Chuck of a different color

[Jrjones]

I had a wonderful night the other day. Watched some alfalfa and cleanded up a few barnyard chucks. What a surprise came when we got one this color. What say you guys? First one i ever saw like this. We had a 243AI 60gr sierra hp and 17hmr for close shots. Now thats a chuck of a different color!

 

[Gary in MD]

Cool, I've been killing them since the 1970s and have never seen blonde one.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Skin and tan that one.

 

[AA Ron]

Very cool! I agree, keep that hide!
Aaron

 

[WV Hitman]

I have 3 blondies mounted in my "zoo", all taken with my handguns from 110 to 280 yds.

 

[perazziguy]

"Dang woodchucks!!!" Very cool!

 

[GT Accuracy]

That's pretty interesting and coincidentally our farm has one this color along a rock wall. I haven't shot him yet, but he sticks out from the road like a sore thumb

 

[swd]

Where I grew up we had albino raccoons that were that color.

 

[hpshooter]

How many of you have seen a black groundhog? Wife and I saw one in the 50 years we actively hunted them. Seen lots of blond ones in Floyd county VA and several albino ones but only one black one in Bedford county VA.

 

[Jrjones]

Never saw a black one

 

[Stormbringer]

Never saw a black one

I have shot a few black chucks.

 

[Stormbringer]

I had a wonderful night the other day. Watched some alfalfa and cleanded up a few barnyard chucks. What a surprise came when we got one this color. What say you guys? First one i ever saw like this. We had a 243AI 60gr sierra hp and 17hmr for close shots. Now thats a chuck of a different color!

Shot a few Albinos but never a blonde.

 

[357Mag]

I had a wonderful night the other day. Watched some alfalfa and cleanded up a few barnyard chucks. What a surprise came when we got one this color. What say you guys? First one i ever saw like this. We had a 243AI 60gr sierra hp and 17hmr for close shots. Now thats a chuck of a different color!

Jrjones & Stormbringer -

Howdy !

Too much “ Roundup “ ?!


With regards,
357Mag

 

[LHSmith]

But was it a TRUE Blond?- check the color of the hair roots. Seen a couple black ones in my neck of the woods through the years.

 

[Tommie]

How ‘bout an albino prairie dog?

 

[ISS]

We hve the black ones in NE Idaho and Montana. They have a yellow streak across the face. They call them "Hoary Marmots", which is recognized as a sub species.
I shot a true albino Rockchuck here about 35 years ago. I wasn't smart enough to skin him and have a body mount made.

Cool!

Rich

 

[Jrjones]

About 20 years ago i saw an albino on this farm. Must be a weird gene or something at this place

 

[HillbillyLongRifle]

20 Vartarg ended this one once!
Tazewell county Virginia

 

[HillbillyLongRifle]

 

[Rick in Oregon]

Hillbilly, that's some purty cool chit right there! Nice!

I should have mounted this one shot in 1980. He weighed 16.5 lbs. (Sako Vixen 223, Nosler 50gr SP, H335, 240 yds.)



I was doing some work with CCI in 1982 and one of their managers came out for ground squirrels and rockchucks. I shot a nice large male chuck, and Don Anderson from CCI took it home and got it mounted. Not sure if it's still there, but it was in the lobby of CCI/Speer for a number of years standing up and proud.

Have not been to the plant in a long while, he may still be in the lobby, dunno. He was about the same size as the one shown.