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Creating a destination for deer & elk

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nwwanderer:
Jut use the loose type not the block, Northwest beef from Wolfkill is a better choice than just salt/selenium.  The loose is better utilized and not packed off by bears or stolen by two legged predators.  Quite a bit of excavation can take place so pick your site with that in mind.

jackelope:
If you're on the west side, don't expect a lot of attention paid to your salt. It doesn't work as well on this side of the hill.

fishnfur:
 :yeah:
Not only that, it basically kills/sterilizes the soil where it is put down - at least for several or many years.  Trees wont grow there anymore.  Perhaps that's why the vegetation was all gone on one of the posts above - not just the elk eating everything in the area,  the alt concentrations are too high for plants to tolerate it. 

I recommend putting some thought into the location for the salt, so it will do as little harm to the area as possible.

Bango skank:
If its not too hard to pack in a few 50lb bags of the trace mineral salt do it.  I dig a hole, dump some in, put the dirt back and mix it up, then dump more salt on top.  For areas that are a real pain to hike to i just carry one or two of the little 4lb equine mineral licks and bring another each time i check the cam until there are enough built up to last a good while.  Theyre easy to pack and only $4.  Ive noticed that mineral sites become more popular after a year or two of being established.  More animals have had time to find them, and the little baby critters that were following mama to the minerals remember where they are.

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