Are you picking them up and putting them there?

If a deer were to stand over the stump and they were to fall they would bounce around and off. I have a hard time believing this to be a deer....

Russ how come your posts are stuck at 497?

Nope, I'm not putting them there. And they are too large for rabbits. In fact, I have few rabbits in the timber, a few cottontails but not enough to make this many droppings. I'm seeing this only near or on foodplots. Stumps away from the plots don't show this practice. Just put horse manure on another plot, 2 stumps there the same way. (I'll see if my post # changes with this.) From the size, I would say they are older does. My Pea plot (no stumps) shows a lot of small droppings. I believe this is where the fawns/yearlings are feeding.

Russ

Russ; are you sure that you haven't got a few Jackrabbits around your place. If they were deer litter, I'd expect them to be in tighter bundles. Put some bird seed next to one of the stumps and see what kind of sign you get.

Dan O.

Bird seed????? What in the world will that bring in? I haven't heard of anyone seeing jack rabbits here in Miss. The one pest we have had invade our area is those darn Armadillos, I guess from Texas. Those buggers can raise havoc with a garden. The nephew has a camtracker, I might see if he can set it up in the plot. Maybe catch one in the act.LOL

Russ

You rascal, you opened a bag of M&M's and put them on the stump. I can't wait to see what your camtracker gets, I think rabbits. terry

I think they could be deer - or rabbit - but that mice are carrying them up there - WHY??? I don't know.

I once watched some chip-monks work all day carrying deer crap up on to my back deck.

I was more than a little befuddled about "why" they were doing it.

A few weeks later I noticed that all the pellets were broken open.

I can only guess that the chipmonks were putting them up to dry, and eating all the "good stuff" from inside each one.

Maybe that is what is happening here.

A good bird seed mix of sunflowers, corn and grains will feed just about anything. You just need to see what prints are being left. I didn't know that you didn't have Jack's in the south. They give rabbit hunting a new meaning.
Dan O.

That is definately rabbit droppings. Either swamp bunny, jack rabbit, or easter bunny it is a rabbit. Have seen this many of times. If still not sure, get you a game cam. and prove us wrong. Rabbits like to sit on top of these stumps and look out for danger while there eating something.

Chad

Maybe that is what is happening here. I've got a feeling there are not a lot of hunters actually seeing what is really happening out there in the woods. Been out in the woods for over 50+ years, (that's probably longer than a lot here are old.) I know the difference between different animal droppings. Maybe because of my age I have a tendency to watch where I'm stepping in or on. At 70, I cant handle too many falls. There can be a lot of sign right under a person's feet, if a person is looking. All droppings are not alike; these are deer droppings.

Russ