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Here's an unusual question...but it seems like you guys can answer just about anything. I'm a big city boy that's moved to the country. We have deer, cyotes, racoons and other types of critters and vermin passing through our wooded yard. Along a trail, I'm finding these ahhh, errr, ahhh 'leavings' that I can't identify. These logs are about 2" in diameter...8" or so long...slightly flattened, and kinda segmented. I'd like to know what type of animal left these things? It must have been a good-sized animal, because I've never shoveled anything that large from any of the dogs I've owned. I always thought that deer left 'pellets', but maybe not.
I know I've left myself open for some, ahhh...'creative' answers here, but I'm serious. Can anybody help?
MR
I know I've left myself open for some, ahhh...'creative' answers here, but I'm serious. Can anybody help?
MR
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MrOld, I would guess from your description that they used to belong to coyotes. You could get a stick and break one apart for closer inspection, if you are not TOO much of a city dude. You can tell, to a degree, what the former owner was eating. It's kind of interesting, and not all that disgusting. 
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Sounds like a bear to me too. Bear and Coyote droppings both look alike, (as do mountain lion I think) depending on the time of year and what they are eating, the consistency changes, but the size your describing is pretty big, probably just a black bear......way cool.
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Sounds to me ,more like an animal that has had the .......... (crap) scared out of it by seeing another animal that may have looker scarier.
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One help might be to examine what is inside the droppings. This may help, determine if the animal is a carnivore.
Carnivores usually have animal fur inside their droppings. These critters don't eat meat the way most of us do.
An herbivore’s droppings will be plants and other vegetation.
Look for tracks too!
There are actual spotter's guides for tracks as well as droppings.
Keep us posted!
Carnivores usually have animal fur inside their droppings. These critters don't eat meat the way most of us do.
An herbivore’s droppings will be plants and other vegetation.
Look for tracks too!
There are actual spotter's guides for tracks as well as droppings.
Keep us posted!
