Are these trails?

[justin84]

Might be a dumb question, but in the middle of the picture, there is a clearing with what looks like trails when you zoom in closely. Are these likely trails or just some other geographical feature? I've never had boots on the ground to confirm.

[hunter_mike]

To me it looks like a muck hole with muskrat paths/ deer trails through it. It could have deer and/or buck bedding on it if it is remote enough and there is not much water elsewhere.

[Crazinamatese]

Man, thats hard to see in there. You might have to do a little on the ground recon to find out.

[Wlog]

It looks to me like a water hole with grass growing in it. I inspected a lot of spots that look just like this on aerials and that's what I found.

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[phishy]

given how small that wetland is i'd say they are not trails, there might be one or two crossing it, but i doubt that many deer trails would be crossing that wetland... i might be wrong,

still i'd look at it, i bet there's a heavy trail on one or two sides of it, the SE looks like a alder thicket ...bedding area

[mike_mc]

I'm thinking water also. If you're using google earth, there is a clock in the tool bar. This will allow you to see aerials from different years. Sometimes the older black and white photos show water the best.