Deer droppings
#1
Deer droppings
Someone once told me that there is a difference between buck and doe droppings. They said if all the pellets are together in one clump then it is a buck, and if they are spreed out they came from a doe. Does anyone know if this is true? or even know what I am talking about.The reason I was asking is that I was scouting today and most of the droppings were in clumps.
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: LI, New York
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RE: Deer droppings
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#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Thomasville, N.C.
Posts: 522
RE: Deer droppings
What I read in a student's college book on whitetail Biologia, most all mature bucks have a genetic intestenal infection that causes the pellets to clump together while the does have no infection so their pellets are loose. I raised whitetails for the state of NC for 12 years and all my buck's pellets clumped and the does did not. It's is not a myth.
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#9
RE: Deer droppings
There's a book called"Whitetail Wisdom" and ithas a special chapter called Pelletology. In there it states that if the pellets are individual and not clumped the deer are eating primarily leaves, browse and twigs. If they are clumped together they are eating mainly grasses and forbs. From their studies the size of the pellets on penned deer do not show in any way the difference between a buck or doe. Now if you have bucks 4 1/2 or older in our area they say there are exceptions.. The studies show that some mature bucks do drop more pellets per pile.
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