Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Plethora of Rock Chucks

Don't know why, but every spot in this region that looks like good habit has several of these guys sitting or running around this spring. I think the rut might be on as well. Rock Chucks aka Yellow Bellied Marmots. As a kid I was passionate about pursuing the eastern version (Wood Chucks). Don't know why, but I give these a pass here unless I'm in need of some fly tying materials.

Neat little critters to just sit and watch. I suspect in some areas they may raid gardens or lawns, but ours seem to be in the isolated rims and boulder fields where they do no harm.