Awhile back I read the mineral lick post that had a recipewhich included di-calcium phosphate, trace mineral, and salt. Well I just gained access to a new piece of property and decided to try and establish mineral licks b/c there is already about 10 acres of corn, clover, and alfalfa grown on the property. I substituted the straight saltwith dried molasses. I used 1 part of each and mixed them equally into 5gl pails. It yielded 3 full pails with a little left over.

The area of most concern to me was a large wooded hillside w/ almost no undergrowth. The deer trails were scattered all over the place. So I placed 1 pail in a central area on the hillside.The other pails I placed in a couple of areas around the property.One of which wasjust inside a tree line at the edge of a field. That was moreof a "lets see what will happen" thing since there wasn't a whole lot of deer signs in the area.

Well,this weekend was a monthlater so I went to check them out. They have all been hit hard! We got some good rain about a week after placing them and the ground must have really absorbed the concoction b/c they were all dug into. The most surprising was the test spot on the field edge was also torn up and there are now two trails w/ deer tracks and signs leading to and from it.

Just thought some of you would be interested. I have gone the basic route of using mineral blocks and salt b/f on other property and it always seem to take much longer for them to become established. If I were to guess it, the dried molassesprobably had something to do with it.