RE deer minerals and making a good choice
Het bud here is some info for you to review on some of the mentioned products. First luck buck is 65% salt,only 13 % cal and 0 phosporus, 0 sodium,0 magmesium,0 potassium,0 sulferas for remaining elements they are in small trace amounts and selenium is at 59 ppm a little to high for whitetails and No Vitamin A only 5000 iu/ lb on D and only20 IU/lb no remaining needed vitamins at all. Its a sweet apple flavored salt. calcium needs phosporus to work together. Whitetail institute and antler king are alon the same line together with 42% salt and 21% on Antler king. but all remaining macro/micro nutrients are low and not in sinc with each other . These type of products are very cheap to make and offer the manufacturer as much as 300% profit mark up. the deer and the consumer are getting shorted. Atrue deer mineral needs to be species specific meaning its designed for a deer metabolisim and digestive physilogy. I want to see the lab test that will show a product thats 60% salt low in calcium and no phosporus and no other needed elements grow monster buck or produce high milk and milk fats for does.Most companies use calcium citrate or calcium carbonate( tums ) and its only about 19% absorbtion rate. The Mass Nutrition line is designed by deer health and cervid nutrition professionals and offer the most complet and comprehensive line of deer and elk mineral thats truly designed for their digestive physilogy. Calcium is calcium orotate and is at 80% absorbtion rate and is complete and balanced in all macro/micro nutrients in the highes needed levels for deer and elk.also contains a full probiotics and digestive enzyme pack and also a anti parasitic for aiding in the removal of intestinal parasites and liver flukes. The cheap sweet flavored high salt products will be consumed fast. This is what the company wants. Its price first and quality last. the average consumption of minerals by adult deer will be around 2 to 3 oz per day durring spring and summer if its a quality product. If you want to know about deer health and nutrition give them a call at 919-886-7122 and the folks at Mass Nutrition will be glad to answer you health and nutrition needs. I hope this bit of info helps out in making a informed decision on products that work for you. thanks and have a great evening.