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Post by: rosscrazyelk on July 02, 2013, 10:20:38 AM
Post by: vandeman17 on July 02, 2013, 10:24:59 AM
Where do you get salt with selenium? Won't a bag of salt just work?
I get mine at Coastal Farm and Ranch but you can get it at most any feed stores. The trace salt with selenium will do much better then just salt because it has other minerals that they really like/need this time of year. :twocents:
Post by: doyourtime89 on July 02, 2013, 10:59:44 AM
Where do you get salt with selenium? Won't a bag of salt just work?
I get mine at Coastal Farm and Ranch but you can get it at most any feed stores. The trace salt with selenium will do much better then just salt because it has other minerals that they really like/need this time of year. :twocents:
rosscrazyelk...I see you are in Edgewood, there is a Coastal Farm and Ranch down by the Supermall that has all that stuff.
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on July 02, 2013, 12:26:24 PM
Thanks.Where do you get salt with selenium? Won't a bag of salt just work?
I get mine at Coastal Farm and Ranch but you can get it at most any feed stores. The trace salt with selenium will do much better then just salt because it has other minerals that they really like/need this time of year. :twocents:
rosscrazyelk...I see you are in Edgewood, there is a Coastal Farm and Ranch down by the Supermall that has all that stuff.
Post by: rosscrazyelk on July 16, 2013, 10:28:21 AM
Never again. I will find an alternative
Post by: zackmioli on July 16, 2013, 10:36:21 AM
Post by: CedarPants on July 16, 2013, 10:36:39 AM
I tried your 50# of salt trick. I carried it around a mile on my back up hill.
Never again. I will find an alternative
Just think of it as practice for packing an elk out :chuckle:
Post by: bobcat on July 16, 2013, 10:40:36 AM
I tried your 50# of salt trick. I carried it around a mile on my back up hill.
Never again. I will find an alternative
Any alternatives will be just as heavy and just as much work as packing in the salt. Actually the salt is much easier because it will last longer and won't need to be replenished weekly. Next time maybe do 25 pounds the first trip, and next time pack in the other 25 pounds. And/or find a spot that is downhill from the road.
Post by: vandeman17 on July 16, 2013, 10:47:14 AM
I tried your 50# of salt trick. I carried it around a mile on my back up hill.
Never again. I will find an alternative
I know how that goes. I have carried 50 lbs of salt in plus water, cameras and other stuff over a mile into the hills. It sucks but once you get it set up, those 50 lbs should last you a while. I just suck it up and get it over with but then again I am a bit crazy.
Post by: bracer40 on July 22, 2013, 03:00:51 PM
I tried your 50# of salt trick. I carried it around a mile on my back up hill.Just think of this as great pre-season training to prepare the body for carrying out multiple loads of elk meat out!
Never again. I will find an alternative
Post by: hunterrcc on July 22, 2013, 11:48:24 PM
I tried your 50# of salt trick. I carried it around a mile on my back up hill.
Never again. I will find an alternative
I know how that goes. I have carried 50 lbs of salt in plus water, cameras and other stuff over a mile into the hills. It sucks but once you get it set up, those 50 lbs should last you a while. I just suck it up and get it over with but then again I am a bit crazy.
Been there many times. I use two small buckets with about 20 pounds in each hand of salt/mineral with a little deer chow mixed into it. Plus waters, cameras, security boxes, cable locks, batteries all in the pack. 40-50 lbs of apples strapped onto my backpack. Best thing to do is bring a change of clothes and leave them at the truck to change into because if your not soaking wet with sweat when you get back your not walking far enough to put the cameras out.
Post by: huntnnw on July 23, 2013, 12:00:50 PM
Post by: gonehuntin68 on July 23, 2013, 07:26:50 PM
I always use apples off my tree for deer and the elk seem to eat them just fine aswell..
:yeah:
Post by: Mfowl on July 23, 2013, 08:15:07 PM
Post by: bowhunterforever on July 23, 2013, 11:38:04 PM
How long do the apples last if they aren't being eaten right away. Will elk/deer still eat them if they are discolored or begining to rot? Is there a type of apple that you prefer or will they eat them all? My neibor's tree is beginning to drop apples now and I'm sure he doesn't want them but some are already discolored.I have had deer eat apples from not ripe all the way to mushy apple sauce apples :twocents:
Post by: Yankee on July 24, 2013, 06:09:35 PM
Post by: Wolfdog2314 on July 24, 2013, 06:21:01 PM
Is there a risk that sweet stuff like molasses, etc. will bring bears in and push the elk out?
Yes, for me in my area anyway.
I was getting very consistant elk activity with apples and wet cob. As soon as the bears found the stash they were there multiple times a day hours at a time.
You can try dry cob also, same thing with no molasses.