Salt Block
05-18-2005, 02:08 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Ohio
Posts: 27
Salt Block
I need to know would i put the salt block in the same place or should i put in the different lotation ,
it's wallow and big hole ,deer are coming at it ,i need to put another one in ,it 's gone from last year ,so what is the best way to do it ?
Thanks
OU812
it's wallow and big hole ,deer are coming at it ,i need to put another one in ,it 's gone from last year ,so what is the best way to do it ?
Thanks
OU812
05-18-2005, 02:25 PM
#2
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Quebec,Canada, yes, I live in an Igloo
Posts: 104
RE: Salt Block
I've been putting my salt block at the same place for 8 years now. I put one of those great big salt blocks you get at a farmer's coop. They last for about 2 years. And they're much cheaper than the "specialty" deer salt... (I use the red colored salt block)
During the winter, the deer are yarding quite a distance from my spot and no tracks are visible in the snow in the general area where I hunt, EXCEPT for several tracks leading right to my salt block and turning back from where they came from once they got their salt. They travel a great distance just to lick the block, regularly. I guess my point is, once they know they have a source of salt in a particular area, they can count on it beeing there all the time, keeping them coming over and over, year round. Which is why you want to put a salt block in the first place.
During the winter, the deer are yarding quite a distance from my spot and no tracks are visible in the snow in the general area where I hunt, EXCEPT for several tracks leading right to my salt block and turning back from where they came from once they got their salt. They travel a great distance just to lick the block, regularly. I guess my point is, once they know they have a source of salt in a particular area, they can count on it beeing there all the time, keeping them coming over and over, year round. Which is why you want to put a salt block in the first place.
05-18-2005, 04:57 PM
#6
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,846
RE: Salt Block
we just buy some bulk stuff from the feed co-op. Red rocky looking stuff. Put them out in the same spots. We don't hunt directly over them, but they seem to draw some deer in and also they're extremely good spots to put out trail cameras during the summer, we got alot of shots of bucks last year at the salt lick.
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05-21-2005, 08:21 AM
#8
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Watertown Tn
Posts: 336
RE: Salt Block
Keep it in the same spot oh and Furync they dont last 2 yrs, I bought a 50lb block and it was gone in 6 mths. If you have a good hole and it rains the rain will melt it away pretty fast, but the salt will stay in the ground.