alex Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Instead of spending $15-$20 on s salt lick or "deer minerals" i decided this year to mix and make my own minerals at a much cheaper price with a larger quantity. Went down to the local co op and picked up 1 50 lb. bag of stock salt, 2 50 lb. bags of trace minerals, and 1 50 lb. bag of di-calcium phosphate. This makes 200 pounds of mineral mix for just under 50 dollars. Mix one part di cal and stock salt and two parts trace minerals ruff up the ground spread over it and mix it in. I don't know how well this will work or if it will have much benefit but with a much cheaper price its worth a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainman Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Used to do this exact same thing. Works just as well, because its the same stuff. Supplement it with suckers or deer cocaine and youre on a gold mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 interesting.....and a lot cheaper....thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfishermen423 Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 ive done salt like this and threw some apples around the area as well and have some luck off them good and cheaper to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWB Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Suckers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainman Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Suckers? Yeah, you know....like this: http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunting/Trail-Cameras-Feeders/Minerals-Attractants-Feed%7C/pc/104791680/c/104767380/sc/106631280/Evolved-Habitats-Buck-Jam-Block-Apple/741870.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fminerals-attractants-feed%2F_%2FN-1104129%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_106631280%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat104791680%253Bcat104767380&WTz_l=SBC%3BMMcat104791680%3Bcat104767380%3Bcat106631280 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 I went and put the minerals out last week but didnt put any type of attractant (corn, Deer cain, or buck jam) on it, after checking cameras later in the week i realized i should have added an attractant since they didnt find it yet. Thus being said i should have listen to the wisdom bestowed by mountainman haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainman Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 LOL....if they cant smell it, they wont find it any time soon. Another little tip......buy some medium sized jars of El Cheapo peanut butter. take a cordless drill with a long extension and a 2" decking screw. remove peanut butter jar lid & screw bottom of jar into a tree about 3' off the ground, leaving the open end of the jar facing you. You will find that deer (and bears) will lick the inside of that jar clean as a whistle. Another tip: pour your minerals out onto a stump or log that is about rotten. The rotting wood acts as a sponge and soaks up all the minerals. The deer, in turn, eat the wood and it lasts WAY longer than pouring it onto the ground or into a feeder. I have a series pics of a stump that I took over several years. After 3 consecutive years of salting/mineralizing this stump, there is nothing but a 2' deep, 6' across hole in the ground where they have eaten the stump & dirt. Its really amazing what all theyll eat when it tastes like minerals. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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