Hi team, still learning how to read sign and not sure on these. A lot of the pellets were around 2cm long
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Hi team, still learning how to read sign and not sure on these. A lot of the pellets were around 2cm long
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There are sheep around and plenty of goats
Anyone?
Top pic could be deer but it's pretty old sign. The two dark middle pics look more raisin like and possibly sheep.
From the top:
Sidle Pougar going uphill
Ogre-snort going sideways
Last two - anybodies guess
Sidle pougar !! Brilliant! A silly story from my teens at school camp up castle hill ��
Apparently became extinct cause they could only sidle in one direction cause legs on one-side were shorter than the other and there for they could not turn round and run away from danger
You must have gone to St Andrew's, did you see the ovens they were cooked in?Quote:
Originally Posted by AMac
Anyhow the pictures look a lot like the piles of crap deer leave at the front steps of my bach after the buggers have destroyed the agies pants out front of the place. QE2 trust put up a chopper with a thermal 18/11 ish nailed 9 deer 9 goats in a couple of bours - should let my plants recover a bit.
Figured too big to be goat but probably just sheep. I did see a couple of reds further up the ridge and these were all along the bush edge
What about the last one? Saw a bunch of those
Come on Foster, who do you think you are trying to kid with Sidle Pouger crap?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
Anyone who has had experience with Sidles knows they don't go up or down hills. They "sidle" them, hence their name.
The question is, left or right handed Pouger? Unless of course your left and right handed Pouger had started breeding and they are in fact now changing to Uphill and Downhill Pougers. That hasn't happened anywhere I've heard of yet.
It's highly likely the pictures above are just plane old deer crap.
Based on the size of them and online research I'd be inclined to think pic 3 may be sheep and the others red deer?
Pick fresh one up n sniff.deer shit smells like deer. Clumps are usual deer eating fresh grass but sheep very similar. Unless it's still falling towards earth it's not truely fresh.when you find it in that state you can usually identify the depositer with ease.
Yes i did how did u work that out ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
Didn’t look like ovens to me but hell at 15 what did i know
The sink holes were the "ovens". Some people in our class actually took notes on the sidle pougars and ogre-snorts, they were seriously mocked . . . .
Funny ! I reckon i would have done the castle hill camp 1976/77 so memory is fading more than a little - worst memory is my boot had a nail that worked its way up through the sole and into my foot - the PE master would not let me hammer it flat so l had to limp Round the place in discomfort the whole time- he was a weird prick i mean the school was paying to send my to the national school’s athletics in Auckland the next week ffs and he was in charge of the athletics teamQuote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
My best memory was going through cave stream that was really fun - took my 3 lads through 25ish years later they thought it was a real blast !
Great part of the county planning to spend a couple of day pre xmas staying with a mate at the Bealey hope to have a poke about for a deer.’
There's an easy way to figure it out, if it tastes salty it's sheep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
As a young fella I was told deer shit has a little point on one end and a little dent in the other end. The turds sort of fit together snugly. Sheep goats and chamois don’t do that
you Mararoa are on to it google it guys you will get photos etc - as an old hunter I would sooner see you learn your native plants and recognize them - in North Island mahoe five finger Pate fuchsia the comprosma - broad leaf family - deers favourite tucker - more important than what shit - learning what looks like feed areas and hunting them way more important - timing when to hunt areas with feed and sign that will get you deer
Barry, when you say broadleaf, do you mean griselinia littoralis, or all broad leaf trees like tawa or kohekohe?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry the hunter
yes griselinia an absolute favourite for deer along with five finger pate some areas now rare as has been almost completly removed by deer and in a lot of areas now survives as an epiphyte in trees but deer will still pick up windfall leaves - mahoe is another favourite and one will see browse lines under mahoe groves that are as high as a deer can reach but again especially after a storm they will hoover fallen leaves - higher up in Urewera Tawari windfall is a favourite as is fushia -open areas receiving sun all kinds of new growth will attract deer - the comprosmas are hit hard by deer in facy anything with a soft leaf - they dont hit the likes of Tawa Rimu Matai but in many areas they are damn hungry - supple jack shoots even stinging nettle get hit - many deer I shot in Te Urewera were simply wandering along the bush floor looking for windfall leaves and very small regrowth as in some places the only plants surviving on the floor was weki punga and some narly comprosmas - seeing deer shit only said deer in area and not much more but clearings yes it said that clearing was being used - I would be worried though if I saw none -
Poo is hard to tell all depends on diet I've seen poo that's 100% deer and it's looked like all those photos.
The 2 on the right are sheep and the bottom left most likely sheep to. The top left I have seen sheep crap like that as well when the grass has dried out a bit.
Or chocolate Rasins :)
