Whistler's Ground Slogs Hoary marmots were quite common on the bare grassy mountain tops and in the large grass covered boulders on and near the beach. They did not whistle much and some did not whistle at all. They were not particularly sly and two were killed with No 4x6 Shot. The marmots varied amazingly in color and no two of the 7 secured were alike in color. Some were dark with white noses and grey, almost, white hairs about the head and shoulders. Others had more white hairs and one was snowy almost all over. One brown one was seen. The young were about 1/3 or 2 grown, had finer hair and were darker than the adults, as a rule. They loom up in the fog on the mountain top and look as big as a black bear. One was shot for a black bear and the hunter was no "greenhorn" either as he was well acquainted with both marmots and bear. The marmots usually stop at the mouths of their holes just before they go down and even when hit with a 30-30 soft point