Blue Pee in snow??
 

I find this quite often while out shed hunting not sure what causes it?

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it's either these guys, or you have Deer that are drinking All sport :D........honestly, i have no idea :eek:kinda weird.

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LOL thatthere was funny.

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I was out last thursday with my son and we saw at least 8 of those blue pee spots. I know what red and green ones are from, but can't figure out the blue!!??

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Not sure if true or not but I've heard it's from them eating buckthorn when their food supply is low.

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This is the culprit ....:D

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I have found the same thing, kind of crazy???
Any experts out there?

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i dont know but it kinda weird

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I've never seen it - hardly ever see snow in these parts, for that matter - but I've read it's caused by deer eatingberries from buckthorn or red cedar.

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Yeah Art Igoogledit and Buckhorn is mostly coming up as well with rabbits to.

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Well if you hadn't been with a "doe" since November..You'ld be Blue too!

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Bingo.

Their are alot of species of berries that whitetail do not normally eat. But during winter months with less food available deer are apt to eat many berry species including the buckthorne. Many of the berry species are not eaten during times where alternative food is plentiful because these berry species cause irregular bowl movements and/or diarhea in deer.

Now.. whitetail will still forage on the Buckthorn and some of the other species of berry even in times of plentiful alternative food sources (not nearly as often). But without the snow.. simply put.. its ALOT harder to identify their pee color.

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Over dose of Viagra.

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There was an episode of Deer and Deer Hunting that I saw one time that said it was berries....cant remember what kind of berries, but it is caused by what they eat...this time of year they are not so picky!

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One thing I have noticed over the last couple of weeks is that we had a big rain storm that turned to ice and snow. This coated the NE side of the trees with a layer of ice. In the afternoons when the sun was in the SW, it warmed up the trees on that side and caused them to expand. The other side of the tree with the ice coating contracted causing the trees to bow to the ground and in some cases, freeze to the ground. This event has caused a mass browsing frenzy in the woods. The deer are gorging themselves on never before reachable browse. This includes berries that are still attached to the now reachable limbs. The deers droppings look just like porcupine droppings, compressed saw dust. Once the snow depth decreases and the trees return to normal upright positions the deer should resume eating and foraging in the picked crop fields. For the last few weeks it has been easier for the deer to eat browse for food, most likely causing this change in the color of their urine.

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Those that have said buckthorn are correct. European Buckthorn is an exotic species from Europe brought to the US as decorative/ornamaental shrubs. As is with most exotic species, they usually thrive in their new home which is what Buckthorn has done in the US. Where I work, we work hard to control it with cutting and chemicals because it will literally take over a stand of timber shading out oak, hickory, walnut seedlings. It really does ruin a landscape. Unfortunately because deer WILL eat it (not preferred) and turkeys also eat the berries, it is virtually impossible to control the spread. Those of you in the northern climates, when you go out in November and there is one green tree left in the woods holding its leaves, thats buckthorn.

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Thanks for the high resolution photos.....[8D]

[&:]Blue pee = sweet

I guess I have to add that to my list of colored snow not to be eaten. I was really looking forward to that Blue Raspberry Sno-Cone.

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If I'm not mistaken, Buckthorn also had dark blue metalic looking berries?

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Maybe the deer are secretly drinking out of the toilet. You know that blue thousand flushes taste like koolaid to them.

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Thats why I was gone for a little bit.;):D

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Yes Greg you are correct.

And while we're at it... Did you all know that Milwaukee is pronounced Mile-wa-kay.. which is Algonquin for "The good land".

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And boy where the Algonquin wrong. :D

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When you moving up our way?;)

Friday is looking like a good day if you want to get out?

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Hey Tony..

If I can get off early enough Friday will work. I'll give you a buzz Wed. or Thurs.

But of course this all depends on the weeks weather.

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dern buckthorn's takin over one of my spots. Im gonna hit it with a chainsaw and some roundup when all the snow melts.

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Oh man I spilled my Slushie!!:D

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[:-]yuck!!! :Dnever heard of it before!

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blueberry icee get a straw and give it a whirl! lol!

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Sounds Good.

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interesting... to say the least :eek:

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I did some research and I think they are eating buckthorn also.I read that there is something in the plant that passes through the urine and when exposed to air turns blue in about 10 minutes.This is still strange to me seeing there is corn fields and other food sources in the area.I also have seen this in other areas over 20 miles away.I like to know everything about the woods thats the reason I posted this.

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Here is a web site to get more info...
http://nuthatch.typepad.com/ba/2005/12/blue_smurf_pee_.html

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Looks like the Deer are drinking the KoolAid too![8D]

Dan

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wired

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probly smurfs....but honestly what would pee blue...

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I like bloodcreeks answer! I never saw blue pee before.