Cbarber4 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I found this spot. It looks like every deer in the area used it. Has anyone seen this before ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATbuckhunter Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Holy poop! Never seen or heard of anything like this before. Ive seen whole trails almost filled with poop but never just one spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtTime Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Never known a deer to treat a tree like a dog does. This looks more like the scat was tossed around that tree, deer poop in little piles, they don't spray it like in this pic. If it was all urine, I might believe it. Most of the the tracks look old, yet the scat is sitting on top of most of the tracks... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........................................................... Cough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbarber4 Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 There is urine in the snow too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Not from deer, for the same reason Rob said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbarber4 Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 This is how my friend and I found it. We did not move any poop and there were no human foot prints so what would do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 A big squirrel? Tree seems to be in way for it to be from deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneam2006 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Rsbbits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 It that a hemlock tree (hard to tell)? I have seen porcupines leave this sort of "toilet" at the bases of favored hemlocks. Big porcupines can have quite large droppings indeed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbarber4 Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 It is a group of cedar trees, I just looked up porcupine poop I think that's what it is. There is a lot of deer tracks there must be where they hangout in the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjb4900 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Never known a deer to treat a tree like a dog does. This looks more like the scat was tossed around that tree, deer poop in little piles, they don't spray it like in this pic. If it was all urine, I might believe it. Most of the the tracks look old, yet the scat is sitting on top of most of the tracks... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........................................................... Cough! Cyaniderob, JustRob and now ...Rob? three username changes in 6 months has got to be some type of record. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtTime Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I have a post similar to this somewhere. But the scat was like a deer would normally do. Little piles all over an area. Not deer "pellets" scattered like a hurricane dropped them there. Deer don't get the "beer squirts" and shoot **** out of their *****. The amount of yellow snow is not even close to as far as age to the scat. The pellets would have soaked in making the area around them brownish as well. Like I said, most of those pellets are on top of crusted snow. As for your comment about "No Human Tracks", I guess you have no idea who Mr. Sherlock Holmes is. He takes the most off the wall clue possibilities, deduces them to be false, and then traces back. He then would say; "While this was intriguing, I must say, the notation by the conspirator of there being no "human foot prints" was the demise. HAHA! There in lies the mystery Watson!! Why no prints? Did they indeed move the scat? Many the man has done far more to make a statement, Watson! This image is an illusion! A want for notoriety! For attention!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 It is a group of cedar trees, I just looked up porcupine poop I think that's what it is. There is a lot of deer tracks there must be where they hangout in the winter. They like cedars, too. Very likely porcupine(s)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ants Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 That is odd..I've never seen something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skillet Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I have a post similar to this somewhere. But the scat was like a deer would normally do. Little piles all over an area. Not deer "pellets" scattered like a hurricane dropped them there. Deer don't get the "beer squirts" and shoot **** out of their *****. The amount of yellow snow is not even close to as far as age to the scat. The pellets would have soaked in making the area around them brownish as well. Like I said, most of those pellets are on top of crusted snow. As for your comment about "No Human Tracks", I guess you have no idea who Mr. Sherlock Holmes is. He takes the most off the wall clue possibilities, deduces them to be false, and then traces back. He then would say; "While this was intriguing, I must say, the notation by the conspirator of there being no "human foot prints" was the demise. HAHA! There in lies the mystery Watson!! Why no prints? Did they indeed move the scat? Many the man has done far more to make a statement, Watson! This image is an illusion! A want for notoriety! For attention!". Whaaaat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat junkie Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 It that a hemlock tree (hard to tell)? I have seen porcupines leave this sort of "toilet" at the bases of favored hemlocks. Big porcupines can have quite large droppings indeed. It is a group of cedar trees, I just looked up porcupine poop I think that's what it is. There is a lot of deer tracks there must be where they hangout in the winter. They like cedars, too. Very likely porcupine(s)!Yep, porcupine poop.Deer also depend on cedars (as well as hemlocks) for food during harsh winter conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thphm Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Yep, porcupine poop. Deer also depend on cedars (as well as hemlocks) for food during harsh winter conditions. X2 saw piles like that years ago in one spot on my property, first thing I thought that it was from deer until I saw porcupine near it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat junkie Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 X2 saw piles like that years ago in one spot on my property, first thing I thought that it was from deer until I saw porcupine near it . Once you're familiar W/it, porcupine poop is different & can be easily identified from deer poop. When I 1st move from the Southern Midwest, I didn't know the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Single_shot Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I have this posted somewhere but can't find the thread....anyway, here is an epic porky tree I have below the cabin. The "dung pile" is easily 3ft thick and a good 6ft or so across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
growalot Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Rob...... deer do not just "poop" little piles...they will "poop" as they walk as well. This makes a trail of "poop". During the winter months as in the OP deer have a drier pellet due to the lack of fresh greens. In early spring during first green up they will get droppings similar to cow plops when consuming as much fresh greens as possible. Then their systems get use to this new food source and the droppings will go from that to moist "clumps" then to moist pellets... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
growalot Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Since I've thought about this a few times but never got around to writing....Here is a tip on how to tell if someone in your area has started "feeding" deer in the summer or fall and especially if they have put out mineral sites or salt licks. Because deer travel through different areas and if you are in a situation like mine and are surrounded by hunters and hunting camps, they are hitting most places in the area during their travels... here,funny enough...it can be a 3 day cycle. Many times I have said I plant plots and don't worry about mineral sites for I let the neighbors do the illegal stuff...mind you I do not tresspass and can say assumption here....Though assumption based on this. Suddenly those moist pellets and clumps become gooy off colored plops....the new introduction of large emounts of salts and minerals or strange food and perhaps moldy food or blocks seriously messes with their guts for a week or two...then such sitings drop off as thier system adjusts..So if suddenly you start seeing this on your place and you know you aren't putting anything out...you can pretty much guess someone near by is...I really see a lot of this when camps start to open up and people are coming out to set up for the up coming season...or locals are starting to "condition" movements. Many many years of observation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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