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I have a chance to hunt them this coming year and have no experience.
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whistle pig (deceased) ![[Linked Image]](http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n23/jlcpls/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0688.jpg) ground hog, wood chuck, rock chuck, etc... For either, any 22 centerfire would be fine
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be vewwy, vewwy careful. They are mean.....
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Aren't whistle pigs from San Francisco?
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If you've never hunted badgers before, it's easy. Just look for their mounds of dirt and find their tunnel. Then it is just a matter of going in after 'em...... They like to be called 'Charley'..... ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/vietnam-tunnel-rats-29_zpshtgcckap.png)
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In Idaho and eastern Oregon, whistle pigs are a small ground squirrel. I think rock chucks used to be called whistle pigs back in the day, but for whatever reason the phrase now refers to a particular type of ground squirrel.
As far as badgers, I have never heard of anyone actually hunting them. I've seen folks try to trap a particular problem badger, but generally they're targets of opportunity.
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In Idaho and eastern Oregon, whistle pigs are a small ground squirrel. I think rock chucks used to be called whistle pigs back in the day, but for whatever reason the phrase now refers to a particular type of ground squirrel.
As far as badgers, I have never heard of anyone actually hunting them. I've seen folks try to trap a particular problem badger, but generally they're targets of opportunity. This is the correct answer for southern Idaho and eastern Oregon, they used also used to be referred to as picketpins and gophers in southern Idaho, not so much any more, I now hear many folks who refer to them as ground squirrels which technically is correct. It seems to me that the ones in the desert southwest of Idaho are smaller than the average sized ground squirrel also. If you know what a picketpin is then it is easy to see how they acquired that name. I have used all three names for them but now I mostly refer to them as gophers which confuses folks who are not familiar with them being called that, but I have called them either picketpins or gophers for so many years that I am not going to change now. Funny thing is that I have never heard anyone who was raised in southern Idaho call them whistlepigs, that seems to be an imported term with the influx of non-natives to the area. drover
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be vewwy, vewwy careful. They are mean..... One thing I know for certain, don't be hittin' a badger with green cotton bowls. Especially after the dogs have got him all stirred up.
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I actually look for and hunt badgers. Drive the areas where they live, spot and stalk. Sometimes they can be called, not always. Most places a whistle pig is a 'chuck, here in So. West Idaho they are ground squirrels.
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In Tenn. a wistle pig is a groundhog aka. woodchuck.
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I asked this question a year or two ago. Got many responses.....and Yes....that wonky Boise area or corner to include some of SE Oregon...they have a different lingo for the Rock Chuck and the various Ground Squirrels. It's exactly the opposite nomenclature about 100 miles outside that area. From what I have read and discovered
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In Idaho and eastern Oregon, whistle pigs are a small ground squirrel. I think rock chucks used to be called whistle pigs back in the day, but for whatever reason the phrase now refers to a particular type of ground squirrel.
As far as badgers, I have never heard of anyone actually hunting them. I've seen folks try to trap a particular problem badger, but generally they're targets of opportunity. This is the correct answer for southern Idaho and eastern Oregon, they used also used to be referred to as picketpins and gophers in southern Idaho, not so much any more, I now hear many folks who refer to them as ground squirrels which technically is correct. It seems to me that the ones in the desert southwest of Idaho are smaller than the average sized ground squirrel also. If you know what a picketpin is then it is easy to see how they acquired that name. I have used all three names for them but now I mostly refer to them as gophers which confuses folks who are not familiar with them being called that, but I have called them either picketpins or gophers for so many years that I am not going to change now. Funny thing is that I have never heard anyone who was raised in southern Idaho call them whistlepigs, that seems to be an imported term with the influx of non-natives to the area. drover NA Cali and SE OR I've heard the 'Picket Pins" refered to as "squeaks" and "squeakers". The ones there are Belding's ground squirrels, some folks also refer to them as "gophers". Having lived in NW PA a whistle pig was a groundhog there. Southern CA we had ground squirrels, usually referred to as such. I think the same type or a similar exists in N CA, OR and perhaps S central WA which are referred to as "gray diggers". Common names are so much fun. It's why a bluegill is called a bream or brim in some places. Don't even get me going on crawdads. I hear some folks call them "crayfish"  OP, when in doubt ask a local................then find another and be told the first was wrong! Geno PS, I have called a badger to within 8' of me for fun while turkey hunting, so I know they can be called......... at least that one could be
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In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
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And don't take your Beagle with you on a Badger hunt unless you want hit the Vet on the way home.
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One might bring a Dachshund or three though  Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Is "Honey Badger" just another term for a blue haired cougar?
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kingston - "...another term for a blue haired cougar?" In South Florida, especially Miami Beach and the Aventura area, we've two (2)varieties of "Honey Badgers" . Having a heavy wallet helps a lot in bagging one... Homesteader
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Don't even get me going on crawdads. I hear some folks call them "crayfish" Crawdads or crawfish here. I guess the Momma's are crawfish. miles
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sage rats is what I've called them...
but with all the different names, we here in S. Oregon still know you are talking about...
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kingston - "...another term for a blue haired cougar?" In South Florida, especially Miami Beach and the Aventura area, we've two (2)varieties of "Honey Badgers" . Having a heavy wallet helps a lot in bagging one... Homesteader What are the two varieties and how do you tell them apart?
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Throw road flares down badger holes.
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