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Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
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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?
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Large canine IMO
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Did you get a sample that could be sent to the BF research center?
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Looks like bear to me...
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Highly segmented and mostly hair = cougar in my book
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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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Contact the group from BFRO. Sure looks squatchy to me.
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Looks like cat doo to me.
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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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That's actually a python.
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Quote from: mountainman on November 07, 2014, 05:19:28 PM
Cougar
Definitely not bear.
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That's one BIG kitty!!!
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Re: Big Scat... Wolf, Bear, something else?
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bear lol
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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