Wallow

Hi guys out for a hunt yesterday and checked out a spot I was last in mid April. A couple of wallows were in use then and surprisingly one was yesterday. It had both pig and deer tracks around it and dirty water on ferns etc to a height of 2ft. Some patches of deer hair about too. Sorry no photos as I didn't have my ph with me.It was quite large about bath size or so. My question is do deer use wallows year round?

Yes

Yes

The hinds use them too

Absolutely

Bath and lice etc get stuck in mud n rubbed off on trees etc.pigs do anyway.

I watched half a dozen or so hinds use 2 different wallows this weekend, snow patches around them too. I was wondering if the mud helps as a layer of insulation when it dries into their coats perhaps?