Minerals

Discussion in 'Whitetail Deer Hunting' started by joshcalhoun18, Sep 27, 2016.

  1. CoveyMaster

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    Hard to argue with someone posing with 170"+ bucks.
     
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    I can post a 170" buck
    And by that I mean
    1
    70" buck lol
     
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  3. CoveyMaster

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    Not 170's but I still make this pic look good:
    my booner buck.png
     
  4. boonerville

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    Hold The phone...you mean you are the one on the atv in your avatar? This whole time I thought you were the one sitting on the ground next to it....Huh...learn something every day:confused:
     
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    Nice touch with the finger though...i had to go back and check to make sure I wasn't actually doing that
     
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  6. CoveyMaster

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    I wish, that dog was a thing of beauty though in that pic she had a goofy look on her face. It was almost impossible to get that dog to sit still for that pic.

    ROFL, I couldn't resist, you set that pic up perfect for it.
    Hope you don't mind me playing around with it, I did it sloppily so it would always be obvious it was photoshopped.
     
  7. gri22ly

    gri22ly Die Hard Bowhunter

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    If minerals are added to a supplemental feed, high substance, low salt (if any) is good. But....

    It's also been proven that if a mineral is given as a lick....a high salt, low substance lick is as, if not more beneficial than a low salt, high substance lick due to duration and frequency of use.
     
  8. Sota

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    There is also a study that has shown that there is no benefit to antler growth with supplemental mineral ingestion.
     
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    Tina and the crew at the Gilman Co-Op are simply outstanding. Excellent customer service.

    Sent her an email earlier this week. She was at a conference out of state but said she would check on a few things for me. Got an email today from the Purina rep for the Co-Op saying they can get that mineral in. Going to talk to them and see what they can do.

    Let me know if you want me to order you some @Sota.

    Of the ones listed in this thread, which would you say is the "best" or you have had best results with @boonerville
     
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  10. boonerville

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    There are a few Good ones listed. I personally like the Rangeland Pro Fescue mineral. There are others that are close/comparable. Kent 365 with dried molasses added in will do the trick too.
     
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    make my own and the deer tear it up. I tried all the store stuff with no results. trophy rock was the best store bought one.
     
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    Haha, that's awesome. Might have to steal this pose :biggrin:
     
  13. MnHunterr

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    Anyone ever use or know about the Purina AntlerMax Mineral? The local Purina rep is recommending that over the Rangeland Pro mineral.
     
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    Pretty easy to tell if its worth the $ by looking at the label.
     
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    48% ash... I'm not sure what that is. Otherwise the ingredients are about the same. [​IMG]


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    Getting both the AntlerMax and Rangeland Pro Fescue mineral delivered to the local co-op. Thought why not try each of them and see what happens.
     
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    Apparently ash seems to test better than dicalphosphate for bio-availability.
     
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    Let me know what you think of the AntlerMax. At 1st glance, it appears to have smaller amounts of key minerals than the fescue mineral, but still looks better than a lot of the ones on the market.
     
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    I use Antler King Trophy Deer Mineral. I'm having good luck with it so far!!
     
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    Do you have any information on what it is exactly? I tried doing research but couldn't find anything.
     

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