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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: Antlerking on April 13, 2010, 11:11:39 AM

Title: Arrowed a varmint
Post by: Antlerking on April 13, 2010, 11:11:39 AM: I have been chasing these things around the house with the gamo shadow cat lately, but I changed up and grabbed the bow. I shot this 1 today at 36 yards, he was just standing on top of his mound, I could not resist
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 13, 2010, 11:19:29 AM: :archery_smiley: :EAT: :DOH:
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Post by: lewy on April 13, 2010, 11:21:30 AM: Nice :chuckle:
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 13, 2010, 11:21:44 AM: How good did he taste?
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Post by: lewy on April 13, 2010, 11:22:10 AM: Good shot placement too........ :)
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Post by: bowtech721 on April 13, 2010, 11:53:51 AM: Quote from: Skyvalhunter on April 13, 2010, 11:21:44 AM
How good did he taste?
are you for real? Do people seriously eat those things?
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 13, 2010, 12:03:47 PM: people eat them coons skunks etc :yike: not for me :chuckle:
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Post by: robb92 on April 13, 2010, 12:45:43 PM: Good shot!!!
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Post by: littlemac on April 13, 2010, 12:58:58 PM: Great shot, have you whacked any with the gamo?
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Post by: Ranger91298 on April 13, 2010, 01:05:26 PM: Great shot... doubt he even felt it...
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Post by: fishermanjoe on April 13, 2010, 01:25:06 PM: dumb question, but, what the hell is that. I think i have been seeing them around ellensburg lately
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Post by: woodywsu on April 13, 2010, 02:21:22 PM: "rock chuck" or yellow bellied marmot
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Post by: littlemac on April 13, 2010, 03:11:25 PM: Quote from: fishermanjoe on April 13, 2010, 01:25:06 PM
dumb question, but, what the hell is that. I think i have been seeing them around ellensburg lately

We were coming out of E'burg along the river on the old road and those (similar) things were all over the place on the road, licking the salt from the previous day that the road crew threw down I think.

Man there were a lot of them and then they ran back to their hidey holes as we drove by.

I figured marmot, but not sure. they had black tails and black on their face.
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Post by: Drifterat on April 13, 2010, 04:14:50 PM: Nice shot. But no pass through at 36 yards? Did it bury in the dirt or is that one tough varmit?
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Post by: lewy on April 13, 2010, 04:28:36 PM: tough to get a pass through on small animals sometimes, they seem to go with the arrow
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Post by: Drifterat on April 15, 2010, 04:45:28 PM: Quote from: lewy on April 13, 2010, 04:28:36 PM
tough to get a pass through on small animals sometimes, they seem to go with the arrow

Good point, didn't think of that.
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Post by: elkmaster101 on April 16, 2010, 05:03:26 AM: tell ya what , taste like giant rabbit,

they are strictly vegetarians,
debone it through the meat in a pressure cooker, this will help relax the meat,
you can do the same in an oven at 250 for 2 hours.
then pull it out, mix up some of your tasty BBQ sauce and pop it in the bar-bi placed on a sheet of foil 2 layers and keep rolling it over if you have a smoker even better let cook until it browns up good,
pull the meat apart and place on burger buns,
season it as you will to your choice,
sliver of onion or two,
and walla
you've got some of the best tasting chuck around.

con grats on the shot,
as a kid growing up i spent many an hour sneaking there critters
usually popped them in the head though.

the end
Title: Re: Arrowed a varmint
Post by: spike on April 16, 2010, 05:09:27 AM: Here's a dumb question. Aren't those things protected? I was told you are not allowed to shoot them.We saw a bunch of those around Banks Lake last summer.
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Post by: Goldeneye on April 16, 2010, 05:55:01 PM: Reg's say legal for the yellow bellied Marmot. Illegal to harvest Olympic and Hoary Marmot.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/seasons.htm#small_game (http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/seasons.htm#small_game)