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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: h20hunter on August 17, 2012, 08:02:42 AM

Title: Scat pic....how recent?
Post by: h20hunter on August 17, 2012, 08:02:42 AM: Taken by my brother in law out hunting this morning. Looks pretty fresh to me....
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Post by: xXLojackXx on August 17, 2012, 08:07:08 AM: Hard to tell by the pic. It looks like its a day or so old, best way to tell is how hard it is.
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Post by: h20hunter on August 17, 2012, 08:09:25 AM: Via text he mentioned very soft....appeared to be close to a bed..........
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Post by: kckrawler on August 17, 2012, 08:09:35 AM: As hot as it's been the last few days, I'd say within 12 hours...much more than that and it would be hard and discolored :twocents:
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on August 17, 2012, 08:17:09 AM: It's black--that means whatever ate it ingested a lot of blood, too.
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Post by: h20hunter on August 17, 2012, 08:24:38 AM: Really? I'm thinking straight up berry poo?
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on August 17, 2012, 08:34:04 AM: Quote from: h20hunter on August 17, 2012, 08:24:38 AM
Really? I'm thinking straight up berry poo?

Might be...I can't tell from the picture if there are seeds in the poo. Or hair, if it's feeding on a kill. I'm no expert. I just like to examine the scat to see what the critter was feeding on.
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Post by: saylean on August 17, 2012, 10:10:17 AM: If its been blazing hot out in that area...and its still soft/moist its within a day or much less. Just give it a smoosh with your boots....depending on the weather, color, texture, if it crumbles apart or is jam like, etc...should give you a good idea.

Older poo will discolor (from outside to inside...as it dries from the outside in), get hard (dry), etc....its hard to really tell from a pic...texture (and taste) mean everything. :chuckle: :tup:
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Post by: h20hunter on August 17, 2012, 10:12:21 AM: think i'll be taking a walk myself in the area tomorrow morning.....i'll do some more thorough investigating then.
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on August 17, 2012, 10:22:29 AM: Quote from: h20hunter on August 17, 2012, 10:12:21 AM
think i'll be taking a walk myself in the area tomorrow morning.....i'll do some more thorough investigating then.

Just don't get your nose too close! :chuckle: :hello:
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on August 17, 2012, 10:35:29 AM: Quote from: h20hunter on August 17, 2012, 08:24:38 AM
Really? I'm thinking straight up berry poo?
:yeah: bLACKBERRIE poo :dunno: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: Huntbear on August 17, 2012, 10:39:05 AM: Probably last night or very early this AM.
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Post by: rasbo on August 17, 2012, 10:47:19 AM: looks like coyote poop
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Post by: h20hunter on August 17, 2012, 10:48:21 AM: I'll shoot them also...
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Post by: rasbo on August 17, 2012, 10:49:05 AM: Quote from: h20hunter on August 17, 2012, 10:48:21 AM
I'll shoot them also. :tup:..
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Post by: Ripper on August 17, 2012, 05:28:27 PM: The best to tell how fresh it is is to taste it. :yike: If you can taste and identify what it was when eaten then it's really fresh. Let me know what you find out. :chuckle:
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Post by: fish vacuum on August 18, 2012, 12:39:30 AM: Was it chewy?
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Post by: windygorge on August 18, 2012, 04:19:20 AM: stick you finger in it. if its still warm then its less than a day old. if you can stick your finger in it with ease, but its cold, then its a day old. if you have to force your finger in it, then its more than a day old. if you force your finger in but the fibers break apart, it is 2-4days old. if you force your finger in and it starts to crumble its a week old. if you stick your finger in it any more than that, you must be enjoying it and your a sick puppy... :chuckle:
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Post by: johnsc6 on August 20, 2012, 09:18:50 AM: Quote from: windygorge on August 18, 2012, 04:19:20 AM
stick you finger in it. if its still warm then its less than a day old. if you can stick your finger in it with ease, but its cold, then its a day old. if you have to force your finger in it, then its more than a day old. if you force your finger in but the fibers break apart, it is 2-4days old. if you force your finger in and it starts to crumble its a week old. if you stick your finger in it any more than that, you must be enjoying it and your a sick puppy... :chuckle:
dadt funny stuff right there :chuckle:
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Post by: grizzlyadams on August 20, 2012, 11:31:31 AM: Take a poo next to it. Start your timer. Sit and watch it til it gets to the same condition, then look at your timer. That'll tell ya how old.... :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: h20hunter on August 20, 2012, 11:40:45 AM: Okay....so I need eat berries...check......digest said berries....check.....drop a duece next to it.........can do........then..........as it ages and dryes pry into my own dookie to check the age and rate of deteriation.

Check!
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Post by: grizzlyadams on August 20, 2012, 11:43:43 AM: No need to go through all that H2O :bash: , your just checking for moisture content.... :chuckle:
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Post by: NW-GSP on August 20, 2012, 12:21:44 PM: I usually take a stick and check to see if its still soft and how much moisture it still has, I would say if its still moist that its less then a day old all depending if it has been in direct sunlight, I always wait a day or two to pick up after my dog cause its easier to pick up when its dried up
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Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 20, 2012, 06:00:30 PM: Ha ha, I wear gloves when I hunt and just check it with my hand. A couple days ago I picked some raspberries and ate them...tasted a bit off. Went for a second taste and realized I was tasting the bear poo I'd touched with my gloves a few days before!!!!!!!!! Needless to say I now take my glove off before eating any berries. :chuckle:
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Post by: MatthewHunter98 on August 20, 2012, 10:38:38 PM: :dunno: looks like it otta be nice size
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Post by: MatthewHunter98 on August 20, 2012, 10:40:27 PM: Quote from: furiouzgeorge on August 20, 2012, 06:00:30 PM
Ha ha, I wear gloves when I hunt and just check it with my hand. A couple days ago I picked some raspberries and ate them...tasted a bit off. Went for a second taste and realized I was tasting the bear poo I'd touched with my gloves a few days before!!!!!!!!! Needless to say I now take my glove off before eating any berries. :chuckle:
:chuckle: :chuckle: ahah man thats grose lol :chuckle: