Roosevelt elk "bait" , or attractant.

[MADMAX]

Alright after the beaver attracting tool.
One more tip.
Take woman's once a month products.....used....save them till season ,hang them down the trail you want the biggest bull to go down.
Bingo/bango
Bull down.
I have heard of this before,but never tried it.
Up to you.

Id hate to pass by your stand 🤪
Itd be like WTF is up with a bunch of used mice on strings hanging ?

[grundy53]

Salt won’t work. Even out here more inland it doesn’t work. I’ve used salt in e-wa and gotten thousands of pics. Tried it here and almost got zero pics. Apples work but they go through them fast. They like pumpkins but no pumpkins this time of year.

Wierd. I've had the best luck with salt. I use trace minerals with selenium since I'm in a hoof rot area. They pound it. The only problem is the quit hitting it around August when the bulls get hard horned. The cows quit using it when their calves ween. So late summer to winter they don't use it much. Winter to August they can't get enough.

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[jackelope]

Salt won’t work. Even out here more inland it doesn’t work. I’ve used salt in e-wa and gotten thousands of pics. Tried it here and almost got zero pics. Apples work but they go through them fast. They like pumpkins but no pumpkins this time of year.

Wierd. I've had the best luck with salt. I use trace minerals with selenium since I'm in a hoof rot area. They pound it. The only problem is the quit hitting it around August when the bulls get hard horned. The cows quit using it when their calves ween. So late summer to winter they don't use it much. Winter to August they can't get enough.

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I used the same type of salt as you. Nada.
Also saw the same results as you with the salt and the bulls losing velvet and then losing interest in the salt.

I guess I shouldn't have said "salt won't work" because it clearly works for some people. I've got a couple buddies who have had the same result as me with it on the west side.

[Ricochet]

Controlled studies have shown elk and deer use salt licks mostly while feeding on lush vegetation i.e. spring and early summer. Disease transmission is always a concern when you concentrate animals with artificial feeding or salt and with CWD spreading in the west, I won't be doing it anymore.

[idaho guy]

Controlled studies have shown elk and deer use salt licks mostly while feeding on lush vegetation i.e. spring and early summer. Disease transmission is always a concern when you concentrate animals with artificial feeding or salt and with CWD spreading in the west, I won't be doing it anymore.

I have read this too but it doesn’t make sense to me. Elk  are concentrated most of the time. I have seen herds of 100 plus elk together? During rut a herd bull has a bunch of cows with at least a few satellites running around?  I rarely see one elk all by itself. I don’t get how a salt lick would lead to them being more concentrated. To each there own 👍

[emac]

Controlled studies have shown elk and deer use salt licks mostly while feeding on lush vegetation i.e. spring and early summer. Disease transmission is always a concern when you concentrate animals with artificial feeding or salt and with CWD spreading in the west, I won't be doing it anymore.

I have read this too but it doesn’t make sense to me. Elk  are concentrated most of the time. I have seen herds of 100 plus elk together? During rut a herd bull has a bunch of cows with at least a few satellites running around?  I rarely see one elk all by itself. I don’t get how a salt lick would lead to them being more concentrated. To each there own

This is spot on.  It kinda of like covid you are going to get it or not.  Cwd in elk is going happen or not they always live in herds.  Same with mule deer they are always more than likely bunched up.  Whitetail aren't that way as they run in smaller groups.  I do not believe salt licks would have any effect on cwd.  Sounds like a commission statement to get the general public to ban it.

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[hunter399]

You have to establish a salt or mineral site.
It takes time for them to find it. There are tricks and tips that can go with ,where to put it with terrain ,game trails and such.
The most important,you can't put it out opening day and expect results ,it doesn't work that way.
I have some spots that I've been dropping salt for 5+ years.

If your gonna use salt this late in the year.
Get it in there asap.
On a trail that has fresh Elk tracks from yesterday.
That's my advise.
I have some other tricks,but those are stuff my kids and brothers only know.

[hunter399]

Alright after the beaver attracting tool.
One more tip.
Take woman's once a month products.....used....save them till season ,hang them down the trail you want the biggest bull to go down.
Bingo/bango
Bull down.
I have heard of this before,but never tried it.
Up to you.

Id hate to pass by your stand 🤪
Itd be like WTF is up with a bunch of used mice on strings hanging ?

Old timer told it to me ,not sure if he was pulling my leg or what.
But he said it worked for WT deer .

[buckfvr]

Controlled studies have shown elk and deer use salt licks mostly while feeding on lush vegetation i.e. spring and early summer. Disease transmission is always a concern when you concentrate animals with artificial feeding or salt and with CWD spreading in the west, I won't be doing it anymore.

What about the mineral tubs the cattle guys put out on their grazing leases that get hammered by deer/elk/moose as well as cows ?  What about the concentrations of deer/elk that flood the areas cattle guys roll out bales for their cows ?  Deer always clean up after cows all winter here anyway.

Studies are agenda driven, lets not forget that.

[hunter399]

Controlled studies have shown elk and deer use salt licks mostly while feeding on lush vegetation i.e. spring and early summer. Disease transmission is always a concern when you concentrate animals with artificial feeding or salt and with CWD spreading in the west, I won't be doing it anymore.

What about the mineral tubs the cattle guys put out on their grazing leases that get hammered by deer/elk/moose as well as cows ?  What about the concentrations of deer/elk that flood the areas cattle guys roll out bales for their cows ?  Deer always clean up after cows all winter here anyway.

Studies are agenda driven, lets not forget that.

Yup totally agree.
Deer and elk always clean up after livestock .
Never hurt them before.

[gee_unit360]

Deer Cocaine black magic. You won’t be disappointed

[Ricochet]

Controlled studies have shown elk and deer use salt licks mostly while feeding on lush vegetation i.e. spring and early summer. Disease transmission is always a concern when you concentrate animals with artificial feeding or salt and with CWD spreading in the west, I won't be doing it anymore.

What about the mineral tubs the cattle guys put out on their grazing leases that get hammered by deer/elk/moose as well as cows ?  What about the concentrations of deer/elk that flood the areas cattle guys roll out bales for their cows ?  Deer always clean up after cows all winter here anyway.

Studies are agenda driven, lets not forget that.

Yup totally agree.
Deer and elk always clean up after livestock .
Never hurt them before.

Never had CWD as a threat before. In the past I've placed tons, yes tons, of salt in the woods of western Oregon. It would be hammered in late spring/early summer but would be mostly abandoned by fall. It just wasn't worth the effort for the dubious benefit and not worth the risk of starting a disease outbreak.

[spin05]

Salt blocks and apples been working for years.   You can try the deer blocks but the elk prefer salt

How much success have you had with salt blocks on the coast?

Ive used the salt blocks back when i hunted Nemah area.  I hear you on the apples.  ya got to have a good supply and its alot of work.  But i know a camp in St Helens thats starts in with the apples in august and keeps it going right threw the season. they actually hunt over the apples from stands and do quite well. 

[huntnnw]

Deer Cocaine black magic. You won’t be disappointed

marketing gimmick to lure in hunters and charge tons of money for sodium. What the elk and deer want in that product is plain and simple its the salt(sodium) go to the feed store and buy a 50lb bag for $9 and achieve the same thing

[hunter399]

Deer Cocaine black magic. You won’t be disappointed

marketing gimmick to lure in hunters and charge tons of money for sodium. What the elk and deer want in that product is plain and simple its the salt(sodium) go to the feed store and buy a 50lb bag for $9 and achieve the same thing

Yup
Totally agree
A lot of hype ,my opinion better stuff at the feed store for the price.