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Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on September 10, 2005, 06:03 PM:

The wife and I like to play a little game with the kids when we go for a ride in the mountains. The kids didn't go with us today, so I took pictures and thought I'd share our game with you, to see how you do.

We call it:

Name That Turd

1

[ September 10, 2005, 06:13 PM: Message edited by: Tim Behle ]

Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on September 10, 2005, 06:05 PM:

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Posted by Steve Craig (Member # 12) on September 10, 2005, 07:32 PM:

All coyote turds except pic #11.
that one is coyote and a little pile of Raven crap!

Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on September 10, 2005, 07:44 PM:

Sure, Steve, but how old* and what sex???

* - age of coyote, not age of turd.

Posted by Melvin (Member # 634) on September 10, 2005, 10:57 PM:

Tim,when i know i'm about to run short on gland lure,i will mix equal amounts of good gland lure and fresh coyote turd(one without seeds)it gives me twice the amount and works very well for me.I do the same with bobcat gland lure and fresh bobcat turds.

The coyotes feed on different seeds and fruits in Arizona...There is only one other animals turds i can think of that would come close to matching those and there to small for it(Bear)so i go along with ,Steves answere.

Posted by TRnCO (Member # 690) on September 11, 2005, 04:56 AM:

All I want to know is where is this place, I'd like to go there. Enough money laying around that a guy might get rich if he puts a little effort into it!! [Big Grin]

Although I did notice, that the one critter doesn't seem to like eating quarters, or at least it hadn't with-in the last 24 hours. But if a guy can shoot one of the other critters, it might be worth cutting open the stomach to collect the rest of the money! [Big Grin]

[ September 11, 2005, 04:58 AM: Message edited by: TRnCO ]

Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on September 11, 2005, 08:05 AM:

#'s 2,3 & 11 are not canine, and I don't think #4 is either.

Poop doesn't last long down here, come back in a few days and birds will have eaten every bit of it.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 11, 2005, 09:20 AM:

Not wanting to show my ignorance, I have not opined, but #2 & 3 sure look more like bear than coyote, to me? What are the chances on finding quarters next to all that poop?

Good hunting. LB

Posted by Curt2u (Member # 74) on September 11, 2005, 09:40 AM:

I'm not much of a "turdologist". 1, 5 through 13 look canine to me. 2-3 could be bear like Leonard said. 4-5 could be bobcat I guess but I'd say canine. Dunno. I need some footprints too. [Smile]

Maybe this is why I find bears when tracking coyotes. lol!

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 11, 2005, 09:50 AM:

I'm not either, but I have seen a lot of coyote scat with vegetable matter in it, primarily grapes or melons or mesquite beans.

The thing is, coyote poop seems to hold it's shape better than the above photos, and has a lot of slimy stuff in it.

Also, if birds are picking it apart, or vehicles running over it, or rained on when soft, etc.; that makes it real hard to figure out. #1 is a classic, for sure!

Good hunting. LB

Posted by 2dogs (Member # 649) on September 12, 2005, 05:20 AM:

Some of those [formed stools, with pointy ends] look to be coyote. I'd have to guess the others to be in the following order;

1. Coon
2. [Lost] banker, with a hole in his front right
pocket.

Posted by varmit hunter (Member # 37) on September 12, 2005, 08:13 AM:

2 Coon, 3. young deer or Goat, 6.Javelina. Send me back my lucky quarter.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 12, 2005, 11:15 AM:

Yeah, and #7 looks like whale shit.

Posted by Melvin (Member # 634) on September 12, 2005, 12:47 PM:

I think no.3 is someones breakfast after examining no.2..prunes and total

Posted by Jay Nistetter (Member # 140) on September 12, 2005, 12:57 PM:

1 bobcat
2 Javelina
3 deer
4 coyote
5 coyote
6 Javelina
7 Javelina
8 coyote
9 bear
10 bear
11 bear
12 bear
13 bear

Posted by Greenside (Member # 10) on September 12, 2005, 01:10 PM:

Tim

Any hogs in the corral?

Dennis

Posted by Todd Woodall (Member # 439) on September 13, 2005, 12:20 AM:

Emu,Emu,Jay,Emu,Jay,Jay,Emu,Emu,Jay,Emu,Jay,Jay+Emu???????

Todd

[ September 13, 2005, 12:21 AM: Message edited by: Todd Woodall ]

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 13, 2005, 09:57 AM:

Todd, that just reminded me of another thread, a while back.

I know it was Curt, up in Washington checking some scat, picking it apart or something? Then he noticed the toilet paper which had dispersed a few feet away. Ugh!

So, Tim. Do you think #4 or #5 could be illegals? Any toilet paper stuck to a nearby branch? [Smile]

Good hunting. LB

Posted by Jay Nistetter (Member # 140) on September 13, 2005, 10:31 AM:

HEY!
Now why did Todd's post remind you of illegals?

Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on September 13, 2005, 02:40 PM:

Todd, that there was funny, I don't care who you are. [Smile]

Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on September 13, 2005, 06:17 PM:

Either Todd is right or Steve Craig.
I'll have to go with Steve. All coyote.
I'll see if I can pull up some photos of pink plop around watermelon fields, orange plop around cantaloupe fields, green plop from mesquite beans and black squirts near deadpiles. I have a booklet from Arizona Sonora Desert Museum that describes predator scat. The coyote scat is described as
"long cord with "Dairy Queen" twirl-tail..
3/4 inch in diameter..
omnivorous diet; hair, seeds.."

They missed it on all counts.

Posted by varmit hunter (Member # 37) on September 13, 2005, 06:28 PM:

Tim. Do you have any idea how many Coyotes watched you take those pictures?.

Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on September 13, 2005, 06:43 PM:

No, but an old man and his wife who were stopped under a shade tree for lunch, watched me take a couple of them.

They gave me the weirdest looks as we drove by....

Nearly all of those pictures were taken with in a couple of miles of a mountains pass. My maps show it at about 7,000 feet. Vegetation was thick and the ground nearly vertical and rocky. Aren't all of the coyotes supposed to be down here in the flat, sandy lands of the valley at about 4,000'?

Posted by Steve Craig (Member # 12) on September 13, 2005, 07:40 PM:

Nearly all of those pictures were taken with in a couple of miles of a mountains pass. My maps show it at about 7,000 feet. Vegetation was thick and the ground nearly vertical and rocky. Aren't all of the coyotes supposed to be down here in the flat, sandy lands of the valley at about 4,000'?

Not this time of year!
But wait a couple weeks and there will be coyotes coming to a sandy flat near you real soon. [Big Grin]

Posted by varmit hunter (Member # 37) on September 13, 2005, 07:44 PM:

I am still trying to figure out how Todd knows what Jay's scat looks like. Come to think of it I really don't wont to know.

Posted by Todd Woodall (Member # 439) on September 13, 2005, 08:18 PM:

VH, I must be cursed, everyone who goes hunting with me gets the urge at one point or another. [Confused]

I think Jeff has in just about every county in Texas. I just got through building a toilet seat that fits into my receiver hitch. Gonna be pretty funny getting someone to releave themselves at 30 mph [Eek!]

Todd

Posted by Curt2u (Member # 74) on September 14, 2005, 06:33 PM:

You know how to tell the difference between the city slicker scat and country boy scat don't you Leonard?

Country boy scat has toilet paper nearby and the city slicker scat has a sock. lol!

Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on September 14, 2005, 07:48 PM:

Todd,

I get some freebie outdoor magazine that offers a toilet seat that attaches to the receiver hitch on your pickup. Funny thing is that the advertisement in the magazine says, in bog bold letters, "Not to be used on a moving vehicle." What kinda dumbass would try to take a crap while sitting on the ass end of a moving truck?

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 14, 2005, 09:18 PM:

It would take a real dumbass, Lance. Or a city boy removing his sock.

Good hunting. LB

That's BS Curt. All us city boys carry premoistened buttwipes.

Posted by Todd Woodall (Member # 439) on September 14, 2005, 09:58 PM:

Lance, yeah I ripped the idea off and built my own. Kinda the cheap side of me I guess. Its a good idea if you are alone. Wouldnt try it in mixed company though, Expecially if jay is around!!! Its sad how companies have to cover their tails on stupid stuff like that. There is someone out there that just couldnt stand it. I can see the headlines now "man dies while taking a crap at 50mph". [Eek!]

"Reports say the man only had one sock on, and had eaten corn sometime in the past month" [Eek!]

Todd

Posted by Jay Nistetter (Member # 140) on September 14, 2005, 10:13 PM:

Uncle Boogers Bumper dumper.
God Bless America
Only thing missing is a gun rack.

http://www.bumperdumper.com/

http://www.beachcomber.com/Gadget/Help/bumper.html

[ September 14, 2005, 10:15 PM: Message edited by: Jay Nistetter ]

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