Mineral Licks
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location:
Posts: 2,186
Mix of NaCl (white salt) and Di-Calcium Phosphate (Di-Cal). Two parts salt to one part Di-Cal. Both are granular and come in 50# bags. Can get at any farmer's feed/seed store. Been using a mix similar to this since around 1980. Salt gets them using the lick and di-cal does them good. Cost is about $6 for salt and $25 for Di-Cal. Just put out 3000# of this mix - 150# in each of 20 lick areas on the 3150 acres I hunt. Have one area on a clay bank hill side that started 30 years ago with a few bags busted over a heart pine stump that is now a "tunnel" into the hillside that is about 6' tall, 4' wide and into the hillside another 8' - 10'.
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Southeast Missouri
Posts: 2,178
I put out a plain white salt block and the Deer hit it and use it year round,the minerals I have found to work really well is the brand "Lucky Buck" in a 20-30lb bucket.It has more mineral content than any other type I've seen out there on the market and the Deer really like it!I have also used the "Trophy Rock" and the Deer like it also and it is a natural mineral that they crave.
#4
I'm thinking of these one. Just posted about it.
http://www.pawdup.com
Have hogs issues and the mineral rocks I use get move around and trashed by hogs.
http://www.pawdup.com
Have hogs issues and the mineral rocks I use get move around and trashed by hogs.
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: West Wisconsin
Posts: 126
Champions Choice Selenium 90 is my choice for Spring and through out the Summer I replennish with regular white salt. Selenium is used to fight infections in cattle. Have used both these salts for several years with great success.
#7
Spike
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1