Can you tell the sex of a deer by its droppings?

[lmartin5]

Buck droppings are more clumped together where doe poop is more like rabbit droppings, this is what I was always told.



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Bish

I’ve heard this as well.


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[Thumper]

TK & Mike could....

[BTLowry]

90% of the people on this site, myself included sometimes, can't tell the difference between a 3y/o and a 7 y/o on the hoof, a nubbin and a doe at 30yds, a 175# pig and a 350# pig and misjudge a 150" buck to be 245", etc, etc.....now you want them deciphering ****?

Drops mike and walks away

I don't believe you can tell difference in buck vs doe poop any more than I believe you can tell a buck track from a doe track.
Unless in either case you observed deer that was pooping or leaving the track

[AntlerCollector]

TK & Mike could....

Loved those guys

[Diamond07]

I always believed that the clumped up dropping were deposited after they got up from bedding

[lovemylegacy]

90% of the people on this site, myself included sometimes, can't tell the difference between a 3y/o and a 7 y/o on the hoof, a nubbin and a doe at 30yds, a 175# pig and a 350# pig and misjudge a 150" buck to be 245", etc, etc.....now you want them deciphering ****?

That's funny I don't care who you are

[Incline]

Heard the same thing at a tyhp hunt. Then he reached down and grabbed a few "pellets" and said that buck droppings were bitter as he tossed them in his mouth. It was a joke just to gross the kids out. Unfortunately, he didn't get it out in time and this girl reached down and tried some for herself.

The huntmasters had a handful of black beans that he ate. The little girl, who had a potty mouth, had a mouthful of poop.

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[lovemylegacy]

Next time yall kill a buck and a doe, compare their droppings in their colon.

As far as I know the size of the droppings is indicative of size of the animal. The consistency has more to do with what they have been consuming. Real green or rich food will make their poop stick together or clump and be softer.

[Hammerdown15]

90% of the people on this site, myself included sometimes, can't tell the difference between a 3y/o and a 7 y/o on the hoof, a nubbin and a doe at 30yds, a 175# pig and a 350# pig and misjudge a 150" buck to be 245", etc, etc.....now you want them deciphering ****?

Well, that's the end of that discussion. I couldn't agree more. There are guys that swear they can tell the difference between buck and doe tracks. Those same guys bring in a yearling spike that "was a doe" at 50 yards through a scoped rifle.

[Muskles]

Drops mike and walks away

I don't believe you can tell difference in buck vs doe poop any more than I believe you can tell a buck track from a doe track.
Unless in either case you observed deer that was pooping or leaving the track

X2! A guy on our lease can tell buck tracks from doe tracks, because buck tracks have dew claws.[emoji57] All deer have dew claws. I'll agree that bucks are usually heavier and make a deeper impression, but if the ground is soft, or it's a big doe, they can leave the same tracks.

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[BW96]

X2! A guy on our lease can tell buck tracks from doe tracks, because buck tracks have dew claws.[emoji57] All deer have dew claws. I'll agree that bucks are usually heavier and make a deeper impression, but if the ground is soft, or it's a big doe, they can leave the same tracks.

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This is always my favorite.

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[Swampa]

90% of the people on this site, myself included sometimes, can't tell the difference between a 3y/o and a 7 y/o on the hoof, a nubbin and a doe at 30yds, a 175# pig and a 350# pig and misjudge a 150" buck to be 245", etc, etc.....now you want them deciphering ****?

Funny ****!!


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[bulltx50]

If this site would have been around many many years ago, I could have saved a lot of money getting my biology degree.

[jlptexashunter]

Buck droppings are saltier

This is possibly the greatest post EVER!!!!

[bcdawg1]

The iron clad theory is a doe will drop it while walking so it tends to be scattered whereas a buck will stop and take care of business. That's why bucks scat tends to be more clumped or piled, and a doe is scattered and separated.

Heard the same theory but opposite. Buck doesn't stop walking when he craps leaving a trail of pellets, doe will stop and crap in one spot (small pile of pellets), going to have to watch closer to verify.