistle pig too, here is a real whistle pig.

[dontgetcrabs]

Fun! Great job!!

first time Ive heard those called a whistle pig too, here is a real whistle pig.

That looks like a Sage Rat to me. 

[JohnVH]

In Idaho they call them whistle pigs 

[Brownie28]

Who cares what they are called where can I go arond walla walla to shoot either of them little varmints

[boneaddict]

COOL!

Thats also what we call sage rats....whistlers for the Hoary and groundhow for the yellow belly

[Pathfinder101]

Who cares what they are called where can I go arond walla walla to shoot either of them little varmints

It's been a few years, but I used to shoot them over on the rocky side of Buttercup just behind Waitsburg.  Gotta get permission from the landowner though.  When I did it she would only allow you to shoot a .22

[Heredoggydoggy]

Fun! Great job!!

first time Ive heard those called a whistle pig too, here is a real whistle pig.

I'd call those little things a "twitter pig".  That's the sound they make--a soft twitter.  Yellow Bellied Marmots give a loud warning whistle.  I've whistled and had them answer me.  They're bigger, too, like the ones the boys got.

[GrainfedMuley]

     I've whistled and had them answer me. 

When I was a kid we used to blow into an empty .22lr shell and they would answer back.

[wally hartwell]

Where would one go to shoot some i got a mess of kids that would have a blast we live in eastern wa thanks

[GrainfedMuley]

Where would one go to shoot some i got a mess of kids that would have a blast we live in eastern wa thanks

Just south of Creston on highway 2 is 12,500 acres of DNR land called Swanson Lake. In the center of all that sage is a bunch of shale rock out crops with busted up shale at the base. The chucks like to hang out near the little cliffs. They can be hard to see because thet are the same color as the rocks. Look for movement.  I have shot some chucks out there as late as the mid 90's. There is dirt 4x4 roads to get around out there. Nothing that you would even get into 4 wheel drive for.

[BIGINNER]

i need to take my kid out to shoot some,  need a sunny day.