What critter left this dropping?

[stavebuyer]

Edge of the cornfield and obvious what its been dining on. The flashlight is a Mini-Maglite (6.5 inches long and 1" wide at the lens)



 

[Texas Ranger]

Bear, hog, or me!  Or a pained coon.

[stavebuyer]

An extremely robust racoon or a very vegetarian coyote . 

[stavebuyer]

I zoomed in a little from the original. You can see an aged and different scat to the left of the picture. Usually you see some berries, seeds, fur or something mixed in. This looks like steers in lot being fed straight corn except for the cylindrical shape. I saw the same sign in the old hayfield I was bush hogging but didn't stop the tractor. I would guess coyote from size and shape and know they will eat corn but this a new one to me. No sign or history of hogs, every now and then a bear passes through. Coons are knee deep but if its a coon its a whopper!



 

[btulloh]

Raccoons have unusually large scat for their size. Never ceases to amaze me what they can eject. I’d guess coon is the culprit, but everything that walks, crawls, and flies likes sweet corn. 

[K-Guy]

Raccoons have unusually large scat for their size. Never ceases to amaze me what they can eject.

Do they use use or eat Mag-lights?  

[mike_belben]

Youve ruled out hungry meth heads right?

I mean, free corn..

[Ron Scott]

Any evidence of a path or trail to determine the possible size of the animal?

[stavebuyer]

Any evidence of a path or trail to determine the possible size of the animal?

No discernable trail. The ground was getting dry enough that only a hooved animal would leave a track. We had some real rain Thursday and I set up a camera Sunday over some table scraps to see what all might be roaming through. A path around the edge of a ripe cornfield will get pictures of all the usual suspects so unless I see something out of the ordinary, pictures probably won't help narrow it much.

[JJ]

my guess would be a big buck.

      JJ

[Magicman]

Deer are ruminants so I doubt that it was a deer: LINK