AF Hunter

Trophy rock is sea salt that is mined in Utah with "trace minerals". You place 5 - 10 ft off a trail and the deer will find it.

AF Hunter

If you hunt oak stands and deer know when acorns are in season, I don't know if it would be that beneficial. The new stuff I am presently testing is showing a lot of promise right now. I have the Supermax (which is an attractant) and will be putting out Advantage 360 (which is a mineral supplement) shortly. Have to wait a little bit, I only have two trailcams.

AF Hunter

Boy they are really tearing up the Supermax! I am really astonished how quick they located it 30' off a trail and how long they are staying around. It will be neat to see the final numbers. I was also told the Advantage 360 is good. Advantage 360 is not an attractant but a supplement with very little salt. I am getting some next Wednesday to put out and see what happens. A friend of mine has gone through 200 lbs since 1st of June and says he is going to send me photos of his bucks.

Baybuzzard

AF Hunter, keep us posted on your results. I will be taking my cameras out to set them up soon, and would like to try something new to bring them to the camera. Last year I tried the trophy rock, for some reason they wouldn't touch it. Also Buck Jam persimmon flavor- no results. Pig out no results. The old standby corn does get results, but thats a pain.
I am curious about the Supermax. What is it and who makes it? Will probably try the Deer CoCaine this year. Also have a trophy rock out this year, been out for couple months. Haven't been up to check it in about a month, but last time I checked they haven't been hitting it. Thanks.

AF Hunter

Went and looked at the empty bag of the Supermax, it's made by Xtreme Whitetail Products. The website on the bag is XWT-LLC.com. I'll have to look at the website and see if you can order straight from the manufacturer or if you have to find a local dealer.

Hoytail Hunter

AF,

Thanks for sharing. It's truly a great service you are doing the rest of the hunting community here.

I have another question for you though, and I'm sorry if I missed it in the thread but, which product so far is the best bang for the buck? I mean in terms of the length of time it will last versus its effectiveness?

AF Hunter

HH,

So far the one that has lasted the longest would be the trophy rock. Of course since it is a hard salt/mineral rock vs powder, it would naturally be visible longer. With the powders, they do soak into the soil so it's hard to say how long they continue to attract deer once it is no longer visible to the human eye. I have a feeling, I'm going to be checking these spots for a long time after I quit reloading them. I'll have more stats once the Supermax has been out for a week. I did go back to check and see how long after the products were placed before a deer showed up and here are the results:
Trophy Rock: 36 hours (14.99)
Deer CoCAIN (Black Magic): 27 hours (7.99)
C'mere Deer: 50 hours (19.99)
Salt Lick: 80 hours (5.70)
Supermax: 12 hours (9.99)
All times are rounded to the nearest hour as I did not record the exact hour/minute I put them out.

For the best bang for the buck (no pun intended), its hard to say. So far, the Supermax attracted deer faster than any other product checked, the deer I got photos of in the first 24 hours were bigger bucks than previously recorded with other products, and they have stayed there longer than with the other products. But I still don't have the number of total deer frequenting the spot yet. I will pull the pics off the trailcam on Wednesday and will have complete stats for that then.

Crap! you made me think more and it really hurt! Since I have placed all the aforementioned items along the same trail from a bedding area, I need to see how many deer were hitting it on the way out vs how many were hitting it on the way back. Thanks HH, make me do more work! I'll run those numbers on Wednesday too.

Side Note: Leave Milwaukee and move away from the big city environment to a nice quiet place like....West Allis? (Lived in West Allis back in the late 80's).

Hoytail Hunter

C'mon Mark, we need you to be on the ball here. Quit crossing your eyes and dotting your T's. We're not paying you good money for nothing now!

stallis isnice and quiet? Oh yeah, you did say late 80's. That was when everything west of 43rd Street aka Sherman BLVD was nice and quiet. Now you have to put a 1 before the 4 for that to be the case.

davidmil

Is it valid???/ yes and no. The no part might be when you set them out. For example, when the does are carrying fawns and have just had them they'll hit salt heavy and daily. By mid summer they'll just leave it alone except for an occasional walk by the old salt source. I'd say if you put them near each other at the same time you'd find within a couple days which they seem to prefer. But, all in all I think your findings are pretty cool.

AF Hunter

Good points! First, I didn't think of that, but I only have two trail cams and can't afford more right now so I only put one out at a time making sure that when I moved a camera to the next one I kept the others stocked. It would have probably been cheaper to find an area where I could put them all out in the same area and have the two trail cams cover the whole area. I do know one spot where I could do that but there are already several spots that have not only the product out but also "contaminated earth" where the attractants are.

In my thread about food plots, I am trying to get input so I can put in a food plot in the spring with several different plants to see what the deer prefer (in this area anyway). Must be the analyst in me that makes me do this "stuff" and spend what little money I have on this type of thing vs something else stupid like food for myself.