Mineral lick getting hammered!

[razorsharptokill]

I read up on a past posthere about DIY mineral licks a while back. I put out 50lbs each of trace mineral and dicalcium phosphate last week in low lying area with a spring near by.

Checked it yesterday and MAN! Looks like a land mine went off there!

[KentuckyTJ]

[PowDuck]

[bentpole]

[5deer]

deers? pigs?

[KellyG]

and tell us more about the minerals you used please.

[Bakes168]

Where did you get those minerals? What were they exactly?

[Troy Breeding]

The deer behind my house are on thier third mineral block for the year.

Troy

[razorsharptokill]

Sorry guys, here are some picks. Not great as I have the camera set up to catch a wider area. The time and dates are wrong too obviuosly.

The 20lb trophy rock was sitting up on a pile of logs. Now it is down in the hole. Doesnt seem like they are hitting it much but the dirt and mineral/dirt mix... I guess they are eating both.
 

 

[razorsharptokill]

Originally posted by razorsharptokill:
I read up on a past posthere about DIY mineral licks a while back. I put out 50lbs each of trace mineral and dicalcium phosphate last week in low lying area with a spring near by.

Checked it yesterday and MAN! Looks like a land mine went off there!

I got he minerals at Atwoods. Any feed store should have similar stuff.

[razorsharptokill]

Originally posted by razorsharptokill:
 

Originally posted by razorsharptokill:
I read up on a past posthere about DIY mineral licks a while back. I put out 50lbs each of trace mineral and dicalcium phosphate last week in low lying area with a spring near by.

Checked it yesterday and MAN! Looks like a land mine went off there!

I got the minerals at Atwoods. Any feed store should have similar stuff. [/b]

[Izzy]

I see that it attracts owl too!

[Onlyaspike]

Ive been mixing my own mineral for the last 2 yrs and it works GREAT !! Its the best by far results that Ive ever got by using any store bought/ manufactored mineral...I buy the bags at Tractor Supply....I buy Dumor Spring MIneral Mix and Trace Mineralized Salt with Selenium......I buy 50# bags of each and mix it 50/50 so you end up with 100# total. It cost me about $25. I put out about 2 1/2 gal of it a week and the deer/ turkey LOVE IT....Its completely gone in a week.

[kennym]

Good deal! I've had rabbits on my blocks, reckon the wise old owl already figured this out?

[Mike Vines]

Originally posted by Izzy:
I see that it attracts owl too!

I thought that was one too.  Kinda neat to see it waiting for it's nutrients to come by.

[PowDuck]

Good job, razor. Always interesting to see how they use these areas.

I've got one on my area that started with a 50# bag of rock salt. It's now big enough to park a 4 wheeler in. Sorry though, until I get my Mac back I don't have any pictures.
   

[BEN]

You can get 50 # bags of trace minerals, salts, calcium , etc... at Feed  stores, much cheaper than what you'd pay for specialty blends for deer at hunting stores. On a private farm my friend and I hunt, there is a mineral lick that he's develped this way for the past 10 yrs or so. You could park 3-4 cars in it, and its' about 2 feet deep!!!! It can be seen via Google Earth!! sorry , cant disclose the location though, if I remember to take my camera next time we go out---I'll get a pic or it!  

[razorsharptokill]

Yes, definetly get your minerals at a feed store. MUCH cheaper. More bang for the "buck". Pun intended.