Hoof prints are generally larger and 'toes' spread apart.
Poop is lighter in color,larger,and more barrel shaped or capsule shaped. Usually in one big pile.
The patties you saw are probably from Elk. Happens when they eat really fresh greens.
Those are the differences I've noticed over the years.
Not sure about the difference in rubs.

 

Moose tracks look more like deer just way bigger where elk are a little more rounded. Moose droppings are like little footballs and very dry looking based on diet. The ones that look more like small cow pies I would think would most likely be elk or possibly deer. Hope this helps.

 

When I lived in Alaska, there was so much Moose scat, I had to wrack my brains to remember the details just now.

This much I can recall- Moose can look like patties or pebbles, depended on the time of year sometimes. I am sure it is relevant to moisture content in the diet.

There was this snack you could get at the store up there that looked exactly like Moose droppings, and the joke was to casually reach down into a pile of scat, and then come back up with the snack you had palmed, and then eat it. The trick was to be casual, and not do it when the "victim" was looking directly at you. Some city slickers wouldn't say a thing, but you could tell that they were very disturbed!

One evening I saw a gigantic moose walk effortlessly and silently through the thickest stuff bordering some muskeg. Life changing experience, no kidding. Remember that scene clearly to this day.

 

We have lots of both moose and elk in our area.
Moose pellets are bigger and have fibrous or woody content as moose are browsers elk are grass eaters.
Pies are elk when they eat a moist diet.
Rubs are likely elk. They rub to scrape off the velvet late in the summer and to work off frustration during the rut. Bull moose are not nearly as numerous. They rub also for the same reason. If you see a rub 7 or so feet off the ground it is probably moose.
Elk and moose have different habitat. Moose like swamps and bottoms. Elk like grass land usually near timberline this time of year.

 

The tracks are easy to separate. Moose tracks don't look anything like elk. Manure can be more easily confused as they can both look the same at times. Moose will rub and push trees but not as much as elk. If it's fairly fresh look at the tracks to determine which it was.

 

Moose tracks will be accompanied by squirrel tracks.

 

I know that if you're hunting in Wyoming with an elk tag...
and you don't have a moose tag....
and you cut a very fresh track in 2 foot of snow...
and if you follow it long enough...
it'll be a giant bull moose that stands broadside at 20 yards for about 3 solid minutes!

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=moo...ngs&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CB4QsARqFQoTCJ-PiOie68YCFQ8tiAodS1wJIw

 

Those small flat cow patties are elk with "intestinal distress". Very common. I usually see it in lush vegetative areas. When moose get it, I've probably contributed it to cattle. When we get it, it's found within a short sprint from trails and roads.

For that woman you no longer want in your life.

 

Like other have said- moose dropping are more barreled shape- just like those nice earrings above, haha. Moose tracks are BIG and they typically look for parallel like skis next to each other. Elk tracks are more rounded.

 

Moose poop where I hunt is like everyone else has said, more barrel shaped and larger. I have also noticed that it is more of an orange color. I contribute this to the diet. Probably from bark and willow.

 

As others have stated, moose droppings are more like a football or barrel in my area. Reagrding rubs, moose in my area will often really lay over small trees when rubbing so you could find a rub that is identified by a young tree bent over horizontal with a great length of it rubbed, or you could find some that appear to be rubbed 12 feet up, but were simply rubbed by a moose that had the tree bent over when rubbing, and the tree has sprung back upright to an extent. I've seen this in a few areas where there are multiple moose (bulls and at least one cow) and the bulls are fairly stationary, where they rub or beat up a good number of small trees in the area. I do know that when you stumble into an area like this, where a bull is hanging out in with a cow, he does not appreciate your presence.....................

 

Do moose smells the same as elk? Was in an area yesterday and saw a moose and smelled elk.