Looking for a good mineral block...
07-09-2008, 03:47 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,282
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.
07-15-2008, 10:52 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Isle, MN
Posts: 1,469
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.
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.
07-15-2008, 11:48 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Isle, MN
Posts: 1,469
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.
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.
07-17-2008, 04:59 PM
#15
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 5
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.
07-30-2008, 10:14 PM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 122
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.
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.
07-31-2008, 07:31 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Isle, MN
Posts: 1,469
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.
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