Where do deer poop?

[thatsjet]

Did some scouting today and put up a camera on what appeared to be a well-traveled game trail. Plenty of hoof prints but no scat of any kind. I did find one round black circle on the ground which looks like a rained out pile of something, but no pellets.

 

[mtmuley]

Anyplace it's not offensive to other forest animals. mtmuley

 

[ClearCreek]

Anyplace it's not offensive to other forest animals. mtmuley

I am not sure they even care about that!

ClearCreek

 

[mtmuley]

I am not sure they even care about that!

ClearCreek

.... mtmuley

 

[406dn]

It doesn't take a dog with a great nose to find deer poop. Of course if it's fresh,, they will destroy the evidence.

 

[Bgriffith]

It doesn't take a dog with a great nose to find deer poop. Of course if it's fresh,, they will destroy the evidence.

Like the kids with MY bag of junior mints!
but really from what I’ve seen they are like goats when nature calls they just go...

 

[Dave N]

On the ground, of course!

 

[BAKPAKR]

“My yard” isn’t a choice?

 

[rwc101]

Look for the balled up toilet paper.

 

[gouch]

In the woods, along with the bears.

 

[Bgriffith]

In the woods, along with the bears.

No no, bears poop on gravel roads... at least in SE Alaska they do...

 

[Nick87]

On the ground, of course!

Beat me to it.

 

[belshawelk]

all over my property. Littering everywhere

 

[Bigjay73]

Oh boy, did we need this thread lol

 

[Pucky Freak]

“Way of the whitetail”

 

[kwyeewyk]

Besides everywhere, most animals will go when the rise from bedding, also sometimes if alarmed.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Did some scouting today and put up a camera on what appeared to be a well-traveled game trail. Plenty of hoof prints but no scat of any kind. I did find one round black circle on the ground which looks like a rained out pile of something, but no pellets.

Most concentrations of scat are in bedding areas, and feeding areas have a fair amount too, but it tends to be more dispersed. Some trails have relatively free of scat, but I wouldn’t over think it, as there are lots of things that factor into it. I pay attention to how fresh all the sign is (browse, scat, prints, hair, beds, etc), and also try to figure out what time of day and year deer are using a trail and why (water, food, bedding, etc), and which direction they are traveling during both twilight periods.

 

[Justabirdwatcher]

None of the above. Near their bedding areas.

Deer aren't much different than we are. They wake up, stretch, and need to take care of bidness. LOL

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Wherever they are standing at the time

 

[fmnjr]

Did some scouting today and put up a camera on what appeared to be a well-traveled game trail. Plenty of hoof prints but no scat of any kind. I did find one round black circle on the ground which looks like a rained out pile of something, but no pellets.

You really stepped in it with this post.