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Re: Deer licks
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2013, 09:36:16 PM »
I dont anyone is using corn as a lick? also wet cob as very little corn in it

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Re: Deer licks
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2013, 08:12:54 AM »
whats selenium?

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Re: Deer licks
« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2013, 08:27:30 AM »
Trace mineral that is essential in small dose.....to much and it is toxic.....you can google it and read up until your eyes bug out.

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Re: Deer licks
« Reply #19 on: April 09, 2013, 10:36:00 AM »
What are all these deer farms on tv feeding their deer to become crazy sized? Steroids?

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Re: Deer licks
« Reply #20 on: April 09, 2013, 10:21:48 PM »
Deer will not over consume what they dont need from a lick..some of these post make it out as if a dumptruck of twinkies being put in front of fat kid :chuckle:  Ive used licks extensivley over 15 years and monitored their activity. Its the same reason that licks go almost dormant from mid to late July till almost April! its because the deer are not needing the added benefits or lacking the necasssary vitamins or minerals of a lick site. Its also the same reason that  some areas we do licks the deer dont hit them as much as an area 50 mi away..they get it in the browse/food they consume.

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Re: Deer licks
« Reply #21 on: April 09, 2013, 10:59:24 PM »
I disagree with the feeding of corn to some point, yes its bad to throw out corn in area that doesnt normally have corn in the dead of winter and the deer are in a starving mode already. Yes corn is hard to digest with just about every animal including humans. Dont tell me corn is bad when animals are acustomed to having it their whole life, some areas deer rely on it, u talk about hunting personalities doing a diservice to the herd they hunt by leaving standing corn? what if they cut it all down and now food was hard to find? they used the corn as cover from hunters and predators? Also the property ownership and pressure over in the mid west is nothing like here trying to manage the herd and let deer mature is not letting them wander around to surrounding properties to only get shot. Somehow this corn is just atrocious on  deer over there as they are regualary tiping the scales over 225 lbs and many bucks harvested every year over 200"!

 We have a area in stevens county that is new to growing large amounts of corn and there is litteraly 500 deer in this area every year gorging on corn in the winter..with almost 0 winter mortality

 


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