Mineral Lick Recipe
03-11-2006, 12:04 AM
#11
Dominant Buck
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RE: Mineral Lick Recipe
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Most deer prefer protein and energy-rich foods such as browse and leafy plants, over more fibrous grasses. Mother Nature typically provides nutrients through this natural forage to SUSTAIN a deer population. But rather than merely sustaining deer, most people are interested in growing them to their maximum genetic potential. Supplemental feeding can be the difference between an average deer and the world's biggest deer. Plus supplemental feeding also helps deer live better, healthier lives.
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[ul][*]Well-fed does produce more milk of higher quality resulting in bigger fawns. [*]Well-fed fawns grow faster, stay healthier and have higher survival rates. [*]Buck fawns who receive optimal nutrition early in life will have bigger antlers. [*]Intermittent feeding will not have the same results as year-round feeding; bucks who enter a feeding program in below average condition (such as right after rut) will spend nutrition on rebuilding body tissue, not antler tissue. [*]Research has shown that consistent, year-round supplemental feeding has positive results in terms of overall health (decreased mortality, increased parasite and disease resistance), bigger body size, better milking capability, more successful breeding, and more massive antlers. [/ul]
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24% AntlerMax
16% Breeder AntlerMax
16% AntlerMax Breeder Professional Formula
20% Breeder AntlerMax
20% AntlerMax Breeder Professional Formula
16% Rut & Conditioning Feed
Trophy Mineral
AntlerMaxTM Technology:
[ul][*]Provides top buck health, allowing each animal to reach its full genetic potential for antler growth, while lowering mortality rates during the rut.
[*]Delivers top doe health, resulting in increased milk production, milk quality and overall fertility.[*]Builds strong, healthy fawns for lower mortality. [/ul]
How AntlerMaxTM Technology Works:
[ul][*]Patented Proteins - In deer, most proteins break down in the rumen (pre-stomach), decreasing their ability to support antler growth. But patented AntlerMaxTM Technology in new Deer ChowTM naturally protects these high-quality proteins from rumen breakdown. Once protected, these proteins are digested by the deer in the stomach and small intestines instead of the rumen. The result - HUGE antlers much FASTER.[*]Proprietary Trace Minerals - Optimal antler growth and overall deer health require a proper blend of minerals. That's why Purina® has done extensive studies to determine exact mineral requirements for growing antlers at various stages of development. AntlerMaxTM goes beyond protein technology to also include exact proprietary types and ratios of trace minerals necessary for building optimal antler density and strength. Plus, Purina Mills® Deer ChowTM diets are formulated regionally to adjust for mineral variations in soil and vegetation. [/ul]
Supplemental Feeding Key to Maximizing Genetic Potential
Most deer prefer protein and energy-rich foods such as browse and leafy plants, over more fibrous grasses. Mother Nature typically provides nutrients through this natural forage to SUSTAIN a deer population. But rather than merely sustaining deer, most people are interested in growing them to their maximum genetic potential. Supplemental feeding can be the difference between an average deer and the world's biggest deer. Plus supplemental feeding also helps deer live better, healthier lives.
DEER ARENOTCATTLE - they have unique nutritional requirements and feeding habits. As with every species, deer must be fed to meet their needs. Year-round supplemental feeding evens out the nutritional peaks and valleys caused by seasonal and environmental fluctuations.
Supplemental feeding has been shown to benefit all aspects of the deer's life cycle.
[ul][*]Well-fed does produce more milk of higher quality resulting in bigger fawns. [*]Well-fed fawns grow faster, stay healthier and have higher survival rates. [*]Buck fawns who receive optimal nutrition early in life will have bigger antlers. [*]Intermittent feeding will not have the same results as year-round feeding; bucks who enter a feeding program in below average condition (such as right after rut) will spend nutrition on rebuilding body tissue, not antler tissue. [*]Research has shown that consistent, year-round supplemental feeding has positive results in terms of overall health (decreased mortality, increased parasite and disease resistance), bigger body size, better milking capability, more successful breeding, and more massive antlers. [/ul]
[align=center]To contact us by phone, call 1-800-221-6398, 8-5 (CST) Monday-Friday, 8-12 Saturday.
E-mail us at [email protected].
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03-26-2006, 04:40 PM
#12
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 22
RE: Mineral Lick Recipe
Guys I had the same problem with dicalcium phosphate. I live in Tampa Florida and they have never heard of the stuff. Well I started calling every feed store and feed store supplier till I finally found it. Had to drive a half hour but I have it now.
The only part I am now missing is the rock salt. Where can you get that? I went to sams club and found salt but it is what they put in water softners. Is that the same stuff? It is says 99% natual salt and it looks like chunks of rocks. Anybody????
The only part I am now missing is the rock salt. Where can you get that? I went to sams club and found salt but it is what they put in water softners. Is that the same stuff? It is says 99% natual salt and it looks like chunks of rocks. Anybody????
03-26-2006, 07:37 PM
#13
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location:
Posts: 51
RE: Mineral Lick Recipe
Hey FLAHUNT,
I'm not going to claim to be any type of expert on rock salt, but I
don't think that is the same kind. At our Wal-Mart, there is one
certain aisle that has larger bulk items (kind of like Sams) including
pickles, ketchup, and so on....Well on that aisle, on the bottom
shelf is plain old Morton Rock Salt in a 50 lb bag. I personally
buy mine at Tractor Supply in a 50 lb bag...Rock salt, but a finer
grade....Can't believe that even your feed stores don't sell it....
Hey, what is the name of the place you finally found DiCalcium
Phosphate? More importantly, maybe the name of the company
that makes it? And exactly what is it-Maybe I can come up with
a substitute! I'm mainly trying to figure out what "part" DiCalcium
Phosphate plays in the recipe.....Is it an attractant? Or does it
actually have some beneficial purpose??
Thank you in advance and hope I could be of some help.....
I'm not going to claim to be any type of expert on rock salt, but I
don't think that is the same kind. At our Wal-Mart, there is one
certain aisle that has larger bulk items (kind of like Sams) including
pickles, ketchup, and so on....Well on that aisle, on the bottom
shelf is plain old Morton Rock Salt in a 50 lb bag. I personally
buy mine at Tractor Supply in a 50 lb bag...Rock salt, but a finer
grade....Can't believe that even your feed stores don't sell it....
Hey, what is the name of the place you finally found DiCalcium
Phosphate? More importantly, maybe the name of the company
that makes it? And exactly what is it-Maybe I can come up with
a substitute! I'm mainly trying to figure out what "part" DiCalcium
Phosphate plays in the recipe.....Is it an attractant? Or does it
actually have some beneficial purpose??
Thank you in advance and hope I could be of some help.....
03-27-2006, 08:34 AM
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Nanjemoy, MD
Posts: 998
RE: Mineral Lick Recipe
I am watching this post as I am interested in making up my own mix. I do know that deer do notseem as interested in commercial mineral mixes on my farm as on other farms that I hunt - I wonder if that is because Ilime the hell out of everything (wildlife fields and hedge rows of honeysuckle)? Keep up the flow of information.
Sideways - I sent you a pm.
-fsh
Sideways - I sent you a pm.
-fsh
03-27-2006, 04:01 PM
#15
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 22
RE: Mineral Lick Recipe
tplay,
I will look tonight on the bags and get back with you. They are sitting in my garage with trace minerals, and dry molasses awaiting distribution on our property.
I believe this was the place I picked it up at:
Lane's Feed Store
4814 Miley Road, Plant City, FL 33565
(813) 752-2004
I just went on the internet to MSN.com, found the yellow pages and looked up all the feed stores within 25 miles of me. Then I just started calling....
Supposedly it is for cattle. I guess it also can be used to make a bomb so don't be suprised if they ask you that question as well. Guess I don't look much like a person that grew up on a farm....ha ha
I will look tonight on the bags and get back with you. They are sitting in my garage with trace minerals, and dry molasses awaiting distribution on our property.
I believe this was the place I picked it up at:
Lane's Feed Store
4814 Miley Road, Plant City, FL 33565
(813) 752-2004
I just went on the internet to MSN.com, found the yellow pages and looked up all the feed stores within 25 miles of me. Then I just started calling....
Supposedly it is for cattle. I guess it also can be used to make a bomb so don't be suprised if they ask you that question as well. Guess I don't look much like a person that grew up on a farm....ha ha
03-27-2006, 06:51 PM
#16
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 22
RE: Mineral Lick Recipe
Name of product :
DCP Dicalcium Phosphate (Granular)18%
Product performance :
Auxiliary feed for livestock and especially used in layer feed and promix feed, poultry and aquatic animal. It can promote feed digestion, put on animal’s weight, raise laying rate or producing milk rate, cure diseases such as rickets, osteomalacia and anaemia etc.
Type of the products :
DCP(Granular)18%
Product specification :
In plastic woven bag with plastic lining, each containing 25kg or 50 kg. net
Name of product :
DCP Dicalcium Phosphate (Granular)18%
Product performance :
Auxiliary feed for livestock and especially used in layer feed and promix feed, poultry and aquatic animal. It can promote feed digestion, put on animal’s weight, raise laying rate or producing milk rate, cure diseases such as rickets, osteomalacia and anaemia etc.
Type of the products :
DCP(Granular)18%
Product specification :
In plastic woven bag with plastic lining, each containing 25kg or 50 kg. net
Product introduction :
【DESCRIPTION】[/align][blockquote]
LOMON brand granular Dicalcium Phosphate (DCP) is white granular particles. Easily soluble in hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, low soluble in water, almost insoluble in alcohol. The quality system accords with ISO-9002:1994[/align][/align][/blockquote]
【SPECIFICATION】[/align][/align]
Item
Index
Phosphate %
18.0
Calcium, min %
21.0
Fluorine, max %
0.16
Arsenic, max mg/kg
30
Lead, max mg/kg
30
Size(Pass 0.5mm), min %
90
[/align]Product introduction :【DESCRIPTION】[/align][blockquote]
LOMON brand granular Dicalcium Phosphate (DCP) is white granular particles. Easily soluble in hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, low soluble in water, almost insoluble in alcohol. The quality system accords with ISO-9002:1994[/align][/align][/blockquote]
【SPECIFICATION】[/align][/align]
Item
Index
Phosphate %
18.0
Calcium, min %
21.0
Fluorine, max %
0.16
Arsenic, max mg/kg
30
Lead, max mg/kg
30
Size(Pass 0.5mm), min %
90
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03-27-2006, 06:57 PM
#17
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 22
RE: Mineral Lick Recipe
I went on the web looking for information on DiCal and posted above and below some information on it. Apparently in the mixes it simply adds calcium and phosphorus to the mix in high amounts. The bag I purchased calls the stuff "DICAL 21" and was manufactured by lakeland animal nutrition. The incredients in the bag are simply monocalcium phosphate and dicalcium phosphate. So felllas just start calling them feed stores.
I pulled the statement below right off the web:
Calcium and phosphorous cannot be synthesized by the body and must be provided at adequate levels in the daily diet of animals. Their primary function is to provide structural support for the body (i.e., bones and teeth
Calcium and phosphorous cannot be synthesized by the body and must be provided at adequate levels in the daily diet of animals. Their primary function is to provide structural support for the body (i.e., bones and teeth). Typical natural animal feeds have a relatively low content of these minerals. Therefore, animal feed supplements are often utilized to meet this deficiency.
Due to low cost, one type of animal feed supplement that has been used historically is recycled animal parts. However, as has been highly publicized, this practice is suspected of transmitting "Mad-Cow" disease by sub-viral prions that are not destroyed in normal sanitization techniques. These prions pose a threat to humans as well. Animal feed supplements from phosphate rock, however, have a high biological availability and nutrient content that can safely enhance feed formulations without the risk of prion transmission.
). Typical natural animal feeds have a relatively low content of these minerals. Therefore, animal feed supplements are often utilized to meet this deficiency.
Due to low cost, one type of animal feed supplement that has been used historically is recycled animal parts. However, as has been highly publicized, this practice is suspected of transmitting "Mad-Cow" disease by sub-viral prions that are not destroyed in normal sanitization techniques. These prions pose a threat to humans as well. Animal feed supplements from phosphate rock, however, have a high biological availability and nutrient content that can safely enhance feed formulations without the risk of prion transmission.
I pulled the statement below right off the web:
Calcium and phosphorous cannot be synthesized by the body and must be provided at adequate levels in the daily diet of animals. Their primary function is to provide structural support for the body (i.e., bones and teeth
Calcium and phosphorous cannot be synthesized by the body and must be provided at adequate levels in the daily diet of animals. Their primary function is to provide structural support for the body (i.e., bones and teeth). Typical natural animal feeds have a relatively low content of these minerals. Therefore, animal feed supplements are often utilized to meet this deficiency.
Due to low cost, one type of animal feed supplement that has been used historically is recycled animal parts. However, as has been highly publicized, this practice is suspected of transmitting "Mad-Cow" disease by sub-viral prions that are not destroyed in normal sanitization techniques. These prions pose a threat to humans as well. Animal feed supplements from phosphate rock, however, have a high biological availability and nutrient content that can safely enhance feed formulations without the risk of prion transmission.
). Typical natural animal feeds have a relatively low content of these minerals. Therefore, animal feed supplements are often utilized to meet this deficiency.
Due to low cost, one type of animal feed supplement that has been used historically is recycled animal parts. However, as has been highly publicized, this practice is suspected of transmitting "Mad-Cow" disease by sub-viral prions that are not destroyed in normal sanitization techniques. These prions pose a threat to humans as well. Animal feed supplements from phosphate rock, however, have a high biological availability and nutrient content that can safely enhance feed formulations without the risk of prion transmission.
03-27-2006, 07:01 PM
#18
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 22
RE: Mineral Lick Recipe
I also found the rock salt at a location near my property. Of course the fla location had no idea what rock salt was. They told me the only salt they carried was for water softners.....gee sound familiar. Thanks for the help!!
03-27-2006, 08:42 PM
#19
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location:
Posts: 51
RE: Mineral Lick Recipe
Wow Flahunt, been doing a little homework? I truly appreciate all your
efforts and the information-That's stuff I can use. Here is how I think:
I love to experiment....If I'm planting food plots, I try "mixes" side by side
and also note the "types" and "species" of seeds in the mixes....I then buy
those same type seeds "individually" much cheaper and make my own mix
to see the results....
So, I do the same with minerals. fshafly2, I hear you loud and clear. I've
always heard, and believe, that deer will only "use" minerals when and if
needed.....My deer herd seems very healthy and my bucks have nice racks, but just always experimenting and trying to take it to another level.
For what it is worth, I also plant food plots, honeysuckle, fruit trees, berry
bushes, feed year round, and fertilize native species such as oak trees and so on.
Now, I'm not a cattle specialist and I obviously know that deer are NOT
cattle or horses. But, if "pasture mineral" or "general purpose mineral" has the same "minerals" (like the same seeds in a food plot), and my "mix" is
cheaper, then is my "mineral mix" not as beneficial because it doesn't have
a deer picture or cost 10 times as much?? Just food for thought!
I put out a "mineral mix" two weeks ago, along with cameras, that contained dry molasses, rock salt, and minerals....Will let you know
how it turns out!
One more question....Trace minerals?? Do your bags actually say
trace minerals?? Can you also give me the break down of the contents
and percentages those?? Thank you again.....
efforts and the information-That's stuff I can use. Here is how I think:
I love to experiment....If I'm planting food plots, I try "mixes" side by side
and also note the "types" and "species" of seeds in the mixes....I then buy
those same type seeds "individually" much cheaper and make my own mix
to see the results....
So, I do the same with minerals. fshafly2, I hear you loud and clear. I've
always heard, and believe, that deer will only "use" minerals when and if
needed.....My deer herd seems very healthy and my bucks have nice racks, but just always experimenting and trying to take it to another level.
For what it is worth, I also plant food plots, honeysuckle, fruit trees, berry
bushes, feed year round, and fertilize native species such as oak trees and so on.
Now, I'm not a cattle specialist and I obviously know that deer are NOT
cattle or horses. But, if "pasture mineral" or "general purpose mineral" has the same "minerals" (like the same seeds in a food plot), and my "mix" is
cheaper, then is my "mineral mix" not as beneficial because it doesn't have
a deer picture or cost 10 times as much?? Just food for thought!
I put out a "mineral mix" two weeks ago, along with cameras, that contained dry molasses, rock salt, and minerals....Will let you know
how it turns out!
One more question....Trace minerals?? Do your bags actually say
trace minerals?? Can you also give me the break down of the contents
and percentages those?? Thank you again.....
03-28-2006, 06:04 AM
#20
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 22
RE: Mineral Lick Recipe
I picked up my minerals at tractor supply. They are range minerals for catttle. It has all the incredients and mineral quantities on a tag that I compared to the commercial brands and it was superior in most instances. TSC has two different varieties and I picked the one with the most selenium, for in my reading that is also an important mineral.
