Camera Bait

[Transka]

400 your still bragging about that purchase!

[400out]

400 your still bragging about that purchase!

well yeah! I would have more in stock if you didn't end up with some   

[Maverick]

holy cow! did i miss hearing about a cabelas robbery or something?   

[jackelope]

As "Hunterrcc" recommends, use loose salt.  Trace mineral type from a feed store.  It will be red or reddish brown just like the Block salt.  Don't really need to worry about keeping it dry.  Deer and Elk will come and lick at dirt.  I've had some spots for several years and always see activity in the spring at my old sites (i.e., before I start dropping more for this season).  For deer and Elk, alfalpha cubes work great too.  Again, feed store will have weed free cubes in 40 to 50lb bags.  Easy to strap to the pack frame and haul into back country.  I also get lots of bear pics in the summer time too.

ET

Won't the alfalfa bring in rabbits if they're in your neighborhood?? You'll end up with hundreds of pictures of rabbits? Just a thought.

[huntnnw]

deercaine= buying salt at 10x the cost

[400out]

not if you buy it at 1.50 a gallon 

[huntnnw]

It actually may still be 10x the cost..take a gallon and sit it in the sun and let evaporate..I bet there is a 1lb of salt when its all said and done.I can buy trace salt 50lb for $5 and is far more beneficial than deercaine..deercaine is basically table salt

[Fishmasterdan]

I did some testing this year. All tests were done in the last 4 weeks.
Week one mineral trace. Little to no affect.
Week two. added salt blocks. Little to no affect.
Week 3 added 8 apples. Gone the first night and lots of pictures all does.
Week 4 added 12 apples. The deer are coming in eating the apples every couple of days. Have a new buck (tiny horns bulging).

My conclusion. Bait with apples in the spring for blacktails.

[bobcat]

Yes, apples are good, but at least for me, not available this time of the year. I won't have any apples until late August.

[huntnnw]

salt isnt needed yet and its also not a food like apples..when milk production ramps up and the lush green foods become available and the addition of antler growth the deer and elk need the added sodium

[Fishmasterdan]

New discovery. Possums love apples. My cheapy tasco cameras wont pick up the possums but the better Busnell video unit caught them in the act.

I put 2 cameras on one tree. The cheapy did not pick up anything while the better camera has 2 deer. 2 coyotes and some various possums.