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Reminder - Minerals
This is the time your herd needs minerals the most. Antler growth is in full swing.....and the does will be dropping this month (majority speaking). They use these minerals to help them lactate.
I just went to put a little out.....and they've absolutely been murdering my site. Just a reminder......;) |
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Thanks for the reminder Jeff!!
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Gmmat -I've had hunters tell me they tie saltblock to a limb then when it rains it soaks in the ground have you ever tryed that ,they tell the deer realy tear up the ground .Or they just sit it on a stomp.
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thank you for that. read any other good articles lately?
 ORIGINAL: GMMAT This is the time your herd needs minerals the most. Antler growth is in full swing.....and the does will be dropping this month (majority speaking). They use these minerals to help them lactate. I just went to put a little out.....and they've absolutely been murdering my site. Just a reminder......;) |
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http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2119082&mpage=1&key=mineral%2csi te&#2119082
I must read the same article every year, ruttnutt.[8D] (stop biting at my ankles, mi un poquito chihuahua);) |
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Have been putting out the minerals for the past 2-3 weeks already. They're hammering them at every location.
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thanks for the tip. ive never used minerals before but decided to this year. I plan on getting mine out in about a week
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Thanks Jeff, im going to get some tommorrow... what would you recommend as far as a mineral block goes?? btw Welcome Back.:)
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Aren't mineral sites bad for the spread of chronic wasting? ie.....saliva to saliva.....?
Not sure they're even legal here anyway. |
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Not legal in parts of Wi and not at all in IL.
WB Jeff! |
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oh good call Jeff, thnx
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Dadgone, Jeff, sounds like you are growing em like cattle. You don't shoot em in a cage do ya?:D
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Jeff what do you use? Just a salt block?
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ORIGINAL: twildasin Jeff what do you use? Just a salt block? |
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For blocks.. I recommend using Whitetail Institute FourPlay.. Generic salt blocks do very little for deeer. Deer just crave the salt to balance the water they intake once they begin eating lush vegetation.
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2 parts trace minerals
1 part rock salt 1 part dicalcium phosphate |
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thank you
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ORIGINAL: RockinChair For blocks.. I recommend using Whitetail Institute FourPlay.. Generic salt blocks do very little for deeer. Deer just crave the salt to balance the water they intake once they begin eating lush vegetation. |
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ORIGINAL: GMMAT 2 parts trace minerals 1 part rock salt 1 part dicalcium phosphate |
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im going to gander! as soon as the wife is done getting ready we are out to put out minerals and my cuddes so I can start getting some inventory of my herd!:D
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I make my own too. I can make about 125-150 pounds for what it cost for one 25 pound commercial bag.
I just replenished my site yesterday and it was absolutely decimated. |
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I used to be able to buy all the ingredients at my local tractor supply company. I can't buy trace minerals there, anymore, so I'm going to have to find abother source. I'm assuming I can buy them at any place that deals with cattle products (more on the lines of a farm center). I'll let you know what I find out.
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I was mistaken. I can't buy dicalcium phosphate from tractor supply, anymore.
Gotta get a new line on that stuff. |
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While your at it, don't foreget to put out two mineral blocks with signs... "Bucks" and "Does". This is extremely important so that you feed each sex the correct minerals.
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ORIGINAL: Dubbya While your at it, don't foreget to put out two mineral blocks with signs... "Bucks" and "Does". This is extremely important so that you feed each sex the correct minerals. |
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It is that time, thanks for the reminder. I found a natural lick while shed hunting this season. I think ill add extra to it as well.
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How often do you replenish your licks?
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ORIGINAL: Geronimo How often do you replenish your licks? Jeff, if you have an Agway near you check there for the Dicalcium Phosphate. That or any feed store should be able to get it for you. I had to order mine last time, but it only took a few days to get it. |
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Do you guys use these minerals all through the season?
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No so much in the winter, T.....but I'm sure there are leftovers, there, if they desire.
I just called my southern states ag supplier (thanks, Bry). He told me 2:1 Minerals would be the same as dicalcium phosphate. They have that....and I can get the rest of the ingredients there, as well. I appreciate the heads-up.;) |
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Jeff thanks for the ingrediants. Is 2 gallons of this enough for 1 site as this is the law up in Northern, Wi?
This is only as a attractant and not for growing antlers? *I dont know much about this subject* thx |
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I'd put out the max I could. How often can you replenish it?
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That is a very good question I do not know. When you make this stuff does it have a color to it?
I guess......nm I have no idea. I will ask my lady DNR friend that is for sure. ORIGINAL: GMMAT I'd put out the max I could. How often can you replenish it? |
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Okay, would someone answer this question - If I walk into a CO-OP, Tractor Supply, Stockdales or a Feed & Seed, am I going to see something labeled "trace minerals"? What minerals are they?
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Tractor supply will know what trace minerals is (and it's red). I have no idea what minerals are in there....but you could do a quick search and probably educate us all on them;). They'll also have the salt. They may not have the dicalcium phosphate (mine stopped carrying it).
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Thanks, GMMAT. I guess if you've never been around livestock and never used minerals for deer, you just don't have a clue what folks are talking about here.:D
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ORIGINAL: GMMAT Tractor supply will know what trace minerals is (and it's red). I have no idea what minerals are in there....but you could do a quick search and probably educate us all on them;). They'll also have the salt. They may not have the dicalcium phosphate (mine stopped carrying it). |
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Would this be the right thing to get?
http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_10551_10001_28575_______14602%7C146 20%7C14621%7C28575?listingPage=true |
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