![]() Semi-round, individual droppings often indicate deer are concentrating their feeding efforts on browse such as leaves, bark, and mast-producing nut trees like acorns. Their winter scat is lighter in color and tends to be hard, consisting mainly of woody fibers. It may also be found clumped together when their summer and fall diet consists of high-moisture foods such as berries, apples, and other succulent plants. Pete Sucheskiĭeer scat (whitetail or muley) looks like the proverbial Raisinette-oval in shape, pellet-like, ½ to ⅝ inches in diameter, dark brown or black in color (usually), and scattered in piles. ![]() Deer Poop If you find piles of large deer poop in dense cover, you might be onto a big buck bedding area. Some experts say that poop on large tree limbs or logs is “definitive” of the critter, but I wouldn’t go that far.Ĥ. ![]() In the wild, they like the bases of trees, tree forks, or raised areas such as fallen trees. They tend to poop in raccoon “latrines,” using the same area over long periods of time. Raccoons range even more widely than foxes and are as common as deflated Mylar balloons. Raccoon Poop Raccoon poop can contain parasitic worms that cause irreversible brain damage. This holds true for most animal poop-and, really, poop in general. You shouldn’t chew, handle, or inhale them. Fox droppings pose a number of health risks. It should be noted that almost nothing in the wild smells as bad as smeared fox poop. In urban areas, where they consume more birdseed, bread, and a lot of MacDonald’s products, their feces look more like those of a small dog. Their diet in rural areas consists of small birds and mammals for long periods of the year, resulting in scat that is long, twisted, and contains bits of bone and fur. They can range in color from light tan to dark brown. Typically, their droppings are about two to three inches long with pointed ends. ![]() But, like so many of us, they have also adapted to urban areas. Pete Sucheskiįoxes once lived chiefly in rural areas. Fox Poop Depending on the area, fox droppings can either be full of bones and fur or look similar to poop from a small dog. ![]()
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