What animal made these?

[Triggernosis]

I came across these two dug out areas in a pine woods, approximately 100 yards from a field and bordering a swamp. The larger of the two (first picture) was approximately 4 feet across. The centerof it was full of pine straw, - you can see where I kicked out a bit of it. The smaller depression was about half the size of the larger one.
My though was maybe a coyote (lots of them in this particular area) has tried to dig out some other animal such as a groundhog or something. Or maybe it was a groundhog, but I would expect them to be more along the edge of the field. Any ideas?

 

[hunthard2]

Possibly an old yellow jacket nest dig up by skunks/coons?


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[Triggernosis]

Possibly an old yellow jacket nest dig up by skunks/coons?

Now that is indeed a good possibility. These were on a hilltop in sandy, well-drained soil, so that would be a perfect place for a yellow jacket nest.

 

[nccatfisher]

Coons aren't too bad to dig into them, fox and skunks will dig every one they find. If that was a yellowjackets nest it was a whopper.

 

[HotSoup]

Fox digging out Yellowjacket nest

 

[Triggernosis]

Thanks for y'all's insight. I'm glad to know that it wasn't a hungry sasquatch digging for grubs or something.
BUT, why on God's earth would animals want to dig up a yellowjacket nest? Maybe they are immune to the yellowjacket's stings or something, but I can't imagine being hungry enough to want to eat a yellowjacket.

 

[outdoorNC]

Info on what animals dig up yellow jacket nests. https://animals.mom.me/animals-attack-yellow-jacket-nests-ground-7300.html