Big Buck
Trophy Hunter
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| 18 Jul 2008 01:48 PM |
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I am seeing a lot more advertisements for Mineral licks. Do they work or am I better off putting in food plots? I have tried salt blocks in the past and the deer seem to hit them a little bit but I've never actually seen one hit it while I have been hunting. I've just seen tracks around the area. |
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Archer
Trophy Hunter
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| 20 Jul 2008 04:38 AM |
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Big Buck, I don't have much experience using mineral licks, but some people swear by them. It helps if you own/control a lot of land to have food plots and licks strategically laid out. I have heard that deer would rather lick the salt off of the ground instead of directly from the block. If there is a small trickle from a springs, that is an ideal situation. - Archer |
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M Eastman
Shooter
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| 22 Jul 2008 01:38 PM |
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| I have had good luck with salt blocks. Archer is right, they work great when located near a food plot and I have always had better success breaking the block into small pieces instead of one big chunk. Place the pieces in the same spot every year and the deer will use it epically when the bucks are growing horns. Salt is by far the cheapest. I haven't used any of the deer cane or comeheredeer type products but I hear they work to. |
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joew
Trophy Hunter
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| 28 Jul 2008 11:55 PM |
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| I like that Deer Cane brand of attractant that you pour over a old stump. It seems to get hit much harder before hunting season then during rut however. |
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cut_un
Trophy Hunter
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| 12 Aug 2008 01:14 AM |
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We have some pretty strick laws about "baiting" deer here in Va. Like a new law that just came into being "last year". We are "now "not allowed to "feed corn" to deer after Sept 1.
I keep mineral licks out behind my house, along with a corn feeder. It's my belief that deer "NEED salt" in the hot months and will visit it often. Still my belief that deer will continue to visit the lick,not so much as a need but as a habit should they continue to visit it in cool weather.
Yes, I do hunt my property but do hunt "hunt over the lick" |
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Foremost Hunting Admin
Trophy Hunter
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| 12 Aug 2008 08:25 AM |
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| Wisconsin is getting more and more strict on baiting laws all the time. You almost need to be a lawyer to understand the regulations. We have regulations about how much bait and where you can bait and what is bait the list goes on and on. One side of a road could be leagal to bait and the other side could be a huge fine. Go figure! |
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Antlers Annonymous
Jr Hunter
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| 15 Sep 2008 04:57 AM |
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In Tennessee as long as you dont hunt over bait or the trails to and from it you can put out anything or remove it 10 days prior to hunting the area and be legal. As for Salt Blocks or Mineral Blocks I think the deer mostly use them during summer, but it helps give the Deer a reason to visit your area.
Food plots are always a good idea, I dont hunt directly over them but mainly plant to keep deer on the properties I hunt. The way I see it, the more Doe's you can attract to your land the more Bucks you will have following them around.
Here in TN. turnip greens,peas,beans,wheat,corn are some of the best things to plant and help keep deer visiting the property. Deer will figure you out fast, so its always good to change up your approach to and from your hunting locations. I like to enter from different directions from time to time just to keep the Deer from pattering my moves as I try to pattern them.
I love Deer Hunting! |
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Foremost Hunting Admin
Trophy Hunter
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| 15 Sep 2008 05:10 AM |
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| We put in some turnips this year for the first time. The deer don't seem to be hitting them someone told me that they don't get into them very hard until you get a good frost is that true? |
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Archer
Trophy Hunter
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| 19 Sep 2008 02:39 AM |
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| A couple of hunters that I know in TN use the Trophy Rock around their stands. I saw a trailcam photo today of a 130-class whitetail right next to the rock. I think that I'm going to pick one up and give it a go. |
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cut_un
Trophy Hunter
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| 19 Sep 2008 03:32 AM |
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May be changing gears a bit, but you mention turnips, what's the deal with "sugar beets" I see on TV, The Buckmaster, Jackie Bushman, is always talkin about and hunting over "sugar beets"???? |
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