What is this from?

villeman · 02-25-2008, 10:34 AM

I came across this while doing some winter scouting this past weekend. This is one of two beds I found. Atleast I think it is a bed. It looks like blood. Is this a wounded deer or could the deer be in heat? There were no blood spots where the deer walked, only where it was laying.

Charlie P · 02-25-2008, 12:01 PM

Usually they won't pee right in their bed. Didn't smell it did you?

villeman · 02-25-2008, 12:15 PM

No, could it be a scrape?

ABarOfSoap · 02-25-2008, 12:57 PM

nice mud.

mlo31351270 · 02-25-2008, 01:27 PM

Deer often pee off color like this.

Matt / PA · 02-25-2008, 01:33 PM

Looks more like a pawed area than a bed to me because of the debris thrown away from it to the right? Maybe it was just a deer rooting around andthe thawing madesome mud?

BTBowhunter · 02-25-2008, 02:11 PM

My guess would be mud or something leaching from the leaves. It certainly doesnt look like blood to me.

lost horn · 02-25-2008, 02:41 PM

Looks like it could be apple juice, any apple trees near by?

It don't look like a bed to me.

villeman · 02-26-2008, 05:19 AM

Nope, no apple trees. I thought maybe it was blood cause it was definately red. Although, I could've taken a nice picture of some mud. hahahaha. I thought it was weird cause I found one spot like it and followed the tracks from there to this spot. Here is another closer picture I took.

mlo31351270 · 02-26-2008, 06:56 AM

I can not believe some of the answers here. Do you guys ever get out into the the woods much during the winter? I am telling you it is deer pee.Deer peeis not always yellow.