Buck and Doe POOP
10-03-2002, 10:56 PM
#14
RE: Buck and Doe POOP
I learned long ago that the type of scat is dependent on what they are feeding on. Deer are primarily browsers but they will take advantage of succulent spring grasses and any available alfalfa field.
Browse scat is always in pelets. Grazing scat will always be in clumps.
Elk on the other hand are primarily grazers. During the fall and into winter they too will browse. Clumpy during the grazing period, pellets during the browsing season.
Bowhunter
Browse scat is always in pelets. Grazing scat will always be in clumps.
Elk on the other hand are primarily grazers. During the fall and into winter they too will browse. Clumpy during the grazing period, pellets during the browsing season.
Bowhunter
10-04-2002, 01:33 PM
#16
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rochester NY USA
Posts: 98
RE: Buck and Doe POOP
Sure there is a difference. It's easy to tell buck poop from doe poop.
Just use the chart below. The chart was downloaded from a polish website and is the most accurate I've seen.
<font size=2><font color=navy>Look and Feel of Dropping.... What it belongs to</font id=navy>
<font color=red>small, wet fuzzy look...... small, immature buck = pre-rut
large, dark black and shiny (soft)..... BIG, 10 pt that ate collard greens recently = full rut
small, dainty, soft, oblong shape..... small, immature doe = pre-rut
large, dainty, hard, perfectly round..... really large doe rabbit = in heat
large, oblong, hard and smells ok....... large doe (over 180 lbs) in estrous
large glob, loose, some undigested corn, smells awful..... probably from my brother in law
</font id=red></font id=size2>
See how easy it is???
Edited by - Crowpecker on 10/04/2002 14:34:39
Just use the chart below. The chart was downloaded from a polish website and is the most accurate I've seen.
<font size=2><font color=navy>Look and Feel of Dropping.... What it belongs to</font id=navy>
<font color=red>small, wet fuzzy look...... small, immature buck = pre-rut
large, dark black and shiny (soft)..... BIG, 10 pt that ate collard greens recently = full rut
small, dainty, soft, oblong shape..... small, immature doe = pre-rut
large, dainty, hard, perfectly round..... really large doe rabbit = in heat
large, oblong, hard and smells ok....... large doe (over 180 lbs) in estrous
large glob, loose, some undigested corn, smells awful..... probably from my brother in law
</font id=red></font id=size2>
See how easy it is???
Edited by - Crowpecker on 10/04/2002 14:34:39
10-04-2002, 02:16 PM
#17
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Brainard NY
Posts: 100
RE: Buck and Doe POOP
If you can spot the poop at the time of manufacture, it is easier to tell the sex of the deer. I have also heard that hormonal changes to bucks during the fall, tend to make their poop more clumpy.
Hunting is a right, treat it like a priviledge - respect nature
Hunting is a right, treat it like a priviledge - respect nature
10-04-2002, 08:01 PM
#19
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hebron Maryland USA
Posts: 595
RE: Buck and Doe POOP
Ive seen deer droppings the size of my fist. (clumped up) Right in the vicinity of a huge rub. but I have also watched a buck drop his mess and it wasnt in clumps. I think from experience that the clumps of deer droppings are from mature deer that bed most of the day. I also think that it depends on what there eating. I check this out when scouting. The color of the droppings usually give ya an idea of what there eating. and the size of the droppings can give ya a reason to hunt an area......... Good Luck to all this year
10-09-2002, 06:35 PM
#20
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: Buck and Doe POOP
Last night on the Babe Winkleman show (Oct 8) they had this information on their hunter trivia section. The main difference in doe and buck poop is that the bucks have a minimum of 75 pellets when they do the potty thing.........honest.