Well I checked all the local farm stores and couldn't find the Dical locally (CO-OP closed for the long weekend).. so I went one of the farm stores and I read the labels on all the bags and ended up w/ some "multi purpose mineral 4% phos" stuff meant for cattle. It was about $6 per 50# bag. It had 20-24% salt, 20-24 % calcium, 4% phosphorous, ect... I mixed 1 part of that w/ 1 part of trace mineral. I figured that would be about the same as the mixture above. I bought 2 bags of each and only spend $22 for 200#. I added it where my old lick had been established (4' circle about a foot deep).. and a new lick near are newly planted food plot (red clover, alfalfa bailer mix, and some antler king honey hole).

I did have one question... do the deer eat the mineral.. or does it absorb into the soil like the commercial stuff? Needless to say.. my dad was suprised when the multi purpose mineral looked just like the commercial stuff he'd been buying for $20 for a 10# bucket. [8D][8D]