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

[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