salt lick

[SHANE(WA)]

 Dumped 50 lbs of salt 2 years ago in a spot in Stevens county where I have seen alot of muleys, plan was to hang a cam on it and see what hit it, never did, got side tracked or outta time. Over this past weekend I went up and looked at it,it rained the evening before, we were camped 100 yards away and deer must of been on it. needless to say I will be hangin a cam, look at the lower center  deer track its huge.

[SHANE(WA)]

I would expect much more damage here with elk being around and whitetails, only seen one whitey up here in 4 yrs and never a sign of elk, talked to many locals and never seen a elk either, pretty weird looks like excellent habitat, but expected for WA lots of great country and absent of game animals. I dumped 600 lbs over 2 yrs on a spot on MIca, for elk, would love to see what that looks like now been 7 yrs since I was able to get there, closed the roads, way too far to walk

[jackelope]

honest question here....why would you dump 600lbs of salt in one spot somewhere in the middle of the woods?

[TeacherMan]

honest question here....why would you dump 600lbs of salt in one spot somewhere in the middle of the woods?

 

[bowhunterforever]

Dang shane that lick is tore up, you better get a cam up soon. Is it all deer tracks there or is there some elk and moose tracks too? What kind of salt do you use, trace mineral salt with soleium or someting else?

[WASHBCBOOK]

SALT AND MORE SALT ELK LOVE SALT ALSO

[Elkslayer]

Dang Shane! I think I know where that is. Now you got me thinking im gonna have to go see if its the same spot.

[SHANE(WA)]

Elk love salt, that spot will have elk and other animals hitting it for 10 more years with no more work.

[jackelope]

so its like a bait thing...gotcha.

[SHANE(WA)]

Not really, cam spot and whats in the area, elk and deer crave the salt in the summer, serious decline in consumption to almost none in winter and late fall, i also had a killer deal on this salt so i dumped it

[bowhunterforever]

What kind of salt do you use?

[SHANE(WA)]

Mix and fine salt, table salt. $5 a 50 lb bag at store iodized works too

[PA BEN]

In stead of salt, I put out livestock mineral blocks. The ground looks the same after one winter, and they keep coming back.

[LOVHUNTIN]

what type of salt

[SHANE(WA)]

read previous post on what kind
I use blocks too sometimes, but bags are easier to pack in distances in backpacks

[Todd_ID]

I'll have to get some pictures this summer of a couple salt licks that haven't been salted in probably 15-20 years.  Idaho used to allow hunting over salt, but they don't anymore.  Some cabins that we go to in the summer have a salt lick that can hold 30 elk without seeing them from ground level.  Another about a mile away is big enough that you wouldn't see me standing on the roof of my house if it was in there, and my house is 3000 sqft and 2 stories tall.  Every single morning and evening you can expect to see an elk herd coming in.  The amazing thing is that when a tree falls into the lick it must absorb the salt, because the elk eat it like nothing you've ever seen.  An 18" diameter fir will last only 2 or 3 years laying in the bottom of one of those licks.

[SHANE(WA)]

wow, I saw one in ID one year u coulda parked a car in