Is this deer poop?

[john1984]

I went scouting today and took notice of concentrated piles of poop pellets right at the base of 2 different pines. It looks like deer pellets but why is it piled up right at base of the tree??

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[Dewey]

Porcupine maybe.

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[Ghost Hunter]

I was thinking rabbit. But we do not have porcupines down this way.

[Ghost Hunter]

Second thought, really does not look like rabbit either.

[Terry]

Porcupine for sure

[john1984]

Yep that's what I think NOW. Porky pine poop.

Looks very similar to deer pellets

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[john1984]

These scat pellets gave me a false impression. I found one spot where there were rubs close by to this pine, the things about this tree was that the pellets were not right at the base. They were 3 to 4 feet around this pine, in piles. Looked like deer pellets, but just seemed like too much for one tree

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[john1984]

I was thinking rabbit. But we do not have porcupines down this way.

No rabbits in this particular area, too many predators

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[dan]

That is porcupine poop.

[john1984]

Dang porky's. I thought that was just too much scat on one spot to be a deer. But the pellets look very similar

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[oneflag]

I found this thread Interesting.
Thanks.

[KLEMZ]

Here is a BIG pile of porcupine poop. That is a huge white pine in NW Wisconsin. The poop pile was over two feet high as I remember. If you look close, there is another foot of poop inside the hollow tree.

[ihookem]

Those porkies and worth a . They are very hard on the Hemlocks , spruce and pines. I shoot them. I'm not sure it's the right thing but ther DNR encourages it.