Everything that I have read recently was said in farm hunter's above posts. Most mineral/salt licks are made up of too much salt to draw deer. The deer love salt, so they consume it. The salt makes the deer thirsty just like popcorn at the movie theater makes us thirsty. The deer then drink more water leaving less room for high protien foods (that have been proven to help grow larger antlers in many studies)! Deer and cattle need different amounts of minerals at different times of the year. Cattle minerals should not be thought of deer minerals. I have a mineral site started already this year and hope it will help lure a group of bucks into staying on my land instead of traveling a large distance to feed on my land at night. If they stay on my land longer the next few weeks I will have a much beter chance in finding their sheds. The bucks proved what I already thought was a problem... my land lacks the cover they need/want. The grass was greener on the other side of the fence in this case. We'll have to see whay happens next year!