Post by: calib on January 18, 2011, 09:36:19 PM
Post by: CAMPMEAT on January 18, 2011, 09:48:35 PM
Post by: Cylvertip on January 19, 2011, 12:13:24 AM
Post by: Tom Reichner on January 19, 2011, 06:11:54 AM
Normally up here the prarie dogs show up about April to August and then just disappear. We have a ton of them up here. They're all over in the woods, slash piles, roads and wherever. We just drive around and find 'em.April to August, then nothing? Hmmmmm. Sounds more like Ground Squirrels than Prairie Dogs. Ground Squirrels spend most of the year hibernating.
I wonder . . . when folks on this site say "prairie dogs", are they in fact referring to ground squirrels? If so, and it is really ground squirrels that you are after, send me a PM (or better yet, and email). I know of a couple very good areas, and would be glad to share them with you.
Post by: CAMPMEAT on January 19, 2011, 10:55:53 AM
Post by: CAMPMEAT on January 19, 2011, 11:00:17 AM
Were you up near Curlew last year trying to get pictures of the sheep near the Midway bridge ? You had a rancher you were talking too and another guy pulled up in his pickup ?
Campmeat
Post by: MtnMuley on January 19, 2011, 11:40:47 AM
Post by: calib on January 19, 2011, 12:28:18 PM
Post by: MuleySniper on January 19, 2011, 12:39:38 PM
Normally up here the prarie dogs show up about April to August and then just disappear. We have a ton of them up here. They're all over in the woods, slash piles, roads and wherever. We just drive around and find 'em.April to August, then nothing? Hmmmmm. Sounds more like Ground Squirrels than Prairie Dogs. Ground Squirrels spend most of the year hibernating.
I wonder . . . when folks on this site say "prairie dogs", are they in fact referring to ground squirrels? If so, and it is really ground squirrels that you are after, send me a PM (or better yet, and email). I know of a couple very good areas, and would be glad to share them with you.
:yeah:
99% sure those are ground squirrels which are illegal to shoot here in WA.
I found a good article on them, I'll do a search to see if I can find it.
MS
Post by: MuleySniper on January 19, 2011, 12:43:18 PM
http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/research/projects/shrubsteppe/occupancy_modeling_ground_squirrel/ (http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/research/projects/shrubsteppe/occupancy_modeling_ground_squirrel/)
Post by: Bofire on January 19, 2011, 12:44:32 PM
Carl
Post by: MuleySniper on January 19, 2011, 12:47:33 PM
MS
Post by: calib on January 19, 2011, 02:10:42 PM
Post by: fishermanjoe on January 19, 2011, 02:31:50 PM
Post by: Tom Reichner on January 19, 2011, 04:07:18 PM
Tom,No, that wasn't me. Where's Midway Bridge?
Were you up near Curlew last year trying to get pictures of the sheep near the Midway bridge ? You had a rancher you were talking too and another guy pulled up in his pickup ?
Campmeat
Post by: MtnMuley on January 19, 2011, 04:26:12 PM
I have never seen a prarie dog town in Washington. aint saying there are none but they are hiding. What you are seeing near Curlew sounds like rock chucks to me.
Carl
There is a place I know over there near Republic that there are several hundred of these mini-rock chuck look a like squirrels. Deep in the mountains. These are NOT legal to shoot, and are NOT rock chucks.
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on January 19, 2011, 06:29:42 PM
Post by: Hilltop123 on January 19, 2011, 06:34:57 PM
Post by: calib on January 19, 2011, 06:42:04 PM
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on January 19, 2011, 06:58:16 PM
where are all thhe yellow bellied marmotsThey're everywhere. Look for rockslides, rock outcrops on hill sides, anywhere they can set up housekeeping and see predators coming a good way off. I've seen them come out of hibernation on warm January days and climb into trees and bushes to nibble on new buds.
Post by: CAMPMEAT on January 19, 2011, 07:01:58 PM
Tom,No, that wasn't me. Where's Midway Bridge?
Were you up near Curlew last year trying to get pictures of the sheep near the Midway bridge ? You had a rancher you were talking too and another guy pulled up in his pickup ?
Campmeat
It's about 11 miles west of Curlew on Toroda Creek Rd. The Big Horns are there.
Post by: pjb3 on January 19, 2011, 07:50:06 PM
Post by: sooperfly on January 19, 2011, 08:52:26 PM
Here is a picture I took in the Pasayten a few years ago, about the 6500ft level or so.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nwhikers.net%2Fforums%2Fuploads%2Fpasayten_cgs.jpg&hash=d61b9492987f933279533ec2b7d48e26f9107212)
And while we're at it, a pika and hoary marmot.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rivercolor.com%2Fimages%2Fpika_small.jpg&hash=b402f768f4bab675a80e7f8c976cd2c62dbf17ab)
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5289%2F5371451987_48d73d25a3_z.jpg&hash=84708fab6a37f426128be712821ff539ffe94d25)
Post by: MtnMuley on January 20, 2011, 08:16:46 AM
Post by: GUscottie on January 20, 2011, 08:59:15 AM
where are all thhe yellow bellied marmots
Go to about any rock slide, or rocky hillside...I've seen them up near Leavenworth. I've also seen some in Spokane along the Spokane River...
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on January 20, 2011, 09:58:12 AM
Grat pics sooperfly! :tup::yeah: But all the critters in the pics are protected in WA
Post by: MtnMuley on January 20, 2011, 04:01:51 PM
Grat pics sooperfly! :tup::yeah: But all the critters in the pics are protected in WA
That's even better. Now people know which animals they can NOT shoot. :)
Post by: sooperfly on January 20, 2011, 04:34:07 PM
Besides family property, I have access to a bunch of different sites with a (seemingly) endless supply of 'hogs.
In my experience, the best groundhog shooting is on private property. We'll hit each spot two or three times then leave them alone until the next year. Not uncommon to have a couple hundred targets a day present themselves.
http://www.rivercolor.com/images/groundhogs12008.gif (http://www.rivercolor.com/images/groundhogs12008.gif)