Do you know this scat? Obviously older when photographed...but what dropped it? I would say moose or bear, based on the size of the pile. Are moose berries always like berries, or can they vary like deer scat, which is sometimes pellets and sometimes more like a mini cow pie (though with some shape to smaller pieces within, to do a poor job of describing it), depending on diet?

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A deer can have a "movement" something like that. Not sure why, but I see it a lot.

That big of a pile?

Big deer was very constipated before that pile happened. :) Unless thats a very big shoe, I don't think it's that big of a pile. My ten point laid a pile similar just before I shot him. I usually associate that type of pile to a big buck, I don't know why. It's usually shaped more like a log turd with similar consistancy and not so spread out. Not sure if that makes any sence... It's late, I better hang it up.

My wife always says "you don't know scat!" Oh wait that's not quite what she says.

My guess is runny moose.

I agree with nctry. I'd say large buck.

It's not moose. Moose dropping tend to be large brown oval. Pretty symmetrical and smooth. About the size of the end of your finger. Well, a mans finger any way. Somewhere around 3/4's of an inch to an inch in length, and maybe slightly over 1/2 inch in diameter.

Here's a pic:

Doe droppings are small round pellets, and don't stick together like buck droppings. I'm pretty sure your pic is from a buck. But they don't usually have that big a spread. But then maybe I just haven't seen a 200 inch class buck droppings.

I say it's BEAR Scat myself...definetely not Moose and I don't think it's a deer. I think it's BEAR POOP.
SunCatcher

I vote deer. (Big deer)

This is bear scat: Yoggi Poopie

I would have said bear scat too, but after looking at PJ's site and the tracking book I have at home, I'm joining the deer camp. The tracking book says that White-tail scat clumps together when there is moisture in the food in summer; the dry pellets are more from a winter diet.

I've seen plenty of deer scat that was clumped up from eating wet foods. But this looks like four times that amount to me. Otherwise I would have immediately thought deer. Is the most massive buck ever roaming the BWCA? ;-)

quote nojobro: "I've seen plenty of deer scat that was clumped up from eating wet foods. But this looks like four times that amount to me. Otherwise I would have immediately thought deer. Is the most massive buck ever roaming the BWCA? ;-)"

Shhhhh, don't tell Stu ;) (He guides fall buck hunts in BWCA.)

I knew Bigfoot was real! It's a Bigfoots...

Can't be grizzly bear, no whistles or bells in the pile.

Big buck. Big, constipated buck.

deer scat photos

Can't tell for sure, but the sizing looks different.

Mystery poop!!

quote nojobro: "Do you know this scat? Obviously older when photographed...but what dropped it? I would say moose or bear, based on the size of the pile. Are moose berries always like berries, or can they vary like deer scat, which is sometimes pellets and sometimes more like a mini cow pie (though with some shape to smaller pieces within, to do a poor job of describing it), depending on diet?

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Maybe it's from one of us.... from the last wing nite, after eating Kendras moose plums, and mixing it with my saurkraut.

Though a large deer makes sense too, I still think it could be moose considering the size. Moose scat usually looks like the pile of pellets that we're used to, but depending on diet and other factors, it's sometimes a loose pile. You see this a lot with Elk also (often pellets but sometimes a loose pile).

Moose Info

Uncle Moose has a point, I have also seen this with deer scat.

quote UncleMoose: "Though a large deer makes sense too, I still think it could be moose considering the size. Moose scat usually looks like the pile of pellets that we're used to, but depending on diet and other factors, it's sometimes a loose pile. You see this a lot with Elk also (often pellets but sometimes a loose pile).


Moose Info
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UncleMoose, great link. I had tried searching for similar but didn't find that one. Fitting that you would find the right link. I deem this scat definitely moose scat! Would have been cool if it had left its deposit while we were camped there, but, alas, I fear we were about a month too late.

What did it smell like?

quote Dennisal: "What did it smell like?"

Smelling it is deceiving... Tasting it is the real test. Tastes like... Glad I didn't step in it.

I'm guessing that it's moose poop.

nctry..... Big Bambu

JB

Well Diva discovered what causes Green Poop. So what the heck causes Blue Poop?

quote AndySG: "Well Diva discovered what causes Green Poop. So what the heck causes Blue Poop?"

That would be Grandpa Smurf.

quote nctry: "

quote Dennisal: "What did it smell like?"

Smelling it is deceiving... Tasting it is the real test. Tastes like... Glad I didn't step in it."

A little Cheech and Chong humor?

quote AndySG: "Well Diva discovered what causes Green Poop. So what the heck causes Blue Poop?"

I don't think it's blue. I think it's old; black and greying.

quote AndySG: "Well Diva discovered what causes Green Poop. So what the heck causes Blue Poop?"

The blue scat comes from the remnants of the Kelty rain fly he ate last week.

quote AndySG: "Well Diva discovered what causes Green Poop. So what the heck causes Blue Poop?"

Blue Berries:)

I think we're talking about blueberry pie...

Okay this thread is going downhill fast. And it started with scat, so that is really saying something!

quote nojobro: "Do you know this scat? Obviously older when photographed...but what dropped it? I would say moose or bear, based on the size of the pile. Are moose berries always like berries, or can they vary like deer scat, which is sometimes pellets and sometimes more like a mini cow pie (though with some shape to smaller pieces within, to do a poor job of describing it), depending on diet?

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Thats Trail Center Chicken Saturday night :-)

I find it odd that the croc is blue the pant leg is blue......hmmmmm, could that scat have came from?????????