Muley mineral lick

[RustyNail]

What does everyone use for mule deer attractant? I've heard good things about critter lick and black magic. Black magic you can find at Cabelas and tractor supply. Critter lick you have to order online. What do you use in front of ur camera?

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[duckmen1]

Basic trace mineral salt loose or block. Used to haul 50 lb blocks but now split into 1/2s or 1/4s. Super cheap and very effective. I got away from fancy salts. Depending on setup and area you could add a deer block molasis/ corn type block with the salt on same stand.

[huntnnw]

All that crap is marketing to hunters to make a dime off you . Plain and simple the reason any animal comes into those  “ attractants “ is the sodium. Go to the feed store and buy trace mineral salt or with selenium . For $11-13 you get 50lbs

[emac]

All that crap is marketing to hunters to make a dime off you . Plain and simple the reason any animal comes into those  “ attractants “ is the sodium. Go to the feed store and buy trace mineral salt or with selenium . For $11-13 you get 50lbs

100% correct

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[jrebel]

 

With that said....black magic sucked.  The original deer cane was amazing.  Best part about the deer cane is it is invisible to other hunters.  I poured it over an old rotten stump and in a matter of 3 years, the stump was gone and the hole in the earth was 6 inches deep.  They loved that stuff.  Just remember, it has to be mixed in water or rained on (heavily) before the deer will touch it.  It has an exothermic reaction when mixed with water, so the deer won't touch it till this process has taken place. 

[huntnnw]

Why I use loose salt and not blocks. Blocks are a pain to carry, easily visible and animals can move them from you cam. Wet times of the year the loose disappears or take a shovel and mix into dirt

[LDennis24]

Just buy bulk trace minerals as stated and a tub of Kool aid mix and a big bag of sodium bicarbonate and you have black magic or deercaine basically. Add Hi-Yield brand sulfur powder for insects to it if you want also. High amounts of selenium are most important in the Northwest. Most of the region is very deficient in it.

[huntnnw]

If you want to speed up the animals finding it I use apple scent and squirt it around , but I dunno if it actually helps speed up them finding it. I’ve dumped just salt or used apple scent and get deer and elk on them sometimes in hours with no scent

[LDennis24]

If you want to speed up the animals finding it I use apple scent and squirt it around , but I dunno if it actually helps speed up them finding it. I’ve dumped just salt or used apple scent and get deer and elk on them sometimes in hours with no scent

Apples are actually a huge attractant for all animals. I have even seen coyotes frequenting the grass under the old fruit trees at my brothers place and they will eat the old rotten apples when they are passing through.  Bears too of course. Scatter the apples around and it will take them a while to find them all and they will find your mineral as well.

[hunter399]

All that crap is marketing to hunters to make a dime off you . Plain and simple the reason any animal comes into those  “ attractants “ is the sodium. Go to the feed store and buy trace mineral salt or with selenium . For $11-13 you get 50lbs

Yup,yup.
Agree.

[Rainier10]

I use 50 pound selenium blocks. Deer and elk hit them daily year round.

[pickardjw]

Black magic has worked for me. I'd say they like it....a lot. Had to change my cell cam setting immediately to 5 minute delay they were around it so much. And these were the small bucks. Also had a moose come into it.

[huntnnw]

nobody said it doesnt work, its the price you pay for a tiny bag when you get the same results with something far cheaper. I have cams in a month that get 4-8k pics on trace salt

[pickardjw]

nobody said it doesnt work, its the price you pay for a tiny bag when you get the same results with something far cheaper. I have cams in a month that get 4-8k pics on trace salt

My apologies for falling victim to the marketing scheme. Didn't know a cheaper but equally effective product existed. The cost of a few bags of deer cane / black magic has never been a major burden and it's worked for me and my hunting buddies so I've never considered switching it up.

[hunter399]

My first experience substituting at the feed store was the goat and sheep blocks.
They where like 10 bucks,all the "deer blocks" was 15 and up.
Since then goat and sheep blocks has went up 15.99 or something.
Wet weather they fall apart ,bear will eat the whole thing quickly.

I looked at ingredients,almost exactly the same as a deer block.
They do work good in summer,when it's hot and dry.

If it works for ya I say keep using,it's not a cost issue.
Then go for it.