Post by: RockChuck on June 14, 2008, 11:12:09 AM
Thanks. Chuck
Post by: LongTatLaw on June 14, 2008, 11:22:30 AM
Post by: LongTatLaw on June 14, 2008, 11:23:51 AM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,6393.0.html
Post by: RockChuck on June 14, 2008, 11:28:38 AM
Post by: LongTatLaw on June 14, 2008, 11:32:37 AM
If I killed more Id eat em...
I thought them being protected sounded gay too! I took one my wife killed to mich to get it stuffed but mich is a 100% by the books girl and theres no tag for them so she called while I was standing there and they gave her a long discussion about some disease like 2 years ago that killed a bunch and got them protected status :bash:
so I didnt get it stuffed!
Post by: Coasthunterjay on June 14, 2008, 11:54:02 AM
go to benton city and shoot some coyotes, that should keep you bust long enough, might find a bunch of ground squirrels also....recommendation head to the benton city gas station the one with the brass couger at it, head under the over past away fro the yakima river and head up into the Plains area....go all the way up for about 5 miles and you will be swallowed by the mountains, and there are several dirt roads up there that have good varmit hunting at....
Post by: RockChuck on June 14, 2008, 01:56:30 PM
Chuck
Post by: Coasthunterjay on June 14, 2008, 05:22:06 PM
Post by: Krusty on June 15, 2008, 08:49:13 PM
The hoary marmot, is a creature of extreme altitude, and not readily found anywhere we can drive to, in this state.
Large, grizzled, gray colored dudes, similar in size to a raccoon, and often fairly tame.
The Olympic marmot, the most rare of our protected marmots, is unique to western Washington, one of the few strongholds with a decent population is on Hurricaine Ridge, inside the Park, so even if they weren't protected specifically by species, they'd be off limits to hunting.
The (pallid) yellow bellied marmot is what we can hunt.
They range along the Colombia, Snake, and Yakima Rivers, from Central Oregon, up through Eastern Washington, and into South Central British Colombia.
I always see them on the rocks, along the freeway (I-90), from Sprague, to Airway Hts.
These ranges are now overlapped, by the northward expansion of the California spotted ground squirrel, which can be found as far north as the LT Murray Wildlife Area, between the Columbia and the Pacific Crest... with some excellent opportunities around the Yakima Rez and surrounding orchards, for both species.
A third digger, the pocket gopher, can be found all over eastern Washington, with a good chance for shooting, from southwest LT Murray, down through the Coweechi, and on down Hwy 97 all the way to Oregon.
Their tell tale throwing of dirt, belies their tiny size, allowing targeting over a large areas.
But because you are "ground blasting" them (as opposed to targeting their bodies), larger calibers with highly frangible bullets are more effective.
Chuck,
If "around the Tri-Cities" is your number one criteria, I would look up towards Dayton, through Pomeroy, and along the breaks at the west margins of The Palouse country. :)
LTL,
The marmots that are protected, have been for many years, it''s not a recent thing.
But their status might become more severe, including listing as endangered, due to recent epimemia, the encroachment of new species, habitat loss, etc.
Krusty (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpages.prodigy.net%2Frogerlori1%2Femoticons%2Fwave1.gif&hash=a79b2b094946ae3edb92c1d87183753de8213bad)
Post by: Curly on June 15, 2008, 08:59:36 PM
Post by: DeKuma on June 15, 2008, 09:41:20 PM
Though I would have probably just watched him too.
Post by: Gutpile on June 19, 2008, 03:23:04 PM
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I believe he is asking for a bullet.
LOL :chuckle:
Post by: GermanShorthair on June 19, 2008, 04:18:51 PM