Mineral Blocks and Attractants

[SNAG]

What are the best kind? Or what do you prefer? Want to gather opinions on this.

 

[bigtex]

I just use the 25 lb mineral blocks at tractor supply. Also used trophy rocks but the deer like the cheaper tractor supply block just as well if not better.
BTW, don't let anyone tell you deer will not use a salt lick [mineral lick] in the winter i've been hunting a small wheat, clover plot with a salt lick at one end and the deer are hammering it.

 

[SNAG]

Yeah I bought a small block from walmart and put it out like a month ago and its completely gone now.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Well Trophy Rock works best on one of my places and I cant tell a difference in usage between cheap salt blocks and TR on the other so yeah. Big 6 trace mineral from Tractor Supply has given me good results and is like 6 bucks.

 

[Bayou Buck]

I personally use TR and sometimes Deer Cane for whatever reason. Checked one of my sites this past weekend and noticed the deer are hitting it hard right now.

 

[SNAG]

Anybody know much about 3 day harvest?

 

[Biggun4214]

Anybody know much about 3 day harvest?

Its illegal to hunt over. It has grain in it.

 

[JohnnyBond]

salt

 

[SNAG]

So you can't use 3 day harvest? I don't hunt over any of my mineral licks or sites. I do hunt a small food plot and the trails to and from fields with food plots and mineral sites.

 

[Biggun4214]

You and the deer have to be 250 yards from any bait. A 500 yard circle is about 40 acres.

 

[DWM]

I have tried a lot of different minerals and while Trophy Rock does work good, I get the best results from a plain white salt block. I usually use the red trace mineral block because it has other minerals in that might possibly be good for the deer. There is no proof it helps but as long as it is just minerals and not medicated don't see how it can hurt. If paying the high price for Trophy Rock doesn't bother you then I would use it because it is all natural.

 

[LanceS4803]

I started using the TR this year. Everything seems to like it (deer, coyotes, raccoons, etc.) Great photos.

It is interesting that the same company that makes TR, Redmond Salt, makes the table salt I have used for years. Kind of even looks the same...

 

[ROVERBOY]

I have better luck out of trace mineral blocks. Deer Cane is worthless to me. I put out some a few years ago and the deer just walked right by it and didn't care. The deer cane black magic didn't work either. I can't remember what brand the little blocks are. They're the ones that are flavored like apple,corn,etc. I've had good luck with them.

 

[Football Hunter]

TR works good for me

 

[Obsession]

I have had alot of success using the the liquid black magic. I just pour it on a stump. This year I had a stump ripped out of the ground!

 

[TNJETJOCK]

Interesting.