Might Mite

Have always been told that the droppings will tell the sex. Does will drop pellet like droppings while a buck will be more solid, or pile. I have watches deer feed and have actually gotten down to check after they have left and have found this to be true in most cases. Anybody else use this as an indicatir when scouting??

dabowhunter

Hardly seems likely seeing that both sexes have the same digestive tract. I believe that the consisitency of the droppings varies depending on what they are eating and hydration. I did see some huge deer pellets a few weeks ago and hope they are from a huge deer..........dabow

SteveBNy

I've heard you have to tasteto be sure.

Steve

Might Mite

I tried that but can't seem to tell the difference either way. THanks though.

MOTOWNHONKEY

I think it is some what true. Bucks will leave more of a stacked pile and does pellets. You can taste it if you like though.

luknikk

I asked this question last year also, I always thought there was a difference,There's not. The only thing that is true is big droppings = big deer. Little droppings=little deer.

bigbulls

I don't know about the composition of the dropings. Just like humans, a deers dropings will vary from solid pellets to the runs depending on what they are eating and any viruses/ infections they may have. So just the just the composition of the dropings alone won't tell you much.

However you can make a very good guess as to the sex by how the poop is left on the ground. A doe or cow will tend to leave a single pile where as a buck or a bull will tend to leave a "trail" of poop. This also goes with the urine. A buck or bull will tend to "swing" when he urinates and a doe pees in a single spot. It helps to have snow on the ground for the urine... or dry dirt.

MarcAllyn

I've heard if the droppings are near the bedding sight it will be more solid.

davidmil

I've heard that the bucks tend to hang back in the woods and eat more browse and therefore have big clumpy crap. Sounds reasonable, but probably not true. I'd go with big crap, big deer, crap of any kind means there was a deer there at sometime.[8D] And you know me.... I know my crap.

PA Bow/Flinter

I don't think you can tell the sex by the droppings. Like someone said, they have the same digestive tracts. What the poop looks like depends on what they ate.