Unplanned water hole

[Longhorn 16]

Cleared an area last year and noticed a water hole form that was unintentional.

 

[Boondocks]

Thats a mud puddle. Water hole has ducks in it.

 

[Milkman]

That might be a good spot to start a mineral lick if you haven’t already.

 

[Longhorn 16]

That might be a good spot to start a mineral lick if you haven’t already.

I was standing at a mineral site when I took the picture. Both show signs of being heavily used.

It’s a drainage area so I was thinking it would wash the mineral out of the water hole.

 

[Milkman]

Maybe dig it out and create a watering hole.

 

[Ihunt]

I bet there are lots of new waterholes this week.

 

[Ray357]

Is it a spring or just a mud hole?

 

[treemanjohn]

Looks like a home from a rotted tree stump

 

[Longhorn 16]

Looks like a home from a rotted tree stump

We pushed a tree over that was in that ditch. Holds water pretty well so I think I will leave it be because they deer like it.

 

[ChattBuck]

Put 2-3 bags of Deer Cane in it and when it dries out this spring and summer you'll have a great mineral lick.

 

[Triple C]

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Cleared an area last year and noticed a water hole form that was unintentional.

Longhorn - You have the making of a great vernal pool/waterhole right there. If you have the opportunity to bring in a track loader/skid steer, just dig that out a bit and down to about 3 feet and you will have a natural water hole that will hold water most if not all of the year. We have 6 of em on our place. All manner of wildlife use them.