Trophy Rocks and yotes

[kaizen leader]

I've got two trophy rocks out. Coyotes walk up to them and Pee on them. Anyone know why? I even had a bobcat do it. It doesn't seam to bother the deer though. They still lick them.

 

[knightrider]

I've got two trophy rocks out. Coyotes walk up to them and Pee on them. Anyone know why? I even had a bobcat do it. It doesn't seam to bother the deer though. They still lick them.

I dont why they do it but they sure love to and bears like to crap on em too

 

[TN Song Dog]

Scent post. Predators marking territory

 

[UCStandSitter]

I used to whizz on the salt shaker all the time till the wife whacked me with a rolled up newspaper. Knocked that bad habit right out

 

[Bell3wv]

I've got two trophy rocks out. Coyotes walk up to them and Pee on them. Anyone know why? I even had a bobcat do it. It doesn't seam to bother the deer though. They still lick them.

They'll crap on them too. Used to trap fox on well roads by placing a big rock in the middle of the road. If I found an ant hill in the woods it tie a feather or piece of rabbit fur to a tree limb and place a trap on top of the ant hill. Fox and bobcat would both used ant hill to sit and check out motion. Thus was pre-coyote years in WV.

 

[BSK]

I used to whizz on the salt shaker all the time till the wife whacked me with a rolled up newspaper. Knocked that bad habit right out

You too?!

 

[BSK]

I don't know why coyotes pee on salt racks, but they sure do it. Shocks me it doesn't bother the deer.

 

[tellico4x4]

Same for scrapes. Had a couple cell cams on some this fall along a road & noticed a lot of coyote action at them. Kept cams there during post season trapping & yotes, fox, skunk & possums would stop to pee long after deer quit them. Caught two coyotes & 1 possum at them.

 

[BSK]

Same for scrapes. Had a couple cell cams on some this fall along a road & noticed a lot of coyote action at them. Kept cams there during post season trapping & yotes, fox, skunk & possums would stop to pee long after deer quit them. Caught two coyotes & 1 possum at them.

Absolutely true. I get yotes peeing in scrapes pretty frequently.

 

[348Winchester]

I don't know why coyotes pee on salt racks, but they sure do it. Shocks me it doesn't bother the deer.

I wonder if the salts in the urine add some weird flavor twists?

 

[BSK]

I wonder if the salts in the urine add some weird flavor twists?

No idea.

 

[Smo]

Funny, that doesn't taste like urine or mine for that matter…

Fooled em' again…

 

[Bgoodman30]

Had salt on camera for years never seen that?

 

[backyardtndeer]

Scent post. Predators marking territory

Yep. This is why.

 

[BSK]

Yep. This is why.

I'm sure that's the reason, by why peeing right on the rock? That seems strange.

Plus, why does that not keep the deer from licking the rock? You would think predator pee right on your salt lick would chase away the deer, but it doesn't seem to bother them a bit. Same with scrapes. I get pictures of yotes peeing and crapping in scrapes all the time but it doesn't seem to bother the deer.

 

[backyardtndeer]

I'm sure that's the reason, by why peeing right on the rock? That seems strange.

Plus, why does that not keep the deer from licking the rock? You would think predator pee right on your salt lick would chase away the deer, but it doesn't seem to bother them a bit. Same with scrapes. I get pictures of yotes peeing and crapping in scrapes all the time but it doesn't seem to bother the deer.

Urine breaks down to ammonia. Deer come to and take over scrapes made with human urine.

 

[BSK]

Urine breaks down to ammonia. Deer come to and take over scrapes made with human urine.

But generally, only male human urine. I've done a lot of experimenting with human urine in scrapes, and by far, young male urine produces the biggest response. Why? Testosterone levels. Female urine illicit very little response, and I've noticed my own urine has declined in productivity as I've aged (and my testosterone level declined).

 

[knightrider]

But generally, only male human urine. I've done a lot of experimenting with human urine in scrapes, and by far, young male urine produces the biggest response. Why? Testosterone levels. Female urine illicit very little response, and I've noticed my own urine has declined in productivity as I've aged (and my testosterone level declined).

Definitely!! Big difference in responses from bucks in scrapes i make vs ones my 20 year old son makes

 

[backyardtndeer]

But generally, only male human urine. I've done a lot of experimenting with human urine in scrapes, and by far, young male urine produces the biggest response. Why? Testosterone levels. Female urine illicit very little response, and I've noticed my own urine has declined in productivity as I've aged (and my testosterone level declined).

That is interesting, but my personal experience doesn't align with your research. My wife had to go when we were on a walk and moving cameras last year. The result put this buck that we had been getting pics of at another location, right in front of the camera just hours later.

 

[BSK]

That is interesting, but my personal experience doesn't align with your research. My wife had to go when we were on a walk and moving cameras last year. The result put this buck that we had been getting pics of at another location, right in front of the camera just hours later. View attachment 178355

I have tested female urine extensively, including female urine from different times during a woman's menstrual cycle. I got very few positive responses from any of it.

Remember, scrapes are not for communicating with females. Like rubs, scrapes are primarily a male-to-male communication device.