[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Aging deer droppings

Posted: 10/30/2007 3:03:35 PM EDT

I am scouting out a new new area for whitetail hunting. I see quite a bit of droppings and was wondering if there was a way to tell how long the droppings have been there.

And before anyone says it I know if it is warm it has not been there too long

Posted: 10/30/2007 3:08:34 PM EDT

[#1]

A lot of dropping means a food source close by or right there, hunt the funnel to the source.

Are they still moist or hard ?

Posted: 10/31/2007 1:21:14 PM EDT

[#2]

Relatively soft

Posted: 10/31/2007 1:24:15 PM EDT

[#3]

Taste them, if they are bitter they have not been there long and are not ripe yet. When deer droppings are fully ripened (about a 2 week process) they taste quite sweet not unlike Blackberries.

Posted: 10/31/2007 1:54:04 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Relatively soft

Then they are fresh within a day or two.

Posted: 10/31/2007 2:29:36 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Relatively soft

Then they are fresh within a day or two.

unless its raining

Posted: 10/31/2007 2:53:19 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Relatively soft

Then they are fresh within a day or two.

unless its raining

I was going to post about weather, temperature where he is hunting , is their frost at night but I figure these are obvious answers he can make to the condition of the droppings.

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