Just got back from....

[Froggerzack]

Filling the pig pipe (that the raccoons apparently didn't get the memo it's for the PIGS!) As I opened my door I spied a pile of poo that didn't seem to belong to a coon.

I should have laid something down by it for reference. They are small maybe the size between a nickle to a quarter. I really don't think it's from a coon from the volume there.
So what does it come from? Pig maybe?

 

[FrankT]

yep

 

[Ratdog68]

Where are ya?

 

[Aspp]

Where in the world are ya? Texas? looks a lot like elk scat, but it could be from one of those exotics you guys have down there. Hog scat tends to look a lot more like a funky dog turd than pellets.

 

[Froggerzack]

East TX in the piney woods.

 

[Shooter]

The guy to ask is TLM. He personally inspects that stuff!!

Sure enough, looks like pig doo doo !!!!!!!!

 

[FrankT]

6th pic down
http://lonestarboars.com/threads/hog-sign-what-to-look-for.245/

 

[Froggerzack]

Got two out of three of them corn thiefs tonight. Saw bunches of skunks tonight!

 

[histopicker]

Whitetail buck.

 

[pruhdlr]

The ones that are the size of a quarter are from a 320-350lb whitetail deer. The rest are from hogs.

Seriously .......... most of the hog scat that I have seen in NW Fla looks like that. It is usually in the rounder balls and not attached to each other as in the link that Frank provided. As with other animals it varies slightly according to their diet. Example: I have seen whitetail deer get the squirts from a diet heavy in the little brown mushrooms. I would suggest that the nickel to a quarter size is from a two different hogs(naturally)of the 50 and 100lb size.

If hog scat is in a pile vs in a long line(up to 5ft long)it is because they are "marking" ......kinda like a bear,coon,or fox does. IMO both sows and boar do this. --- pruhdlr

 

[Froggerzack]

Whitetail buck.

thanks

 

[histopicker]

Just goes to prove it. Some of us don't know scat.