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LKNCHOPPERS 07-09-2008 03:47 PM
RE: Looking for a good mineral block...
 
I usually buy the blocks from Tractor Supply. They have deer blocks and livestock blocks. They have all the minerals listed and calcium content. They are 50# blocks and cost $7-$9 depending on which one you get and last a long time.

bowmanaj 07-11-2008 04:10 PM
RE: Looking for a good mineral block...
 
deer cane powder and block

RackLuster 07-15-2008 10:52 AM
RE: Looking for a good mineral block...
 
i did a little experiment last year. I put out a 50# salt block ($4), 50# apple/mineral block ($18) and deer cane ($10). I put them a couple feet away from each other and put a camera over them. salt blew the other two away by leaps and bounds. the deer cane was 2nd and would be worth the money. the mineral block was terrible. i got more cow pictures then deerand i never got a cow picture before that in my 8 years of using trail cams! the deer cane worked ok but it wasn't used as much as the salt and needed be refreshed when the salt block had about 20#s left. so, for my money, you can't beat just plain salt.

that said, i'm going to redo my experiment w/ the home brew mineral lick mentioned earlier, trophy rock and salt this year. we'll see which comes out ahead.

RackLuster 07-15-2008 11:48 AM
RE: Looking for a good mineral block...
 
ORIGINAL: buckmaster

You can make your own, It's cheaper in accordiance to volume,it works better, and it attracts better, though Ive never used a trophy rock... I had a 8 pointer in my mineral site 3 hours after making it.

Ingredients:

2part Trace minerals
1part Dicalcium Phosphate
1part Rock Salt.

My results were unreal, Ive had over 1000 pics already this summer.
just got back from the farm store. trace minerals $6, salt $5, dicalcium phosphate $26! A lot better then buying name brand minerals/blocks but that stuff was quite a bit more money then I thought it would be.

Frogy 07-17-2008 04:59 PM
RE: Looking for a good mineral block...
 
Been using Trophy Rock with fair results, (40-60) pictures a week. Then I thought I had to try something different and put some Lucky Buck out about 3 weeks ago and they have nothing to do with it! Hopeing they have to get used to the smell and will return soon.

bigcountryok 07-30-2008 10:14 PM
RE: Looking for a good mineral block...
 
ORIGINAL: buckmaster

You can make your own, It's cheaper in accordiance to volume,it works better, and it attracts better, though Ive never used a trophy rock... I had a 8 pointer in my mineral site 3 hours after making it.

Ingredients:

2part Trace minerals
1part Dicalcium Phosphate
1part Rock Salt.

My results were unreal, Ive had over 1000 pics already this summer.
Do you have issues with cattle running the deer off of this?

kocky22 07-31-2008 05:10 AM
RE: Looking for a good mineral block...
 
wHITETAIL iNSTITUTE 30/06 WITH PROTEIN AND oPTIMIZE. Got 1100 picks in 3 weeks 14 diff bucks!!

RackLuster 07-31-2008 07:31 AM
RE: Looking for a good mineral block...
 
ok, i've had trophy rock, 50# salt block, and the home brew mineral lick mentioned above in front of a camera for about 1 1/2 weeks. the salt block is kicking butt again. probably 15 pictures for salt, 1 for home brew mineral, and 2 for trophy rock. i'm sticking with salt.

Bob S 08-01-2008 04:07 PM
RE: Looking for a good mineral block...
 
I only use Trophy Rock.


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