In possession of 20lbs of narcotics or so, headed to the game cam's.

[Biggerhammer]

 

Out of everything I have used, this stuff makes Mulies crazy. They have dug big holes in the dirt once the block is gone.

[Wazukie]

Yup, that stuff works great, around here, the elk can not leave it alone

[Austrian Hunter]

What is it? Salt or some sort of a candy??? 

[vandeman17]

I put that out along with my normal salt and had deer at it almost every day. Works pretty well

[Austrian Hunter]

ok, so its a beneficial mineral lick    Is there such thing as Elk cain 

[Smossy]

Do those bring animals to the area? Or do they just keep currently already established animals around longer?

[Wazukie]

Once the deer, and Elk, find it, they wont leave it alone.

[vandeman17]

Do those bring animals to the area? Or do they just keep currently already established animals around longer?

It is tough to say but I believe they can smell it from a little ways away but mostly it is good to keep them in the area once they are there. My bait stations, especially for elk, will get hit on a daily basis almost all summer. In one spot last year I would get 3000-4000 pics every couple weeks. 

[Smossy]

Do those bring animals to the area? Or do they just keep currently already established animals around longer?

It is tough to say but I believe they can smell it from a little ways away but mostly it is good to keep them in the area once they are there. My bait stations, especially for elk, will get hit on a daily basis almost all summer. In one spot last year I would get 3000-4000 pics every couple weeks. 

Wow, impressive. I leave my trail cam hooked to a tree in the back yard for weeks on end and Im lucky to get 1 photo of a bird or cat Still havent decided when/where I want to start scouting or setting cams to hunt. Seems to be the hardest thing of it all for me

[vandeman17]

Do those bring animals to the area? Or do they just keep currently already established animals around longer?

It is tough to say but I believe they can smell it from a little ways away but mostly it is good to keep them in the area once they are there. My bait stations, especially for elk, will get hit on a daily basis almost all summer. In one spot last year I would get 3000-4000 pics every couple weeks. 

Wow, impressive. I leave my trail cam hooked to a tree in the back yard for weeks on end and Im lucky to get 1 photo of a bird or cat Still havent decided when/where I want to start scouting or setting cams to hunt. Seems to be the hardest thing of it all for me

You seem like a really hard worker and someone who is really motivated to learn about hunting. If you are ever over on the eastside and want to get out and hang some cameras or go scouting let me know. I would be more then happy to get ya out and about. 

[bowhunterforever]

Never tried deer can but after reading this I just might have to.

[Smossy]

Do those bring animals to the area? Or do they just keep currently already established animals around longer?

It is tough to say but I believe they can smell it from a little ways away but mostly it is good to keep them in the area once they are there. My bait stations, especially for elk, will get hit on a daily basis almost all summer. In one spot last year I would get 3000-4000 pics every couple weeks. 

Wow, impressive. I leave my trail cam hooked to a tree in the back yard for weeks on end and Im lucky to get 1 photo of a bird or cat Still havent decided when/where I want to start scouting or setting cams to hunt. Seems to be the hardest thing of it all for me

You seem like a really hard worker and someone who is really motivated to learn about hunting. If you are ever over on the eastside and want to get out and hang some cameras or go scouting let me know. I would be more then happy to get ya out and about. 

Would be fun. I don't quite call being unemployed and hanging camera's from trees in your backyard hard working though haha Naw really. I just don't have anyone besides you guys to tell me right or wrong or one thing from another. No family. No friends really, I tend to keep it that way. Makes life alittle easier. Atleast for now, everyone I knew just does drugs and drinks and that's all they care about. Not the lifestyle for me anymore. All I need is my girl, my moms, and the random good people that I meet on here Maybe well make a camping trip out that way one weekend or so and take you up on that offer.

[vandeman17]

Do those bring animals to the area? Or do they just keep currently already established animals around longer?

It is tough to say but I believe they can smell it from a little ways away but mostly it is good to keep them in the area once they are there. My bait stations, especially for elk, will get hit on a daily basis almost all summer. In one spot last year I would get 3000-4000 pics every couple weeks. 

Wow, impressive. I leave my trail cam hooked to a tree in the back yard for weeks on end and Im lucky to get 1 photo of a bird or cat Still havent decided when/where I want to start scouting or setting cams to hunt. Seems to be the hardest thing of it all for me

You seem like a really hard worker and someone who is really motivated to learn about hunting. If you are ever over on the eastside and want to get out and hang some cameras or go scouting let me know. I would be more then happy to get ya out and about. 

Would be fun. I don't quite call being unemployed and hanging camera's from trees in your backyard hard working though haha Naw really. I just don't have anyone besides you guys to tell me right or wrong or one thing from another. No family. No friends really, I tend to keep it that way. Makes life alittle easier. Atleast for now, everyone I knew just does drugs and drinks and that's all they care about. Not the lifestyle for me anymore. All I need is my girl, my moms, and the random good people that I meet on here Maybe well make a camping trip out that way one weekend or so and take you up on that offer.

Works for me. I never mind an excuse to get out in the woods. 

[Biggerhammer]

I've tried a bunch of the other blocks, some larger, some smaller. Some a whole lot heavier and speedier. The Mulies just go crazy for theses 4 pound or so Deer Co Cain blocks. Like mentioned earlier, the deer hit them daily. I had 4 or 5 Mulies on a salt like on the property last spring. I put one of these out and within a week we had 10 plus bucks hitting it daily. Some bucks hit it two and three times a day.

It was non stop until everything went dead for about two weeks , when the bucks showed back up they were all out of velvet and hard horned.

[Smossy]

Ok another question that might not get very happy responses, But just out of curiosity. Are those legal to hunt over?
When would you swap it out with different minerals? I read some people switch them out during different months based on needs of the animals.

[lucky33]

I dumped a bunch of deer koke a couple years back and they tore the place up and peed all over everything, they just love it.  It was late september, so aways from the rut.  I watched a good buck pee all over the mineral site and paw away at everything.    

[vandeman17]

Ok another question that might not get very happy responses, But just out of curiosity. Are those legal to hunt over?
When would you swap it out with different minerals? I read some people switch them out during different months based on needs of the animals.

They are legal to hunt over and will work most the year. As I get later in the year and closer to winter then you can switch to apples, cob, hay, alfalfa etc.

[Old Man Yager]

Do those bring animals to the area? Or do they just keep currently already established animals around longer?

It is tough to say but I believe they can smell it from a little ways away but mostly it is good to keep them in the area once they are there. My bait stations, especially for elk, will get hit on a daily basis almost all summer. In one spot last year I would get 3000-4000 pics every couple weeks. 

Wow, impressive. I leave my trail cam hooked to a tree in the back yard for weeks on end and Im lucky to get 1 photo of a bird or cat Still havent decided when/where I want to start scouting or setting cams to hunt. Seems to be the hardest thing of it all for me

You seem like a really hard worker and someone who is really motivated to learn about hunting. If you are ever over on the eastside and want to get out and hang some cameras or go scouting let me know. I would be more then happy to get ya out and about. 

Would be fun. I don't quite call being unemployed and hanging camera's from trees in your backyard hard working though haha Naw really. I just don't have anyone besides you guys to tell me right or wrong or one thing from another. No family. No friends really, I tend to keep it that way. Makes life alittle easier. Atleast for now, everyone I knew just does drugs and drinks and that's all they care about. Not the lifestyle for me anymore. All I need is my girl, my moms, and the random good people that I meet on here Maybe well make a camping trip out that way one weekend or so and take you up on that offer.

Smossy, you are on the right path, stay on it!! Time to get my preach on, The wide path is easy and leads to destruction, the narrow path is hard, but will lead you to great rewards.

[antlerking]

Sweet I hope u get some good bucks coming in up there on badger mt. We have some good bucks on our property up there.

[Smossy]

Do those bring animals to the area? Or do they just keep currently already established animals around longer?

It is tough to say but I believe they can smell it from a little ways away but mostly it is good to keep them in the area once they are there. My bait stations, especially for elk, will get hit on a daily basis almost all summer. In one spot last year I would get 3000-4000 pics every couple weeks. 

Wow, impressive. I leave my trail cam hooked to a tree in the back yard for weeks on end and Im lucky to get 1 photo of a bird or cat Still havent decided when/where I want to start scouting or setting cams to hunt. Seems to be the hardest thing of it all for me

You seem like a really hard worker and someone who is really motivated to learn about hunting. If you are ever over on the eastside and want to get out and hang some cameras or go scouting let me know. I would be more then happy to get ya out and about. 

Would be fun. I don't quite call being unemployed and hanging camera's from trees in your backyard hard working though haha Naw really. I just don't have anyone besides you guys to tell me right or wrong or one thing from another. No family. No friends really, I tend to keep it that way. Makes life alittle easier. Atleast for now, everyone I knew just does drugs and drinks and that's all they care about. Not the lifestyle for me anymore. All I need is my girl, my moms, and the random good people that I meet on here Maybe well make a camping trip out that way one weekend or so and take you up on that offer.

Smossy, you are on the right path, stay on it!! Time to get my preach on, The wide path is easy and leads to destruction, the narrow path is hard, but will lead you to great rewards.

True story!

[Smossy]

Ok another question that might not get very happy responses, But just out of curiosity. Are those legal to hunt over?
When would you swap it out with different minerals? I read some people switch them out during different months based on needs of the animals.

They are legal to hunt over and will work most the year. As I get later in the year and closer to winter then you can switch to apples, cob, hay, alfalfa etc.

What do you guys usually do? Bring them to the area, set up tree stands? Blinds? Sit around then spot and stalk the biggest one?

[Austrian Hunter]

Ok another question that might not get very happy responses, But just out of curiosity. Are those legal to hunt over?
When would you swap it out with different minerals? I read some people switch them out during different months based on needs of the animals.

Yes Smossy,
You can hunt and bait Elk and Deer.  Not everyone's cup of tea but it's totally legal.  It is very common to bait under the stands and hunt out of them.  It seems a lot easier than it actually is. 

[Smossy]

Ok another question that might not get very happy responses, But just out of curiosity. Are those legal to hunt over?
When would you swap it out with different minerals? I read some people switch them out during different months based on needs of the animals.

Yes Smossy,
You can hunt and bait Elk and Deer.  Not everyone's cup of tea but it's totally legal.  It is very common to bait under the stands and hunt out of them.  It seems a lot easier than it actually is. 

Im just trying to figure all this out is all. How else would you use the bait, Just to see if there's animals in the area or what? Then where would you go from there if you didn't want to hunt a stand?

[bowhunterforever]

Ok another question that might not get very happy responses, But just out of curiosity. Are those legal to hunt over?
When would you swap it out with different minerals? I read some people switch them out during different months based on needs of the animals.

   
Yes Smossy,
You can hunt and bait Elk and Deer.  Not everyone's cup of tea but it's totally legal.  It is very common to bait under the stands and hunt out of them.  It seems a lot easier than it actually is.

Baiting them to hunt them is defenetliy is  not easy, tons of work.

[billythekidrock]

Ok another question that might not get very happy responses, But just out of curiosity. Are those legal to hunt over?
When would you swap it out with different minerals? I read some people switch them out during different months based on needs of the animals.

Yes Smossy,
You can hunt and bait Elk and Deer.  Not everyone's cup of tea but it's totally legal.  It is very common to bait under the stands and hunt out of them.  It seems a lot easier than it actually is. 

Im just trying to figure all this out is all. How else would you use the bait, Just to see if there's animals in the area or what? Then where would you go from there if you didn't want to hunt a stand?

You could still hunt through the travel/feeding area.

[BsB]

The NSA will have a hay day with this thread. So much code speak and such...

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[Biggerhammer]

The NSA will have a hay day with this thread. So much code speak and such...

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Ha! The hardest part about getting it was funding the submersible boat!

[sled]

Looking Forward To Pics.

[huntnnw]

and for $8 u can buy trace salt with selenium and 50lbs..same, but better

[Biggerhammer]

and for $8 u can buy trace salt with selenium and 50lbs..same, but better

I had put the Deer Cain block out but had noticed further to the right of the block the deer were digging a hole. It was getting deeper and deeper every day. I hadn't put anything there and hadn't paid attention to it over last fall and winter because I didn't even hunt the property. I shot a buck I had been watching on state land but there had to have been something there for them to be digging like that and ignoring the deer Cain block. So I called the only guy we let archery hunt it and he informed me he had put a small red block of trace/ salt minerals from the feed store there. It had dissolved over the winter and they were eating the mineral soaked dirt. So I ran down to the feed store today and picked up a dozen, way cheap 2.00 each. I just took a couple down and set them out in front of the camera. We will see what shows up.

[vandeman17]

and for $8 u can buy trace salt with selenium and 50lbs..same, but better

I had put the Deer Cain block out but had noticed further to the right of the block the deer were digging a hole. It was getting deeper and deeper every day. I hadn't put anything there and hadn't paid attention to it over last fall and winter because I didn't even hunt the property. I shot a buck I had been watching on state land but there had to have been something there for them to be digging like that and ignoring the deer Cain block. So I called the only guy we let archery hunt it and he informed me he had put a small red block of trace/ salt minerals from the feed store there. It had dissolved over the winter and they were eating the mineral soaked dirt. So I ran down to the feed store today and picked up a dozen, way cheap 2.00 each. I just took a couple down and set them out in front of the camera. We will see what shows up.

I too buy the 50# bag for about 8 bucks. It is a bit of a pain to pack into some of the spots I put my cameras but it will last a while. One thing I don't like about the Deer Cain is that it is bright white. If somebody is walking around then it stands out way more then the light reddish brown of the trace salt. 

[BULLBLASTER]

I use the red trace mineral salt also. It works killer. One spot the animals have gone through 100+ lb so.far this.summer. at $6 for a 50# bag it is.cheap too!

[vandeman17]

I went through probably 4-5 bags last year in two elk spots. In one spot, there was maybe a two foot circle of open dirt and then sparse grass and weeds around it. I spread out the salt and over the course of the summer and early fall, they cleared the spot probably 25x25 feet circle without a hint of anything growing. They also dug some pretty good holes and tore everything up!

[Biggerhammer]

Where do I purchase it, what brand or what exactly is it called? Is it like in rock salt form?

This is what I found, I would like to just get it in the bag.

[Axle]

I would assume bears would pack off the blocks. Anyone experience that yet? 

[BULLBLASTER]

Hammer that looks like the same.stuff and brand. I get the bags at big r here in Spokane. The bags of loose salt seem.to attract more critters for me than the blocks... not sure why.

[Biggerhammer]

Hammer that looks like the same.stuff and brand. I get the bags at big r here in Spokane. The bags of loose salt seem.to attract more critters for me than the blocks... not sure why.

Great, thanks. I'll run down and see if I can't get a couple bags today.

[vandeman17]

Agreed. I get mine at Coastal Farm and ranch. Pretty much any feed store should have it available

[Biggerhammer]

I picked up two 50lb bags, how much of this stuff should I dump at each camera site? Do I pile it up or spread it out a bit? Never used the powdered stuff, only the blocks.

[jrebel]

I picked up two 50lb bags, how much of this stuff should I dump at each camera site? Do I pile it up or spread it out a bit? Never used the powdered stuff, only the blocks.

If you have an old rotten stump dump it over that.  If you don't pile it at the base of a tree.  If you don't have that just make a pile.  I pile 50 lb bags per site and the deer love it.  I also make sure I buy the trace mineral with selenium....the deer / elk love and benefit from the selenium.

Depending on the soil once you poor a bag it will be in the soil forever and the deer will eat the dirt.  They will literally eat a crater in the earth.  If the soil is clay it will last forever if it is sand you will have to reapply every year and possible twice a year depending on the number of deer coming in. 

[Biggerhammer]

Thanks! That's what I picked up, the trace mineral with selenium.

[dscubame]

I would assume bears would pack off the blocks. Anyone experience that yet? 

Absolutely.  Granular or the 20lb block I use to avoid bears taking off with the brick size.

[Jingles]

Guess I'm a glutton for punishment as I buy the 50 pound blocks. Some get packed in on Mules and some times the back pack along with a gallon of molasses