Can i put out a salt block in the winter
12-20-2018, 08:52 AM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 866
12-21-2018, 10:53 AM
#7
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Indiana county, Pa
Posts: 671
really no need to put salt out for deer in the winter. summer is when deer really like salt. i put out a 50 pound mineral lick in the summer. its brown in color from the minerals. deer here hit it hard.
12-21-2018, 05:37 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 2,743
when you add slat, or any mineral to the outdoors you have to keep in mind, A LOT of how animals react to it, is based on what minerals they have access to or not
if they DON"T need salt (X MINERAL) in there diet, most will ignore it, if minerals are missing or more rare, in the area your at, they might be more attracted to it
which is why I said, DON:"T expect a LOT of attraction to a SALT Block
I highly doubt ANY wild healthy animal will over dose on SALT just cause its out there
so I cannot see it ever harming them
so I see NO harm here, now if legal or not., that might be another issue, NO clue where your at to check more into that side of this
if they DON"T need salt (X MINERAL) in there diet, most will ignore it, if minerals are missing or more rare, in the area your at, they might be more attracted to it
which is why I said, DON:"T expect a LOT of attraction to a SALT Block
I highly doubt ANY wild healthy animal will over dose on SALT just cause its out there
so I cannot see it ever harming them
so I see NO harm here, now if legal or not., that might be another issue, NO clue where your at to check more into that side of this
12-23-2018, 09:00 AM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Indiana
Posts: 585
I had always been told that they use the salt when they are growing antlers, not during hunting season.......Indiana does not allow any "baiting" at all. It is never illegal to put salt, or bait out. It only becomes illegal when you hunt near it.
