Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
What ingredient is the most important? For general health and antlers?
CottonwoodCanyon
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GOOD point. I should've just said I'd heard it was an option, and would like to hear if others had heard or done the same.
I covered one up with tin siding off an old roof during the fall and winter hunting seasons. Easy and can be used for years.
Calcium & phosphorus for antlers.
Granulated garlic - go light & mix in molasses! Even a pound per 100 to start would be ok.
Not to high jack this thread but did anyone see that Pat and Nicole (The Driven) went so far to do a hosted hunt on the Bowmars place this fall?
Talk about a dereliction of common sense......
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bwese
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another salt product. it smells great though. No nutritional benefit
This year, we put out 4 mineral spots on our 400 acres. We used Skips formulae — 8% phosphorus (2 50 lb bags of Purina), ~30lbs dry molasses mixed plus some garlic. We put them in flat plastic tubs in high deer traffic areas. The mix should have been nearly the same for each spot. Put it out on Feb. 8.
I checked all of them yesterday:
- 1 nearly gone (95%)
- 2 are about half gone
- 1 is barely touched
Anyone else see this kind of disparity of usage.
Last year, I mixed salt instead of molasses, and it seemed to be hit harder.
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I checked all of them yesterday:
- 1 nearly gone (95%)
- 2 are about half gone
- 1 is barely touched
Anyone else see this kind of disparity of usage.
Last year, I mixed salt instead of molasses, and it seemed to be hit harder.
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Different parts of my farm get hit way harder than others.
If new to it at all…. Add very little garlic & more salt/molasses to start. They get used to it & then u can increase rates of garlic a bit or whatever - they will pound it. Get em used to it!! Even adding a bit of cracked corn if u wanted to really try to get their faces in it and try it. Every spot of mine- they destroy it. But some spots it’s like a bag every 2 weeks and others every 1.5 months - everything in between.
CottonwoodCanyon
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Probably had more to do with location than anything.
Question- was that 100# purina mineral + 30# molasses at each, or was that a total split 4 ways?
Probably be fine. Mix like 5 lbs of molasses to it and that would insure they will pound it. If it’s 8% or more phosphorus- ur set.
CottonwoodCanyon
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I figured but some people go overboard at each site. That's about the amount I put out per. Thanks!
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
When approximately do you guys notice lack of interest in mineral by the deer?