salt lick

Just wondering what type of lick people are using. I am using a all purpose lick made by sprout. I have had pretty good luck with it being devoured and have a decent size hole going on now. Also wondering how many licks per acre everyone puts out. I only have one lick for 40 acres and was thinking of maybe putting another one out but i am afraid it maybe over kill and a waste of money.

 

I make my own - recipe is on internet under deer cocaine

 

I use Trophy Ridge rocks. I have had good results with them. My dad uses a mineral by Antler King. Both have a ton of deer coming into them. I put one rock per 20 acres.

 

I've never used one, but my elderly neigbore (doesn't deer hunt anymore) always used and still uses just the plain ole white salt block for livestock. Even though he doesn't deer hunt any more because he has a hard time getting around, he still puts one out to "Deer Watch"

 

Just a plain white salt block is what I use.

 

I started using lucky buck mineral this spring and I think I can see china in the hole!

 

I use two different types depending on the time of year. I use Selenium 90 salt in the Spring because selenium is used for fighting infections in cattle so it can not hurt the deer. I use trace mineral the rest of the year starting in late May. I always by the bag or granule form because it seems to go into the ground so the deer have to eat whatever is contained in the dirt also. Has worked for me for over 15 years; the deer just keep on coming year after year. I used to have 2 licks on 15 acres (one on each end) but have now went two one because of the state laws.

 

I tryed deer cocaine and had no luck with it what so ever.

 

the plain white salt block works real well
and i also use deer cane

 

never had luck with deer cain either. use trophy rocks now. seem to work ok

 

There not legal in N.Y. State

 

They don't seem to work around here-have used different brands over a period of a few years. I quit throwing my money away. Different soil-different demands I guess.

 

I have a couple of spots that I freshen every couple of years with bags of trace mineral bought at the local feed store. Works great for getting summer pictures.

 

i have two mineral/ salt licks with in 200 yards of each other along a creek bottom and i hardly ever get pic of the same deer at either of them. either they use one or the other never both. i get one white salt block and one of the brown mineral blocks and break them into pieces by wrappin with a towel and hittin with a hammer i do half and half in each. they like the salt better than the mineral so this way they come to the salt but also get good mineral as well.

 

Mineral salt, stock salt and dicalcium phosphate. 150 lbs that cost about 25 bucks. Enough to last me all year long.