Good Deer Mineral? ? ?

[ronn]

my understanding is that all those supplements can be bought at the feed store for a lot less $$ than buying the bag with a pic of a deer on it. You just need a recipe like the one Joel has. I think you could also just read the bag of deer stuff, ingredients should be on there.

[Hunting Man]

farmer quality red trace mineral salt has molasses in it to entice the cows to eat it. I have used it for deer by just digging a hole mixing it with the dirt. The deer had the hole enlarged to an area about 4' in diameter.

[ronn]

do you know what that red trace mineral stuff has in it for minerals, hunting man?

[Hunting Man]

I really don't remember, I used it during the middle 80's, mostly as an attractant. It did work very well for that purpose. I'm sure it had sodium, calcium, magnesium but for the rest I can't say. The molassses made it very sweet. It was cheap back then, 3-4 dollars for 50 lb. I think if it was mixed with today's nutrient rich products you could streach the cost out pretty well, and the deer would tear it up.

[ronn]

thanks,,,,,

[Southern Man]

I use a dairy mineral and mix with bag salt from the local feed mill. They wouldn't eat the mineral only but they will mixed with salt.