Thread: mineral blocks

I use both salt and mineral blocks. Deer work em over..

Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie

I use both salt and mineral blocks. Deer work em over..

them blocks are a multi animal mineral blocks , they ain't really expensive and they are designed for sheep, goats, beef and etc.
way better and cheaper than ALL them designed just for deer versions on our place quite easily , just saying

I also mix in high protein calk feed….

Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie

I also mix in high protein calk feed….

I run 3/8 inch all feed range cubes in my demand feeder , they really like it ....not really high protein per say , 13%

This started about 35 years ago.
A tree was cut down at the end of mom's garden that left a 10" diameter stump. The stump was 85 yards from the tractor shed at the barn. I laid out extension cords and drilled a few holes in it and filled them with plain table salt. Every trip to her house I'd add more table or rock salt. After a couple of years the stump was getting smaller and a hole around it was getting larger. A couple of more years the stump was decaying pretty good. While shopping I picked up a pack of Deer-cocaine and read the label, sugar, salt, molasses and calcium. Didn't say how much of each. I got the largest bottle with the highest dose of calcium from the drug department. Put it in a jug and added boiling water. At the stump in the spring I poured all in layers. 5 lb sugar, 10 lb salt, 1/2 gallon of calcium and 1 gallon molasses from the co-op. Every trip I'd add more sugar, salt or molasses. By November the stump was almost gone with a 2 ft hole around it. Wood chips and dirt were most likely eaten.
Deer would show up just before dark everyday. The shed was a good place to sit in a good chair behind the tractor.

Nice

Fun to experiment with that stuff. Illegal here in Michigan but a lot of that stuff gets sold

I don't know why...But I cannot get deer to use a mineral or salt block at our place. I even tried Deer Cocaine and other deer blends. The last 15 plus years I have used several different blocks, bags of plain salt, mineral for deer.. I Put corn and soy beans on top of block.. beans and corn are eaten right away but they just don't like mineral or salt..They had to taste the salt or mineral. 2 years ago I put a red block out, it sat for 3 months un touched as far as I could see..then suddenly the hogs destroyed it in 2 weeks. I know others who have had deer dig 12 inch deep holes by eating the soil that the salt leached into. At our place Scatter a bag of corn on ground and the deer and hogs will eat every piece once they find it.