Cat in Roxborough

[Jim B]

Why is it putting dirt on the deer carcass? To try and cover it up for eating later?

[rondog]

Why is it putting dirt on the deer carcass? To try and cover it up for eating later?

Caching instinct.

cache

/kæʃ/ Show Spelled [kash] Show IPA noun, verb, cached, cach·ing. noun 1. a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.: She hid her jewelry in a little cache in the cellar.
2. anything so hidden: The enemy never found our cache of food.
3. Alaska and Northern Canada. a small shed elevated on poles above the reach of animals and used for storing food, equipment, etc. verb (used with object)
4. to put in a cache; conceal; hide.