whistle pig

It’s also known as a woodchuck, a whistle pig — or in the parlance of Pennsylvania Dutch, a language with German roots, a “grundsau.”

Rambo even gave it a name, “Operation Whistle Pig,” for the brand of whiskey he drank when he met Watkins at a Washington, D.C., bar in June 2017.

So many that the return of the whistle pig can’t be explained by reproduction alone; they must also be migrating in from all over.

Wood said the state would make tweaks as it goes and the drawings would also include other brands that are rare and sought-after, including Blanton’s and Whistle Pig.

“Making them leaner is going to make them taste worse,” said Gretchen Dimling, who co-owns Whistle Pig Hollow Farm in Reisterstown, Md., with her husband, John.