What is it

[Marc St Louis]

I took a picture of this thing behind my workshop, it's about 2' in diameter

[Chippintuff]

It looks like what I call ice spews. If the soil is a mix of clay and sand, when it freezes, the water spews up in icicle form if the ground is saturated with water.

WA

[Pat B]

I thought it was a Blooming Onion from Outback Restaurant. 

[Marc St Louis]

You are good WA.  That's exactly what it is but it's not soil.  That one is actually a mound of water soaked saw dust from my shop vac.  There was the exact same thing in the front of my shop where I had shoveled soil just before the cold spell that created this one

[Zuma]

Brrrr I am chilly just lookin at it.
 Hit it with a flame thrower quick.
Thanks for posting it  though Marc.
Pretty cool
Zuma

[mullet]

I hunted in Georgia one cold morning after a big rainstorm the night before. That is what the entire area looked like. You talk about a noisey walk to the stand.

[Outbackbob48]

That is a predator trappers nitemare I hate when it happens on my fresh dirt hole sets. Bob

[Stoker]

Interesting.. Never seen anything like it..
Thanks Leroy

[Blackcoyote]

That is a predator trappers nitemare I hate when it happens on my fresh dirt hole sets. Bob

x2 !!!!

[BowEd]

I was going to say it's some kind of fungus mushroom....lol.

[Pat B]

It happens here around creeks and ditches or anywhere bare ground is damp. We'll have a hard freeze tonight and have had 2 1/2" of rain over the last two days so the pump is primed.

[sieddy]

The thing from the pit its the star of a old B movie! 

[neuse]

Never seen that before.