Sh*T Photos !!!!

Okay, Mete, now you gotta tell us the story...you can't just leave it hanging like that :D
 
OK ---There was a logging camp in the north woods, moose country. They were never able to find a proper cook so one of the loggers was assigned to the job. Well loggers hate to cook and it's impossible to find one that is good at the job anyway ! So they set up a rule - anyone who complains about a loggers cooking becomes the cook himself !! There were various ways that a cook tried to get out of the job. One day the loggers just started on dessert when one of the loggers took a bite out of the pie . With a grimace he shouted 'why this is moose turd pie !!!' and with a big smile he said ' and just the way I like it' !!
 
I belong to a local organization that works to protect wildlife habitat. One of the things we do is survey areas for several years to determine what species are prevalent and whether it worth working to conserve.

If you're going before a zoning board or town conservation committee arguing that some bit of development should be modified or disallowed, you need photographic evidence to back up your arguments. Sometimes its prints, or scratches on trees or even pictures of the beasts themselves, but more often its poop.

So, yeah I have a bunch of pictures of scat (and prints and scratches and kills) going back about 10 years, but short of putting together some sort of primer on which scat goes with which animal, I just don't see what it would really add to the conversations here. Especially since this has been done many times, far better than I ever could (I particularly like "Tracking and the Art of Seeing" by Paul Resendez)
 
Aw Mete, Utah Phillips made a song out of that story years ago! Except he also mentioned the grubs that were crawling around in it. But thanks, I always like to hear it again around Christmastime :D
 
That reminds me of the recipe, or, how to prepare Turkey Buzzard (vulture) for the holidays.

You cut the head off the turkey buzzard and pluck all his feathers.
Place him on a plank of wood. Cedar works good. Cover him up with as much cow-pies as you can find, pack the cow crap on real good, and the fresher the pies are, the better, it will allow for denser packing.

Bake the entire concoction, on the plank, for about 3 hours at 325°

Take out of the oven, allow to cool for a bit, then scrape the bird and the Cow crap straight into the garbage can and eat the plank of wood, cuz everyone knows you can't do anything to make a Turkey Buzzard taste good.
 
Wombat poo looks like cubes of meat.

Never cook on the ground in the Ozzy outback without a good light, or your steak dish could end up tasting like sh!t.
 
mete said:
OK ---There was a logging camp in the north woods, moose country. They were never able to find a proper cook so one of the loggers was assigned to the job. Well loggers hate to cook and it's impossible to find one that is good at the job anyway ! So they set up a rule - anyone who complains about a loggers cooking becomes the cook himself !! There were various ways that a cook tried to get out of the job. One day the loggers just started on dessert when one of the loggers took a bite out of the pie . With a grimace he shouted 'why this is moose turd pie !!!' and with a big smile he said ' and just the way I like it' !!
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I think I would rather do the cooking.:D
 
Speed , I wonder if it would be better to make a quiche with it .Sauted onions and moose turd for the filling ?????
 
DOC-CANADA said:
"There is a definite danger in handling raccoon scat. In some areas, these animals carry a parasitic roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) that lives in the intestinal tract. The eggs containing the larvae are dispersed in the scat when the raccoon defecates. If these eggs are inhaled or ingested, they could cause serious harm to animals or humans (including death- Doc's addition). This is of such concern that many wildlife rehabilitators - people who take in sick or injured aniimals - will not accept raccoons anymore. Precautions also should be taken with children, where hand-to-mouth transmission is possible." Tracking & The Art of Seeing, Paul Rezendes, Camden House, 1995, ISBN# 0-944475-29-9, page 169

"The public should be made aware of the potential risks of exposure to raccoons and raccoon feces." CDC - see here. Note the use of the word, 'emerging', at the top.

Google Baylisascaris procyonis - there's lots of information.

Doc
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So, I guess we should wash our hands after handling it...?:)
 
Old friend of mine always kept small black jelly beans in his pocket while in the woods. Whenever he had a "newbie" with him he would home in on a pile of droppings and begin to inspect it. Unknown to the newbie Bob had palmed a couple of jelly beans while no one was looking. After pretending to pick up a couple of balls of scat he would pop a jelly bean in his mouth and roll it around chewing it gently.
"Yep!" he'd say.
"Just as I thought. They are eating (insert whatever is in season). If we find some growing we'll find em deer!"

I saw a friend's wife start gagging over this old but running joke. One very serious teenager son of a mutal friend asked;
"WOW MAN! What does that taste like?"

Bob looking VERY serious popped another one in his mouth chewing carefully looked up and announced;

"Like sh*t son, yep just like sh*t!"
 
riddleofsteel said:
Old friend of mine always kept small black jelly beans in his pocket while in the woods...
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The woman who did our initial training back when did the exact same thing, only with a greek olive. Greek olives look *exactly* like fresh moose poop from 6 feet away.
 
Found this on a portage trail by Basswood falls BWCA.

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Helle
 
Codger_64 said:
Squatch. They wipe with pine needles. Or bear. They wipe with hikers.
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:D Reminds me of the old joke.

"In light of the rising frequency of human/grizzly bear conflicts, the Montana Department of Fish and Game is advising hikers, hunters, and fishermen to take extra precautions and keep alert for bears while in the field.

"We advise that outdoorsmen wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren't expecting them. We also advise outdoorsmen to carry pepper spray with them in case of an encounter with a bear. It is also a good idea to watch out for fresh signs of bear activity. Outdoorsmen should recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear poop. Black bear poop is smaller and contains lots of berries and squirrel fur. Grizzly bear poop has little bells in it and smells like pepper.""

:p
 
I came across this today and I'm convinced it is from a Cougar.I have placed my sunglasses there as a size guide and as you can see it contained hairs from another animal !:eek:
My wife is not convinced,mainly because she does not want to think there are Cougar in the area....what do you all think ?
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pit man said:
I came across this today and I'm convinced it is from a Cougar.I have placed my sunglasses there as a size guide and as you can see it contained hairs from another animal !:eek:
My wife is not convinced,mainly because she does not want to think there are Cougar in the area....what do you all think ?
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My guess is Coyote. You really have to break scat apart to see what is in it. Coyote will have hair in it. Wolf will have large pieces of bone as well as hair. I don't know about cougar. I guess its possible but again cougars I believe ccan crush bones and it winds up in the scat. The remains of cougar kills are pretty easy to identify because the typically cover over the kill.

KR
 
dr g said:
Capers, anyone?
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Now I'm curious. When quoting PitMan, what is the purpose in leaving the photo in the quote?
- Did we miss something in the photo that he posted????
- Or is it just to slow down the loading of the thread??
- Or, could it be innocence...like not knowing how to quote someone and delete the photo from the quote?

Yes. This is a multiple choice test.
 
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