I put out a small salt/mineral lick. consisted of a 50# bag a trace, a couple small salt blocks, a couple small apple blocks. Dug up the area mixed it with the dirt, and made it about a 5' patch 5-6" deep. Put the cam on it and have deer coming into it sniff around and leave the area.
Due to some heavy rains and this particular area flooding from the creek nearby do you think this may have anything to do with them not being so interested, the lick is still very visible with trace apleanty. I would think it would be nothing different than a few days of heavy rain.
I see on some posts it mentions deer arent really attracted to these until late April, could these be the case?
Just looking for suggestions as this is my first "real" lick besides just sticking a big block on the ground.

Thanks

Most of the activity I have had on licks is usually in the hotter times of the year. Just give it a couple of more weeks and see if they take to it. Are there other nearby licks that they use also?

Sometimes deer are funny about mineral licks. In the past I had used a mineral lick of the same exact mix in 2 different locations. The locations were 80 miles apart. 1 location the mix was torn up, and I was getting more pics than I could keep track of. The 2nd location deer hardly touched it, and that one was located next to a good deer run. I think alot of it depends on what the deer have for food sources in the area, and what their systems need. For example if there's a natural salt spot they may not use a mineral sight as much.

No, there arent any other licks around for a few miles that I know of.
We'll see what happens thenin the upcoming weeks.

Thanks to both of you.

Has green up really taking place yet in WI.? The only reason deer hit salt/mineral licks is because when they eat lush green vegetation their potassium levels rise, the more their potassium levels increase the more sodium (salt) their bodies need to counter balance their potassium levels. This is the same reason why deer stop using licks/blocks around mid sept. when leaves, grasses, Ag. crops etc. start to turn brown and die. Over the next couple weeks you should start to see traffic around your mineral site increase. Pike