I'm a slacker

[280longshot]

I've been busy with the family, camping, or working.
I don't have one trail camera out yet but need advice.
I hunt 550 acres that has cows and they love mineral blocks also( I got over 500 pics of cows last year)
Other than corn in a feeder what would you guys recommend I use?

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[TheLBLman]

Other than corn in a feeder what would you guys recommend I use?

Perhaps nothing.
Assuming you have few if any locations to place cams on salt licks away from the cattle, I'd consider simply using cams at strategic points, but set on field scan mode rather than triggering mode (or you can do both). You may not get the close-ups of the deer, but a large-antlered buck at 100-150 yards can still be noted as a large-antlered one, and you can possibly get an even better idea of how the deer are moving in and around the cattle.

 

[easy45]

I would just go for trails, ditch crossings and other natural spots, sounds like a farm where putting anything out will be tough, you could try a bag a salt in some remote part the cows don't frequent.


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[280longshot]

I think I'll try a corn feeder and I do have one location where the cows don't go but it's low land.
I have several fence crossings I'll give a try also.
I've never used a corn feeder...
Anyone use the homemade PVC feeder?

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[Vermin93]

I ran corn from timed feeders during the summer last year. I found it to be a waste of time and money. Thousands of pics of coons, turkeys, blackbirds, crows, a few does and some yearlings. I think I had one decent buck pay the feeder a visit all summer, and he never came back for a second visit. I suspect my poor results with corn during the summer are mainly because our lease was select cut in late 2014 and there is natural browse everywhere. I will now only run corn after the season in Jan and Feb to do a post-season inventory. Maybe you will have better luck.

 

[JRH]

I have a similar situation on the farm here in Virginia that I hunt. Several years ago i was able to put out trophy rocks and buck jam in wooded areas the cattle didnt frequent as much and had good luck with deer pics and not many of cattle, but it seemed like once the cattle found it they wouldn't leave the area alone. In the past year I have held off on putting out my cameras until later in the summer and focus on the food sources. For example, the neighbor has about a 40 acre alfalfa field and I got great pics at a fence crossing in August (bedding area is on my side of the fence). I also have some old apple and pear trees that the deer tend to hit up pretty hard and cameras on those trees provide some pretty good pictures. Once October rolls around I switch cams over to scrapes, Ill get some pics of cattle but not many.

 

[280longshot]

I ran corn from timed feeders during the summer last year. I found it to be a waste of time and money. Thousands of pics of coons, turkeys, blackbirds, crows, a few does and some yearlings. I think I had one decent buck pay the feeder a visit all summer, and he never came back for a second visit. I suspect my poor results with corn during the summer are mainly because our lease was select cut in late 2014 and there is natural browse everywhere. I will now only run corn after the season in Jan and Feb to do a post-season inventory. Maybe you will have better luck.

Thanks for the advice...

 

[280longshot]

Other than corn in a feeder what would you guys recommend I use?

Perhaps nothing.
Assuming you have few if any locations to place cams on salt licks away from the cattle, I'd consider simply using cams at strategic points, but set on field scan mode rather than triggering mode (or you can do both). You may not get the close-ups of the deer, but a large-antlered buck at 100-150 yards can still be noted as a large-antlered one, and you can possibly get an even better idea of how the deer are moving in and around the cattle.

Good idea.