03-07-2004, 10:00 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Idaho
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| Whistle pig WhistlePig, is a nickname for a ground squirrel in Southern Idaho. It’s official name is Townsend Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus townsendii. These ground squirrels communicate by emitting a faint, high-pitched whistle while partially underground … hence the name WhistlePig WhistlePig GunBarrel Co. A WhistlePig's habitat is primarily arid desert burrowing in grassland hills and sagebrush. Each adult digs two burrows—a small one in the feeding area, evidently used as an escape hatch if predators approach, and a much bigger home burrow that is at least 50 feet (15 m) long and up to 6 feet (2 m) deep. During the spring-time of the year when the young are abroad and half-grown, they tend to be active, scurrying about between their auxiliary burrows and feeding on green plants. The adults are also known to be carnivorous, eating their young and road kills. One litter is produced per year, with 6 to 10 pups per litter. To a rancher with livestock or horses, the borrows can cause serious injury. Sportsmen have been encouraged to eradicate them. I am one who helps in the eradication. Don't think this is an easy task these suckers are fast. |
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03-08-2004, 08:52 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Occupied Territories of New York (Buffalo)
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| AROUND HERE WE CALL A WHISTLE PIG A WOOD CHUCK, OR GROUND HOG.
__________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective." - Ted Nugent "Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." -John Dryden |
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03-08-2004, 09:48 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: 10 paces south of Canada
Posts: 738
| Same here. A whistle pig is a groundhog. Must be a Northeast expression. |
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03-08-2004, 01:51 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Occupied Territories of New York (Buffalo)
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| otherwise know as targets, coyote food, crow bait, and turkey buzerd chow. the farmers call them names i can't repeat here.
__________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective." - Ted Nugent "Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." -John Dryden |
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