IS THIS WOLF POO?

[DUCKDUDE]

FOUND A COUPLE PILES ALONG THE 2620 RD IN THE WINSTON.  WHAT DO YOU GUY THINK.  THATS MY .50 CAL SPEED LOADER FOR REFFERENCE.

[ctabery]

damn!! sure looks big!  i bet it is!

[DUCKDUDE]

That's what I was thinking plus look at all the Elk hair in it.

[pianoman9701]

Family site. Change the title please

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Cat?

[Woodchuck]

Family site. Change the title please

Done. 

[pianoman9701]

Cat?

Looks like it with the hair in it.

[DUCKDUDE]

Sorry about the title thought throwing the ! in there was good enough my bad.  I don't think its cat there where 3 piles about 150yards apart on the shoulder of the road. each a little different in size and consistency.

[pianoman9701]

Some tracks would help.

[KFhunter]

It looks like Echinococcosis egg pods to me.

[Old Man8383]

Interesting find. Without tracks very hard to say what species. 

What ever it was though had most likely fed on a discarded elk hide.  Lots of hair, little organic matter, and no bone or cartridge.  Size eliminates coyotes and I've never found cougar scat that large.   It's the right size to have been from a small to medium size black bear.   Though it's hard to imagine bear scat this time of year that wouldn't still have at least some berries in it.  It could be a large canine.  Not saying it's a wolf.

If you're up there again soon, collect the it, put it in a plastic baggy and freeze.  Call WDFW and offer to give them a exact location and the sample.  Whether they take the sample or not I'd log into the WDFW wolf sighting data base.  Post the photo if you can.
If WDFW wants to test the scat they can tell if it's from a wolf and if it's from more than one animal. 

[heronblu]

Smell it. Wolf crap smells terrible!

[DUCKDUDE]

Old Mann thanks I will do that.

[mrmoskillz]

I would bet it's a lion. If not then bigfoot