HuntingBry

Really cool pics. What kind of salt/minerals are you putting out? Homebrew or store bought stuff?

drockw

Just regular old, 3$ a 50#(i think 50) bag salt from Rural King. It had a pic of a horse on the bag so im assuming that it was for farm animals...

I threw about a pound of corn out when we put the cam out, and i imagine that is why the coons were there. Not really sure they would be eating the dirt out of a salt lick, but you never know.

Derek

nodog

Beautiful country! Some of those deer are very nice.

Have seen deer do that where a salt truck lost it's load. They ate the whole burm up. Lasted for years and years.

Put out a Trophy Rock around here 5+ years ago and I'm pretty sure it's still there in some form. It was no help at all.

drockw

I believe it has to do with the location of the mineral block/lick for it to be effective. We hunt the river, and I imagine lots of the deer dont get as many nutrients as others and they use the salt/placed nutrient kind of as a supplement.

Just speculation there really, b/c I really have no idea why there are some places ive seen never get touched like you did, and these low bottom locations are getting wore out!

Many of the pics that the cam took were prime time evening, and I believe I will be sitting there on opening day!!! Always nice to get the first one out of the way as a major confidence booster for the rest of the season

My stand there is just behind the trees to the left which is 17yds to the hole where the deer are. The one I killed last year off of that spot was hard quartering away at that distance which made for a nice 40yd recovery! got liver and lungs with a pass thru.

Derek

nodog

Nice! Seems the deer are cooperating.

nybowhunter

cool pics.

drockw

For now You never know tho. Come next saturday, that magical sense of theirs may kick in and I wont see one again there all season lol! Hopefully next weekend ill be posting kill pics tho