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Old 01-31-2010 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by iSnipe
J Pike,

Can you expound on that more?

I thought supplements are called just that, "supplements", because it adds to their nutrition and diet. Your comment makes it all sound like it's hogwash and "salt" is the only benefit to supplements.

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iSnipe
iSnipe it is hogwash, the whitetail deer's digestive system cannot process the mineral supplements and deposit them in their skeletal frame. There has been numerous studies done on this very topic starting way back in the 1950's and not one of them has shown any benefit from mineral blocks, licks, rocks and yes even super duper home made recipe's other than providing the deer with a source of salt. The only reason I use them is to get the deer to step in front of my cams. Pike

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