Putting minerals out for deer, on a log/stump or straight on the ground?

Just a simple question. Will the log hold the minerals longer than putting the minerals on the ground?

 

never seen it matter other than the "fun factor" of putting of on a rotten log

 

I've not really ever had any luck with mineral on a log.

 

I generally put it on stumps and they will naw the stump to the ground

 

I put all my minerals on stumps but, I don't think it is necessary. The log is more of a feature for the deer to find, easier to see than just the ground.

 

We put the Tinks 73 on a stump and on the ground on our property. It seems like they like the stump better but that's just my opinion.

 

I regularly place trophy rocks on cut sticks of wood. If I let the rocks stay gone for very long, deer will eat a hole in the ground and gnaw at the stick of wood.

 

I'm a logger!

 

[/URL][/IMG]I do both but prefer the stump!

 

That's a hot spot. Nice deer

 

I have always had good luck with making it right on the ground. This spot is about 5 years old.

 

I'm glad I found this thread! I was going to be doing this next week! Looks like I need to find a log or stump!

 

I use a stump, have also hung an old green army sock with salt and hung it so when it rains the water washes it down to drip onto a stump on the ground

 

I have done both with same results.. Where ever you put it they will naw it to oblivion. If the place you are looking to make a mineral site has a log available, go for it. If not watch the crater they will dig into the dirt.

 

I pour a bag of deer cane original on the ground and over the past 3 years they have dug a 3'x3' hole and a lot of early season bucks come hit it.

 

I pour mine straight on the ground they have dug a big whole in the last few years


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I do a little different. I prefer to put Minerals in rotting stump holes.
Within a week there is 3x3 hole around the original spot. When it rains the minerals mix with the dirt and the Deer will eat the dirt also. While I make Barrel feeders for Corn, Everyone can see them...
SO... I sometimes find a stump hole and fill it with Corn then pour Powdered Jello onto the Corn, or Molasses on top of it... I stir it a little with a stick. Deer find these when people do not. It's nowhere as obvious as pouring a sack of Corn out in a pile on a trail. Crows find these piles quickly. I put a Game Cam on a Corn pile and the pictures told the tale, first one Crow, then several, and then a bunch came in and ate all the Corn. It was all gone in one afternoon.