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Offline andersonjk4

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Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« on: November 07, 2014, 08:34:35 AM »
I came across this big pile of scat while elk hunting in the Blues last week.  Its definitely too big to be coyote, but I'm not sure if it could be from a bear or cat or wolf.  Opinions? 

The first pic is with a .300 Win Mag cartridge.  The second is with the cartridge and my gloved hand (medium size glove).  And the last is with a pile of coyote poop I found about 10 yards away and moved next to the large pile to show the size difference. 
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2014, 08:39:00 AM »
Large canine IMO
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2014, 08:47:17 AM »
Bear
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2014, 08:54:14 AM »
 :dunno: Did you get a sample that could be sent to the BF research center?
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2014, 09:00:20 AM »
Looks like bear to me...
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2014, 09:02:27 AM »
Highly segmented and mostly hair = cougar in my book
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2014, 09:24:29 AM »
It does look cougar to me. Hair is cris crossed and not spiraled,also ends are rounded except the last pinch.  They normally bury it unless its territorial marker or it was interrupted  or just lazy. I've found lots of it that way. Normally its at least partially buried, but not always.
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2014, 09:34:41 AM »
Contact the group from BFRO. Sure looks squatchy to me.  :chuckle:
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2014, 09:36:29 AM »
Looks like cat doo to me.
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2014, 12:47:44 PM »
Whatever it is it is not eating veggies. That means either a cougar or a bear you don't want to encounter imo.
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2014, 05:19:28 PM »
Cougar
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2014, 06:00:01 AM »
That's actually a python.
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2014, 06:28:03 AM »
That's one BIG kitty!!!
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2014, 12:34:57 AM »
 :chuckle: bear lol  :nono:
either Coyote or as others might have said Couger.
some bear do do looks tubular but most is cow pie or splat looking as this pic.
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