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Title: Mineral lick/site??
Post by: SkookumHntr on July 08, 2012, 06:16:07 PM: -Whats a good Mineral Lick or Stuff to dump out that attracts whitetail well?? :dunno:
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Post by: robodad on July 08, 2012, 07:07:27 PM: granny smith's !!
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Post by: mfswallace on July 08, 2012, 07:15:28 PM: Quote from: robodad on July 08, 2012, 07:07:27 PM
granny smith's !!
:yeah:
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Post by: SkookumHntr on July 08, 2012, 07:20:33 PM: I should have phrased my question better, I know dumping apples will bring deer in, Im talking a location that I cant get there and bait everyday.. Like deer co cane or trophyrock or something like that that is suppost to reactivate when it rains and keep deer checking it out for acouple months or so. Anybody try them or somethin similiar??
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Post by: vandeman17 on July 08, 2012, 07:24:14 PM: trace mineral salt with selenium seems to bring them in and keep them coming back. You can pack in a 50 lb bag and it should last a while.
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Post by: SkookumHntr on July 08, 2012, 07:32:04 PM: Is that 2 different products or the mineral salt with selenium in it? Sorry I dont know much about it.. Where do you get it??
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Post by: NWBREW on July 08, 2012, 07:35:59 PM: Trophy rocks wprk well but a big bag of salt is a lot cheaper and works just as well.
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Post by: Jason on July 08, 2012, 07:38:54 PM: Just go to your nearest feed store and ask for bag or block of salt. A 50lb block lasts a long time!
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Post by: vandeman17 on July 08, 2012, 07:44:17 PM: Quote from: SkookumHntr on July 08, 2012, 07:32:04 PM
Is that 2 different products or the mineral salt with selenium in it? Sorry I dont know much about it.. Where do you get it??

It is in one bag and it costs me $9 per bag. Just go to any feed store or grange and you should be able to find it.
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Post by: huntnnw on July 09, 2012, 06:16:29 AM: :yeah:

i get mine at Big R or Aslin finch. And also if your just starting a site u wont get the results like u would have the last couple of months. The visiting of sites real drops off now with the hot weather and the lush green food drying up and once antlers stop growing these sites become pretty dormant till next spring. The best thing for getting deer in now will be feed
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Post by: D-Rock425 on July 09, 2012, 06:56:52 AM: I just picked up 3 blocks with the selenium in them never used that kind before. I guesd we will see how it works.
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Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on July 09, 2012, 07:13:27 AM: I use a mixture of stock salt (1 part), Dicalcium Phosphate (1 part) and trace mineral salt (2 parts). I purchase all of it at the feed store for less than $50 and it makes 200 pounds of mineral which is good for 10 sites. I break up the soil in roughly a 3 foot diameter and 6 inches deep. I pour 20 pounds of the mixture on the site and mix with the soil. If it is a new site I refresh with 10 lbs 5-6 months later and a full mixture once per year after that. It is best if I get them out just before a rain. I prefer to start these just after the snow melts.
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Post by: SkookumHntr on July 09, 2012, 12:24:34 PM: -*censored* cant a guy just go dump out a bag of SwampDonkey and call it good?? :dunno:.. Just kiddin guys, thanks for the pointers!! :tup:
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Post by: KFhunter on July 18, 2012, 09:39:22 AM: Quote from: DBHAWTHORNE on July 09, 2012, 07:13:27 AM
I use a mixture of stock salt (1 part), Dicalcium Phosphate (1 part) and trace mineral salt (2 parts). I purchase all of it at the feed store for less than $50 and it makes 200 pounds of mineral which is good for 10 sites. I break up the soil in roughly a 3 foot diameter and 6 inches deep. I pour 20 pounds of the mixture on the site and mix with the soil. If it is a new site I refresh with 10 lbs 5-6 months later and a full mixture once per year after that. It is best if I get them out just before a rain. I prefer to start these just after the snow melts.

have you had a site like this in cattle range area? figure the cattle would stomp a mud hole there
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on July 18, 2012, 09:49:20 AM: Quote from: SkookumHntr on July 08, 2012, 06:16:07 PM
-Whats a good Mineral Lick or Stuff to dump out that attracts whitetail well?? :dunno:

Deer Arces block. Buy it at Eich's in Republic. The deer love them. I've used them and the deer go to that everytime.
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on July 18, 2012, 10:32:08 AM: Quote from: huntnnw link=topic=10 these sites become pretty dormant till next spring.
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:yeah: No kidding! Last year about the last week of July, my once deer superhighway went stone cold. not even a mouse track! I still saw plenty of deer in the area, but their traffic patterns changed. :dunno:
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Post by: MtnMuley on July 18, 2012, 04:16:34 PM: I would be investing my money in a set of rattling horns and grunt tube for the time frame you'll be hunting. ;)
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Post by: huntnnw on July 18, 2012, 10:38:19 PM: my last camera pull yesterday was a huge change in salt site visiting ..some never even showed in 2 weeks.
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on July 20, 2012, 10:46:03 AM: :
Quote from: huntnnw on July 18, 2012, 10:38:19 PM
my last camera pull yesterday was a huge change in salt site visiting ..some never even showed in 2 weeks.
:yeah:
I have started using apples. In the last 6 days I have collected 160 lbs ofripe apples... all for free. Salt has all but stopped arming at this point... all about feed now.