Salt Licks
03-13-2011, 01:08 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Reedsville, Wisconsin
Posts: 160
Salt Licks
Looking for a good homemade salt lick or any recipies for one. Also any tips on where to make them is appreciated. I am thinking about using this one, if anyone has gotten any luck with it.
"ARM & HAMMER LICK RECIPE
To start one brand new I use two 50 lb bags of fine stock salt and two boxes of " Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda". It must say this on the box or you have gotten the wrong stuff. You start off by choosing a spot where deer normally pass by and dig a hole four foot in diameter and 4 to 5 inches in depth. Try and get the soil as loose and possible. Pour in one of the bags of salt and one box of the A & H. Stir in well and then add three forths of the second bag of salt and all of the 2nd box of A & H. Mix in well and smooth over the top. Spread evenly the remainder of the bag of salt. The white will cause the deer to notice it and start to use it. Rain will dissolve the mixture. Once this is established the next spring around May 1st I add one more bag of salt and one box of A & H. Then once again around August 1st. You won't have to stir in the salt or A & H when you refresh the lick. Just spread it over the lick and watch it grow in size and depth.
Remember it should say somewhere on the box....100% Sodium Carbonate
Cost....The salt cost $3.20 for a 50 lb bag and the A&H sells at my local Price Chopper for under $3 a box."
"ARM & HAMMER LICK RECIPE
To start one brand new I use two 50 lb bags of fine stock salt and two boxes of " Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda". It must say this on the box or you have gotten the wrong stuff. You start off by choosing a spot where deer normally pass by and dig a hole four foot in diameter and 4 to 5 inches in depth. Try and get the soil as loose and possible. Pour in one of the bags of salt and one box of the A & H. Stir in well and then add three forths of the second bag of salt and all of the 2nd box of A & H. Mix in well and smooth over the top. Spread evenly the remainder of the bag of salt. The white will cause the deer to notice it and start to use it. Rain will dissolve the mixture. Once this is established the next spring around May 1st I add one more bag of salt and one box of A & H. Then once again around August 1st. You won't have to stir in the salt or A & H when you refresh the lick. Just spread it over the lick and watch it grow in size and depth.
Remember it should say somewhere on the box....100% Sodium Carbonate
Cost....The salt cost $3.20 for a 50 lb bag and the A&H sells at my local Price Chopper for under $3 a box."
03-14-2011, 02:23 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 136
My favorite is a bag of Trace Mineral Salt and some strawberry Koolaid powder. The sweet with the salt seems to work well. However in some instances a regular salt block works if near a water hole.
03-18-2011, 09:45 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: West Central Illinois
Posts: 1,099
IMO you are making this waaaay harder and more expensive than necessary.
Go to the nearest farm supply store and buy a trace mineral block. No need to dig a hole, mix stuff, etc. Just drop off and leave. The deer will take over from there. They sell all kinds of blocks/supplements for livestock. Some disintegrate faster than others.
Go to the nearest farm supply store and buy a trace mineral block. No need to dig a hole, mix stuff, etc. Just drop off and leave. The deer will take over from there. They sell all kinds of blocks/supplements for livestock. Some disintegrate faster than others.
03-20-2011, 07:50 PM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: N. Illinois
Posts: 527
Mineral Block
IMO you are making this waaaay harder and more expensive than necessary.
Go to the nearest farm supply store and buy a trace mineral block. No need to dig a hole, mix stuff, etc. Just drop off and leave. The deer will take over from there. They sell all kinds of blocks/supplements for livestock. Some disintegrate faster than others.
Go to the nearest farm supply store and buy a trace mineral block. No need to dig a hole, mix stuff, etc. Just drop off and leave. The deer will take over from there. They sell all kinds of blocks/supplements for livestock. Some disintegrate faster than others.
03-20-2011, 10:26 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: IL
Posts: 6,575
Isn't the white block, at least when it's pure salt essentially useless for deer?
ie the point is for trace minerals, salt not really being essential?
Personally I think, at least in the area I hunt, if guys would just lay off 2.5yo bucks and under big deer would be everywhere.
