RE: Salt Block
 

Salt WILL kill most any vegatation and sometimes it will take a while for them to find it if you move it. They will still go to the old spot until the salt leaches out of the soil there.

Put it back in the same place. I think if you can watch you'll see the deer actually lick and eat the "salty" dirt more than they will the block. Those red ones also have trace minerals but they are still over 90% salt.

put a piece of flat rock in the middle of the wallow so when it rains the block won't be down in the puddle and if you put another flat rock on top of the salt block it will last a heck of a lot longer.

RE: Salt Block
 

One of the places I hunt had a satl truck spill a load along side the road. The deer have been licking it for years. It's a hole big enough to hide in now.

That bologna is something. Isn't that a meat or is it a cheese like? I didn't think deer were meat eaters.

RE: Salt Block
 

Here is a GREAT mixture that makes 200 lbs for only $23. It has been passed along from several members of the QDMA.

WHITETAIL DEER HOMEMADE MINERAL MIX RECIPE
Printable version
Ingredients: Makes 200 lbs. for about $23.00

1 part Di-calcium phosphate, this is a dairy feed additive bought at feed stores.
Comes in 50lb Bags at around $11.00 you need one bag.

2 parts Trace mineral salt, the red and loose kind without the medications.
Comes in 50lb Bags at around $5.00 you need two bags.

1 part Stock salt, ice cream salt.
Comes in 50lb Bags at around $2.00 you need one bag.

Directions:

-Use a 3 pound or similar size coffee can to use as your measure for each part of the mix.

-Mix all together well but not until read to use, keep ingredients separate until ready to put to use.

-Dig or tear up a circle in the soil about 36 inches wide and about 6 inches deep.

-Mix your mineral mixture with the soil.

RE: Salt Block
 

Thanks for the advice !!


OU812

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I have the 50lbs kind aswell and they do last me 2 years. I have proof! oh wait it melted...
But seriously, it does last for 2 seasons. I put one out last year at the end of summer and I went to my spot this week-end to see that it's 3/4 the size it was before. It may not last a full 2 year but at least 1 year and 1/2. The point is, you dont have to replace it every week-end :)

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you do what?

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me?

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No i meant zoomer,sorry.Did he say he used bologna for deer?

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if you're putting a salt block out should it be off the ground or do they use it just as much if its right on the groud, i read soemwhere that it shoudl be elevated.

G Lew, KOTW

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I honestly dont think it makes a difference other than probably melting faster when it's directly on the ground. I usually try to put them on an old stump.