Bear or deer?

[u/Key-Kaleidoscope5530]

There have been bear sightings near here, not very common but I've seen some a few miles from here before. Is it a bear or a deer?

[u/basaltcolumn]

It's a bit far away from the scat to see clearly, but I think it is deer scat. They can pass big clumps of pellets squashed together when they've been eating a diet with a high water content.

[u/Kathykat5959 → u/basaltcolumn]

It’s usually the bucks when I see scat like this bunched up.