Deer Poop Longevity

[Doc Sauce]

I know I am new here and I totally expect to be flamed over this question... but I know of no other place to get this kind of information.

Last year was my first year walking around in the woods with a rifle.  I got all kinds of excited when I would find these handfuls of deer scat on the ground.  This year I decided to pick a piece up from the pile and smash it between my fingers to see how fresh it is...  it was like squeezing roasted coffee beans.  My heart dropped a little bit because I imagine dry hard little "coffee beans" does not mean deer dropped them recently.  Thus the question...

How long does a deer bean sit on the ground before it gets dry and hard or are they pretty stiff upon ejection?

This is a serious question and i'm looking for legitimate answers.  I also recognize that, due to my low post count and the nature of this post, I will receive some entertaining answers.

Thanks in advance y'all.

[ellensburgpo]

Using your hands to find the answer to that is a rookie move, gotta use your mouth for a valid result...

[Button Nubbs]

bear grylls just grabs a handful of the *censored* and eats it like milk duds.

[deerhunter_98520]

You got it all wrong.....chocolate cover raisins 

[bassquatch]

Lots of variables in that question.... temperature? rain? Typically the more moist the fresher but if it was a cool damp night it could be many hours old... Wish there was a chart for you, but you just have to use your best judgement. One thing I have done that helped was to go up where I spooked some doe's and checked for the freshest scat I could find, kinda gave me an idea of what very fresh scat looked like or if you find bedded doe's, wait until they get up to move for the evening and head over to check their beds they always crap when they get up from their beds!

Keep at it, every trip through the woods is a learning experience, even when hunting season is closed 

O.k., back to the ball busting 

[Doc Sauce]

That's what I needed... thanks y'all.

As it turns out, I came across some bear biscotti that was super moist... tasted a little bit like a sour blackberry cobbler.  Figured I missed that bear by only a few hours.

Day was hot, lots of sun.

I did get a strange sudden desire to drop several of them into my camelback to see if it would keep me awake like the other beans I brew...

There is so much to learn going into this.  I put what I have read in Iverson's book to the test today and found more "sign" than I ever have before.  I'm pretty stoked about going out this season.  I figure that I will have to learn a lot before filling my first tag, but there will be a lot things that I will learn with that filled tag.  I plan on, after harvesting my meat and getting it a safe distance away, squeezing the beans out of the intestines for further "longevity" research...

[deerhunter_98520]

That's what I needed... thanks y'all.

As it turns out, I came across some bear biscotti that was super moist... tasted a little bit like a sour blackberry cobbler.  Figured I missed that bear by only a few hours.

Day was hot, lots of sun.

I did get a strange sudden desire to drop several of them into my camelback to see if it would keep me awake like the other beans I brew...

Way to roll with the  harrasment  alot of guys would get mad

[ellensburgpo]

Lots of variables in that question.... temperature? rain? Typically the more moist the fresher but if it was a cool damp night it could be many hours old... Wish there was a chart for you, but you just have to use your best judgement. One thing I have done that helped was to go up where I spooked some doe's and checked for the freshest scat I could find, kinda gave me an idea of what very fresh scat looked like or if you find bedded doe's, wait until they get up to move for the evening and head over to check their beds they always crap when they get up from their beds!

Keep at it, every trip through the woods is a learning experience, even when hunting season is closed 

O.k., back to the ball busting 

   there will be some local variables too. If it still steaming its real fresh.