thanks for the advice Coilspring, Lt, and fruslinger.

When is the last time you saw a dropping with hands?

Half hour ago for me why do you ask? lol Is that a frog?

Yep. Undigested at that...

If its predator turds, I'm setting it, red fox or cat or whatever!!

I compare cat scat to a kind of tar-like lump as opposed to the actual poop segments of fox. Its hard to pin-point unless you have them side by side a lot to compare, and even then they can look alike.

I also heard that about buck poop. Clumps in more of a wad then the pellets.

Just what I know, with a little speculation

Why is it canines eat grass again?

Do animals want others of their kind to see their droppings?
Is it a way to mark a territory or boundry?
Why would an animal back up to leave a dropping up high like this?
I think I know...do you?

( Piece of concrete at an old gravel pit lane.)

Here's another photo of a pile of droppings on (what looks to be) a paint spill on an old asphalt road at an abandon strip mine.
Why here?
Because it stood out?

Two droppings picked up a week apart about a hundred yards between them on the same trail.
Same coyote?
Same M.O. ?
You be the judge...

[quote=LT GREY]
Why is it canines eat grass again?

My domestics do it when they have an upset stomach. I think the grass twists around chunks of bone and hair to help it through the digestive system. This is just a guess, but my dogs find lots of roadkill so I see the grass often.

LT do they leave there droppings in high visual places to broadcast their presents in an area?

What kind of animal leaves this kind of scat? There is hair and small parts of berries in it. I'm guessing red fox, but am new to the game...ttt

I know that most of this thread is about predators but how about a water line, muskrats often "go" on a log and leave a musk smell there, anyone have a good picture off this?

They teach us a coyote has been there! They sure use them as territorial boundry markers along with urine and vocal communication. What is really good is when you find droppings of different sizes and alot of fresh droppings durring the fall it means your on a dispersal route alot of times. A good friend and co worker uses rocks at these areas and they will mark them year after year and he sets these mainly with m-44's you can really tell them as they will be the darkest and tallest grass in the pasture. You could blend in a foot trap and add nothing to it and catch those coyotes, dragging would be best to poreserve the location.

Coyotes eat about anything, here the month of august mainly grasshopper droppings, but about anything and everything.

this isnt a dropping but i figured you fine folks would find it interesting...........i will take pictures of dropping on my line this same color (dark purple) not plumbs mind you........coyote intestines th whole inside is dyed reddinsh purple...........this happensfrom sep to early november here



i will post an answer in a few days...........its very interesting for trappers in the south west and usualy right in front of your eyes..........and is a very useful resource in lure or bait

poke berries

poke berry? nope

will post pics of dropping tommorow didnt geta chance today

prickly pear