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.

deer cane powder and 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.

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.

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.

Do you have issues with cattle running the deer off of this?

wHITETAIL iNSTITUTE 30/06 WITH PROTEIN AND oPTIMIZE. Got 1100 picks in 3 weeks 14 diff bucks!!

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.

I only use Trophy Rock.