Potatoman-J said: I have yet to find a mud "pit" anywhere around me, if so I definitely would probably use them in a similar style to Bobo

Bobographer2 said:
Mud doesn't often just 'happen'. Either it's near the ocean where tides continue to cover it, and then reveal it again, or if it's inland, it's a drying-out lake bed. What I'm trying to say is that usually there will be either hard earth or water. Mud is, of course, a mixture of both. So if it's the end of summer, and water levels are receding, that's when you might find exposed mud that was at the bottom of a lake or pond. Sometimes, the earth itself holds water, such as with a bog that may have harder top soil over peat or other very wet soil. In one case, I dug away the top-soil with a shovel and removed a ton of tree branches from the peat bog below before being able to try it out. In another case, a large wetland area had dried up at the end of the season, revealing beautiful mud that used to be at the bottom. That's why mud 'pits' are hard to find. They only exist for short periods of time, or are beneath the top soil.