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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: grizzlyadams on August 13, 2013, 10:18:54 PM

Title: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: grizzlyadams on August 13, 2013, 10:18:54 PM: Went out today and ran across two piles pretty much right next to each other that looked pretty fresh to me. Tracked the bear through freshly trampled grass into a 4' tall tunnel through reprod. I tracked him/her until the reprod closed in so much that I could only get through with a drawn pistol. I decided to back out knowing that I wasn't in the best position to confront a bear being on my hands and knees with a 10mm. I think I was hot on his trail but after backing out I wondered just how close I could have been. The scat was really soft and full of hair which you can't see really well in the pics. Any thoughts from you bear scat experts on freshness and possible size of the bear. It was a semi sunny area about 78 degrees
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: sled on August 13, 2013, 10:21:59 PM: Where Was It. I'll Need To See It To Tell.
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: madmack76 on August 13, 2013, 10:22:57 PM: that's people poop there's no bears there. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: grizzlyadams on August 13, 2013, 10:26:31 PM: Ummm it was C-Post. LOL
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: KFhunter on August 13, 2013, 10:44:57 PM: A good "rule of thumb" is to stick your finger in it, if you pull your finger out and there is poo under the fingernail it's really fresh

if there is no poo under the fingernail, but some tidbits are stuck to your finger it's pretty fresh

if your finger comes out clean then it's old
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: Smossy on August 13, 2013, 10:45:58 PM: Hmm looks like the bear ate a fred meyers employee? :dunno:
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: grizzlyadams on August 13, 2013, 11:02:59 PM: Ya I knew I was asking for it posting a poo pic. Ok let's get the jokes over with because I've heard them all and posted them myself before.
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: 6.8mmARHunter on August 13, 2013, 11:08:35 PM: Temperature? Aroma? Soft and squishy or firm and crusted over?
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: Widgeondeke on August 13, 2013, 11:10:23 PM: Guessing the pic was taken about 6pm. I'd say the poo is about 5 1/2 hrs old.

Yes you prolly interrupted his business and you made him drop two small piles.

Reallly fresh..
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: KFhunter on August 13, 2013, 11:12:19 PM: Quote from: grizzlyadams on August 13, 2013, 11:02:59 PM
Ya I knew I was asking for it posting a poo pic. Ok let's get the jokes over with because I've heard them all and posted them myself before.

I was serious, you know your on a hot trail when the poo is still 100 degrees
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: 6.8mmARHunter on August 13, 2013, 11:16:44 PM: Joking aside, all the bear crap I've seen is way blacker and more chunkier. It's ususally filled with berries and or fur. Not seeing any of that. I starting to side with madmack76, it looks kind of like human droppings... but I'm no expert.
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: grizzlyadams on August 13, 2013, 11:18:14 PM: Pic was taken around 3 pm. Soft and squishy but not warm. I know... It's hard to say. I was thinking it was a few hours old
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: grizzlyadams on August 13, 2013, 11:20:37 PM: Definitely not human. More piles like that in the area. It did have some seeds and hair in it.
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: KFhunter on August 13, 2013, 11:21:12 PM: so you did stick your finger in it :chuckle:
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: grizzlyadams on August 13, 2013, 11:23:39 PM: Bear crap can be different colors. It begins to get black when it hits the air but takes time.
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: xXLojackXx on August 14, 2013, 07:55:25 AM: Quote from: grizzlyadams on August 13, 2013, 11:20:37 PM
Definitely not human. More piles like that in the area. It did have some seeds and hair in it.

Maybe the human just ate a squirrel who had been eating nuts?
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: turkeyfeather on August 14, 2013, 08:04:08 AM: Quote from: KFhunter on August 13, 2013, 11:21:12 PM
so you did stick your finger in it :chuckle:
In what again? :chuckle:
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: h20hunter on August 14, 2013, 08:05:27 AM: As dry as it has been it looks pretty fresh to me. Did you break it up? Any bone shards? Nice find...I'd be hunting the area.
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: buckfvr on August 14, 2013, 08:12:34 AM: fresh crap is moist to wet on the outside and covered with bugs...........if its already dry on the surface, its been awhile...........
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: grizzlyadams on August 14, 2013, 09:02:39 AM: Thanks H2O....plan on going back for sure but it's so thick in there I'm not sure I'll find him. But that's where they are right now in the thick stuff. At least in the areas I hunt
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: h20hunter on August 14, 2013, 09:07:53 AM: Get in there and hunt slow....then, hunt even slower. Keep the wind right and if he is anywhere in there you will hear him....then go shoot him.
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: grizzlyadams on August 14, 2013, 02:42:29 PM: Quote from: Smossy on August 13, 2013, 10:45:58 PM
Hmm looks like the bear ate a fred meyers employee? :dunno:

I thought it looked like a Boeing employee myself
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: ctwiggs1 on August 15, 2013, 10:08:43 AM: seems like a good opportunity for predator calling.
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: Helix on August 16, 2013, 01:31:55 AM: Quote from: grizzlyadams on August 14, 2013, 02:42:29 PM
Quote from: Smossy on August 13, 2013, 10:45:58 PM
Hmm looks like the bear ate a fred meyers employee? :dunno:

I thought it looked like a Boeing employee myself

Maybe the best bear turd joke on hunt-wa yet. Not that I have anything against Boeing employees just laughing so hard I'm worried I'll wake the wife.
Title: Re: How fresh was this bear scat?
Post by: RadSav on August 16, 2013, 02:17:43 AM: Now that is the first pile of poo I could actually believe was bigfoot or Rosie O'Donnell. If it is bear I'd bet someone is baiting or there is a dead elk in the area. That's looking like a lot of protein for this time of year. Did you see ravens in the area?