Coyote Scat Question...

Warn us before ya go doing that again Weasel, I'm sending the bill for my new monitor and keyboard to you if ya don't... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

oh the poop.... ummm OWL... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Guess I better explain why I say OWL...

In the one pic you can see a completely intact bird skull... I ain't never seen a coyote or bobcat or fox crap one that came out intact like that... So I reckon they's OWL pellets.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Since there is uncertainty about the origin of this scat pile, I'll post another closer pic of it. Whatcha think?
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Weasel, if I had known you could determine scat origins by taste I would have scooped up a sample for you...
 
Stiff neck,

I would say that is coyote scat. Coyotes defecate on rocks and other objects as territory markings. It makes it easier for other canines to see the scat on the rocks. I have seen this several times where i live. I have found scat on ant hills, deer skulls, and rocks. I have pictures just the same as you. I will post them once i dig them up. Hope this has helped you out.

Darren
 
Stiff Neck,

Here is the picture of the deer skull i was talking about.

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Like I said before it is just a territorial marking.

NY Yote
 
The first thing I always do when I see scat is get a sharp stick and start breaking it up.

Finding fresh or old scat is an opportunity to find out what the animal is eating and a clue to what animal left it.

The Coyotes in Florida almost always have deer hair in their scat. Tell a State Wildlife Biologist that and they'll roll their eyes and mention something like how easy they are to call in with a fawn distress call and that there are no limits on how many we can kill.

They will sometimes eat fruit if it's ripe and will go to great lengths to harvest it from trees. Since they can't climb very well I usually figure out how big the 'yote is by how far up the tree he's jumped.

Our bobcats eat almost exclusively small birds and rodents with a few rare rabbits thrown in.

Our coons will eat anything but I've never caught them scavenging. Their scat is almost all made up of soft stuff with almost no hair ever.

Our wild hogs are incredibly diverse in their food habits but they absolutely love palmetto berries and swamp cabbage (heart of the palmetto plant).

Cat's and bobcats will crap in the very middle of roads on high spots and love intersections and old logs and stumps. You can howl up some 'yotes almost anywhere you go in Florida now... We've been invaded...

I thnk I'll start carrying a Baby Ruth with me for the next idiot that questions my scatology forensics....

$bob$
 


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