A hunting buddy of mine and I were hunting deer in MT last season and while walking to an area he made the comment that he could

[bcarr]

A hunting buddy of mine and I were hunting deer in MT last season and while walking to an area he made the comment that he could tell from their droppings which ones were from a buck and which was from a doe! The ones with dimples were from bucks and the ones without were from does. Is it possible to tell?

[kreece]

It sounds like your buddy is pulling your leg to me. The only thing I could think of that you might see around droppings to tell a difference would be the tracks near them. But I'm not an expert in animal digestion.

[pjsabella]

I agree...but you can also tell when there is a mature buck around if the droppings are almost like little pancakes squished together in a long column. But to decipher between a buck and a doe from regular droppings is pretty impossible.

[NCdeerhunter]

PJ is right, where most deer are little "pellets". Mature buck will have more of a "log" for lack of a better word.

[Treestand]

Iagree with PJ that mature bucks make larger droppings then a doe ODL wrote about size ID.in the field.