Same. It's also the only mineral I have found that they will use year round. Obviously more so in spring/summer but they never go dead.Just buy a Trophy Rock and be done with it! Hate to push any one product, but I sure have had great results with them over the years.
I'm going with that technique next year Ski. All Rocks will be placed on stumps. They melt too fast when sitting in a puddle of water (which happens fast once the deer start licking the dirt around the Rock).
Did you water it in? For about the first three seasons I used a homemade mix in a hole where a stump had been:Poured out a sack of salt 3 weeks ago with arm and hammer washing soda mixed in.. a recipe I found for homade deer cane.. so far they are basically ignoring it.. lol
Good, because that's what I'm going to do. We have firewood logs laying everywhere.Most of mine are firewood logs stood up in the middle of an old lick site, but I have a couple that are actual stumps. Deer don't seem to care either way.
I may even pour some of that over the Rock to get it started faster.I use loose trace mineral salt from Rural King. No deer have complained.
Amen !!Just buy a Trophy Rock and be done with it! Hate to push any one product, but I sure have had great results with them over the years.
I'll use these blocks but mix half block of regular white salt block with it. I know the trace block is better for them but they seem to like the regular salt block better . Actually when I was working I go next door of the plant to the salt company and get plain rock salt. They used to give me all I wanted when we had the activity club lease . I've tied up rock salt in the sacks over the salt lick when it rained it freshened the site . When you live over 4 hours from the lease you have to be creative .Did you water it in? For about the first three seasons I used a homemade mix in a hole where a stump had been:
1 Part Dicalcium Phosphate 50lb bag
2 parts Trace Mineral Salt 2-50lb bags
1 part Stock Salt 50 lb bags
1 box Sodium Carbonate per mix
Once mixed it has to be used so mix accordingly. If on just dirt make about a 30" hole about 4-6" deep pour the pre-mix in then add water to get it dissolved a bit. If it is going to rain just flatten it out and let nature wet it in. It took a couple weeks but once they found it, it gets visited each year. I now put a 40lb trace mineral block (same affect) in the hole before the season starts to keep it active, but there is enough to be able to skip a season or two.
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