What you're describing (if I read it right) sounds like bear dung. Deer pellets are usually about the size of your (my) second smallest fingernail. There may be a lot of them in a pile, or they may be clumped up. Deer also make clumped "turds" 1-1.5 inchels in diameter and 1-3inches long, these are usually made when the deer are eating moist green foods, but also sometimes when they eat fresh acorns, corn or "buckthorn" berries.

T.R.

T.R. Michels