RE: Hunting watering holes.
I have sort of the same situation. I am hunting the side of a mountain and I happened to find where a spring comes out of the ground. There is one major animal trail cut into the side of the hill coming to the watering hole. Only problem is there is a road only about fifty yards up hill and another road is only about 20 yards down hill. The area is remote and there are not too many vehicles so I don't think that will be a problem. There is a third road furthur down hill and I hunted where the creek crosses that road Saturday but I didn't see anything. I went to the lower road just to get away from the upper road. That road is the main road in/out and the second road branches off of the main road and the third road branches off of the second. I saw a lot of fresh deer and elk tracks so I am seriously thinking about going to the top honeyhole this weekend.