JUST FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ABOUT THE AREA AND FROM HEARSAY EAST TEXAS DOESN'T QUITE HAVE THE DEER POPULATION THAT OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE HAVE. I HAVE SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO HUNT AROUND THOSE PARTS AND THE DEER ON AVERAGE JUST DON'T GET VERY BIG. DON'T GET ME WRONG I AM NOT KNOCKING THE AREA AT ALL BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME TREMENDOUS BUCKS (RACK AND WEIGHT WISE) TAKEN ON OCCASION IN THIS AREA PLUS SOME PARTS TEND TO HAVE HIGHER POPULATIONS THAN OTHERS.............I THINK THE MINERAL LICK WOULD BE OK BUT I DON'T THINK YOU WILL GET THE DESIRED RESULTS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR UNLESS YOU WERE TO PUT OUT A NUMBER OF THESE IN DIFFERENT AREAS (THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE OK), AS FAR AS SOYBEANS SOMETIMES DEER WILL NOT TAKE TO THEM RIGHT AWAY AND YOU HAVE TO MIX IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE LIKE CORN AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THE SOYBEAN AND REDUCE THE CORN. (I WOULD CHECK WITH OTHER HUNTERS IN YOUR AREA AND SEE WHAT TYPE OF SUPPLEMENTAL FEED THEY HAVE SUCCESS WITH) I KNOW WE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH PROTIEN AND IT TOOK SOME TIME BEFORE THE DEERWOULD JUST EAT STRAIGHT PROTIEN............HOWEVER IF POSSIBLE, I THINK YOU WOULD SEE THE GREATEST RESULTS WITH PLANTING A FEW SMALL FOOD PLOTS AND DRAWING DEER IN THIS WAY. I KNOW YOU WANT TO DRAW THE DEER IN FIRST BEFORE PLANTING A LARGER FOOD PLOT BUT YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANY WAY AROUND IT IN ORDER TO PULL DEER INTO YOUR AREA, PLUS IN MY PERSONAL OPINION I THINK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE BETTER RESULTS BY PLANTING SEVERAL SMALL PLOTS (1-2 ACRES) THAN PLANTING ONE BIG PLOT. IT WOULD HELP IF WE KNEW HOW MANY ACRES YOU WERE HUNTING ON. REGARDLESS I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND I HOPE THIS HELPS........