Steve90 Report post Posted Friday at 04:48 PM What is the “life cycle” of deer droppings? How long do they actually stick around before they turn to dust? At what point to they turn white and then grey? I understand this is variable do to conditions of the environment they are in, but in general what can one expect? I’m finding areas with a lot of older sign, but very little fresh sign. I’m wondering if this is built up over years from a few deer, or if the deer have just moved on to another area and now it’s just a spot that they travel through? Thanks, Steve 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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CatfishKev Report post Posted Saturday at 03:52 AM Honestly you answered your own question. It is variable to conditions and environment. What species are you trying to find and in what unit? What's the terrain like? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted Saturday at 04:01 AM IMO, once the scat looses the bitterness it’s too old to worry about Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve90 Report post Posted Saturday at 04:28 AM 46 minutes ago, CatfishKev said: Honestly you answered your own question. It is variable to conditions and environment. What species are you trying to find and in what unit? What's the terrain like? Coues in lower 21. Also want to know for searching for sheds later in the year. To see if there is a way to tell how old the scat is to determine if it would be from around shed season Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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CatfishKev Report post Posted yesterday at 01:46 AM 21 hours ago, oz31p said: IMO, once the scat looses the bitterness it’s too old to worry about The old taste test, yummy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted yesterday at 01:51 AM 21 hours ago, Steve90 said: Coues in lower 21. Also want to know for searching for sheds later in the year. To see if there is a way to tell how old the scat is to determine if it would be from around shed season Coues have a small home range, 1.5 to 2 miles squared. So the bucks will be close enough. Look for clumpy buck turds rather then pellets to start. Also focus on north facing slopes and drainages and cuts, basically shady spots deer will bed. But the best thing you could probably do is glass the areas you are interested in. Tripod plus binos and just look and see what the deer in that area are doing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve90 Report post Posted yesterday at 02:56 AM 59 minutes ago, CatfishKev said: Coues have a small home range, 1.5 to 2 miles squared. So the bucks will be close enough. Look for clumpy buck turds rather then pellets to start. Also focus on north facing slopes and drainages and cuts, basically shady spots deer will bed. But the best thing you could probably do is glass the areas you are interested in. Tripod plus binos and just look and see what the deer in that area are doing. Yes, I’m familiar with how to find deer in general, I am asking if a lot of old sign and little fresh sign is an indication of a large group of deer that stoped using that particular spot, or if it could be from a smaller group of deer and the sign has just built up over years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites