Any deer hunters out there got a good recipe for a deer lick? Since the deer have almost finished eating my garden up I need to give 'em a good salt lick to keep them around until season comes in.
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Any deer hunters out there got a good recipe for a deer lick? Since the deer have almost finished eating my garden up I need to give 'em a good salt lick to keep them around until season comes in.
RICE BRAN!YOU WON'T GO WRONG!
they seemed to like a regular salt block on our land
50# bag mineral salt ,dig a shallow hole in the spot of your choice ,pour out salt , mix with the soil from the hole , smooth over . The rain and moisture from the soil will draw the salt and minerals down causing the deer to have to paw deeper to get the salt . Also more of a natural lick.
Cheapest way I know to go .
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I discovered rice bran last year and you are absolutely right, they'll eat it before eating corn!! I had been pouring corn or sweet feed out on the ground in front of my game cam,but rain or heavy dew would cause it to mold and mildew before they could eat it all. I built a covered feed trough to keep the feed dry but they were scared of it. Heard about rice bran from some cajuns that hunt near us and tried it, now they are eating out of the trough!
like anything once they get use to it they come....or maybe build it they will come.....I like my tube feeders for keeping the corn dry and not so easy to get to too
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but have made a covered troff feeder in front of my shooting house they use too....even a half plastic water barrel
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delivering the windows to the top of the hill to install
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even the neighbors dogs seem to like it
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Rice bran is good. Hogs don't seem to go after it as bad. Initially I like to use c'mere deer along with the rice bran. Find an old stump or rotten log you can bust up and pour the stuff in it. They will destroy whatever you put it on. Only trouble I have is the critters go nocturnal at feeding sites once you start shooting or when they bust you a few times.
I don't hunt over bait, but would if it was legal in Alabama. I have several places to hunt so I feed until the rut on my land and only hunt it in January. I check my game cams all during the season to see if I have any shooter bucks, if not I don't even hunt here, I let 'em grow up. If I want meat, I shoot does, if I shoot a buck it will be worth bragging about!
trophy rock. natural mined minerals from utah. none of the chemical additives that are in commercial blocks and works 3x as good. available at most co-ops or TSC stores.
Mix in some grape KoolAde with your bag salt and mix it into the ground like usa directed. They seem to like the flavor and the little bit of sugar. They mostly hit my salt licks in spring and summer when their metabolisms are switching over from winter browse to green, leafy stuff.
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All those deer present, and the poor dog gets shot. :o :spank:
Gotta get the hunter some new lenses! :poke:
Nice land and photos btw. That's some pretty green for January. Wonder if we'll have an actual winter this year..
no the camera was put out after changing batteries without resetting the date..... :poke1: :boohoo: that's our place(cabin) in the hills, for a little play time for me :yippee:...that i haven't seen since January muzzle loader season [img width=25 height=20]http://i48.tinypic.com/24e3q1f.gif[/img]
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if you call cutting firewood playing....a downed oak tree, from a storm
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Oh good, thought you may have been suffering warm spurts in your winter too.
I miss the snow, but my wife won't have anything to do with cold climates.
for the most part..... it is only 10 degrees different from here to there in temperatures..... on average :poke1:
nice and warm inside!!! and warm and dry in the shooting house :yippee:
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