Salt question

[TS_13]

Hey Guys,
I know that I am late putting out new salt. My question is does anyone mix white salt with mineral salt? i have found that they dont like mineral salt straight.

 

[LA man]

get a trophy rock

 

[BSK]

Agreed. Trophy Rock.

 

[TS_13]

i thought about that, just more expensive.... are they worth it?

 

[BSK]

They last a lot longer than just pouring salt in the ground. But just pure table salt will work.

 

[TS_13]

Where have you found the best place to pick on up at?

 

[strutandrut]

Where have you found the best place to pick on up at?

The Vous... :laugh:


You can get TR most any outdoors type stores. I think some co-op's sell it.

 

[BowGuy84]

Ive yet to see anything work like the trophy rock. Im going to put one in each of my salt licks every year from here on out. We have 3 up and running and that is just $16 a piece for me my brother and best friend to "refresh" them.

How often do yall refresh y'alls licks? I know if you get too much in them the deer will leave them alone until it has time to leach out.

 

[BSK]

I put a new Trophy Rock in each lick each year.

 

[hard county]

i thought about that, just more expensive.... are they worth it?

Just another opinion, but my favourite way to build a salt lick is buying a trace mineral block from coop for 7.00 and sticking it about 8' high in the fork of a tree you dont mind killing (salt kills most trees) Every time it rains, salt will drip onto the ground and the deer will paw the dirt beneath. I have several licks with holes below around 4' deep.

 

[Bob S]

get a trophy rock

Yup, that is the only mineral I use.

 

[Boone 58]

I pour the granular trace mineral salt on the ground and so far this late winter early spring they have went thru 400#'s.....
Granular on the ground is as good as anything.....do it and place a camera on it and watch it disappear. I dont argue with the trophy rock solution but it is just not practical for me since i cant get it reasonably close. I have about 6 diff bucks over it right now and numerous does and little ones from last year. they will tear it up from around march until mid to late spring and then they just leave it when it gets really hot and dry and the plant material does the same. It seems the the heaviest use also comes when the plant material is really green and contains much moisture and also coincides with lactating does........
BSK could elaborate more im sure but that is my findings from personal use and pictures.

 

[BSK]

For some reason, I see the most use of salt licks when the weather has been wet. I have heard a couple of possible explanations for this, but nothing "absolute."

 

[hard county]

For some reason, I see the most use of salt licks when the weather has been wet. I have heard a couple of possible explanations for this, but nothing "absolute."

I definitely dont like the taste of salt when Im thirsty.

 

[TS_13]

This is great guys i really appreciate the info. I am going to throw some out this weekend...

 

[deerchaser007]

This is great guys i really appreciate the info. I am going to throw some out this weekend...

trophy rock on a rotten stump is awesome. Even when the rock is gone,. they tear the stump up

 

[Blue5]

I use loose salt and trophy rock! they both work well

 

[BSK]

Trophy Rock salt lick pictures:

 

[TS_13]

thats nice!

 

[redbone]

Wow...I will have to try that myself. Great pics BSK!!!

 

[HOOK]

They will hit the granular mineral salt straight, but it has to be mixed in the soil and watered in.

I'm putting in a new lick this weekend. A mixture of granulated mineral salt, white stock salt, dicalcium phosphate, and dried molases feed to sweeten the pot.

I just use the co-op mineral blocks on a stump at my other sites.

 

[Boone 58]

freakin awesome!!

 

[CWT]

I have always done really good with just plain white salt from the co-op. I am definatly going to get some salt off the hwy for next year to give that a try. I have a few licks that are so big and deep all you can see is the deers back sticking out the the ground. May try a rock in the future.

 

[BSK]

CWT,

Table salt works just fine. I like the Trophy Rocks simply because they are natural salt deposits mined from the ground (nothing artificial), they are a heck of lot easier to transport than bagged salt, and they last longer than granulated salt poured on the ground.

 

[CWT]

Thanks bsk, I think I will pick up a rock at the co-op in a few days. I will be going to our place in west tn in couple of weeks. I will through it out then and see how it does. I am really liking the easy transport deal.

Ps. Your pics above look great! The grey buck... on the top pic.. on the right. One heck of brisket!!!!!!!!!

 

[ARMY14]

thanks

 

[BSK]

CWT,

That buck stayed real "chocolate brown" all fall. Interesting coloration:

 

[BoonerBucks]

Those are outstanding pictures BSK. I hope i can get photos of multiple mature bucks on my salt lick one day!! It's obvious that you let the young ones grow up. I love seeing pictures like that.

 

[BSK]

Those are outstanding pictures BSK. I hope i can get photos of multiple mature bucks on my salt lick one day!! It's obvious that you let the young ones grow up. I love seeing pictures like that.

Our buck harvest rule used to be (well, actually still is) "no yearling bucks." Other than yearlings, anything goes. Yet 2 of the 3 most active hunters (5 hunters total--2 only hunt a couple of days per year) pass up anything less than 3 1/2 years old. With some fairly substantial changes in the habitat, we are able to grow and attract a fair number of older age-bucks each year. I emphasized the "and attract" part because a fair number of the older bucks we draw each hunting season are not "summer resident" bucks. They don't show up on the property until fall or right around the peak of the rut.

 

[CWT]

CWT,

That buck stayed real "chocolate brown" all fall. Interesting coloration:

I really like the dark coloration. They look very healthy. Here in the mountains around south cherokee I have killed a couple of bucks that acually had very dark legs or even black looking from the knee down. It shows your managment is working very well.