Whistle Pigs!
Welcome indeed, from the Pacific NW! It was so good to see a reference to Whistle Pigs! When I was a boy, my dad used to say on occasion "Hold her, Nute, she's headin' for the Rhubarb Patch, just like a Whistle Pig headin' for the brush!" I would say, "Daddy, what's a Whistle Pig?" He would rear back and say, "You mean, you don't know what a whistle pig is? You should find out." No internet or Google in those days, so it took me years to find out. Not a lot of groundhogs in Southern Oregon...
You have entered the land of S&W lovers! Good to have you on board.