salt licks

[Blizzard of '93]

Just curious if any others place out salt blocks and what sort of? I have the 'flavored' sort - acorn or apple - they seem to like it and the mineral cattle blocks.

 

[PreglerD]

Here in Germany we also place out salt stones mounted on a stick. I normally use normal salt as the farmers use it for the cows. But I think a flavored sourt could also be good, especially as you said with apple flavor, because we all knew that the deers like the taste of apples. The salt stick is a good way to make the deers watchable, especialy in thick forests.

Kirrmeister

 

[bucktales]

In my area of Ct, with the deer population out of control, it has been legal the last few years to bait on private land. A few guys I know have been using salt and molasses licks. One guy I know usually gets a dumptruck load of pumpkins. You want to see the deer kicking open the pumpkins.
Unfortunately,Private land in this area is pretty much locked up tight as bow hunters usually get permission first since there no min. acreage requirements to bowhunt.. 10 acre min. for any type of long gun hunting. My hunting ground is located outside the bait zone.

 

[Blizzard of '93]

Pumpkins?? may have to try it here, the late freeze that hit this area sure whacked the apple trees. by the way, if you were to see an opussum gorging on pumpkin - wow, that's some good eatin', let him gorge 2-3 weeks before you take him.

 

[bucktales]

Yep, deer LOVE pumpkins. Nope , not my photo. :shocked2:

 

[rabjr]

Salt licks are illegal here but the brown mineral blocks are not. I put a 50 lb mineral block out each spring for them.

 

[roundball]

Salt licks are illegal here but the brown mineral blocks are not. I put a 50 lb mineral block out each spring for them.

Bureaucracy is amazing huh...no to salt blocks, but OK for mineral blocks :shake:.

 

[Osprey]

Tried and tried it here, but I've had saltwater tides over my place so many times the soil turns white in the sun - deer won't come to salt licks here, it's already everywhere.

'Course we can bait, and deer love corn. Always keep a pile going to hang the trail cam over.

 

[rabjr]

Yep, if it's brown it's ok, if it's white it's not. /shrug

 

[bucktales]

Yep, if it's brown it's ok, if it's white it's not. /shrug

I hear ya, makes no sense at all. :bull:

 

[jethro224]

I have put out both salt and mineral licks for the deer. I'll put a block out in april or may when I figger they need all the minerals they can get for antler growing or milk production. It's gone long before hunting season. Illegal to hunt over a salt or mineral block in Illinois. Or even a trail leading to the lick.

 

[Mad Professor]

Can't use salt/mineral blocks here (Ma) or in Vt. Even hunting over a pile of apples will get you in trouble unless the pile just fell ofl the tree they lay under. Same goes for bear hunting too.

 

[PreglerD]

In my area of Ct, with the deer population out of control, it has been legal the last few years to bait on private land. A few guys I know have been using salt and molasses licks. One guy I know usually gets a dumptruck load of pumpkins. You want to see the deer kicking open the pumpkins.
Unfortunately,Private land in this area is pretty much locked up tight as bow hunters usually get permission first since there no min. acreage requirements to bowhunt.. 10 acre min. for any type of long gun hunting. My hunting ground is located outside the bait zone.

Hi Ed,

what is the hunting and fishing admin. doing to reduce the population. the best thing would be longer hunting seasons especially for does and fawns/calfes. Kill them where you can get them. Sounds brutal, but is most effective. Did the same in my huntingground after I leased it 6 years ago and recognized that there is a treedamage of 70 %. Since 6 years we kill 25-30 roes/year at 250 ha/750 acres. Since last year damage by bitting went down to 15%.
You must kill the does, not the bucks!

Regards

Dirk

Dirk

 

[RonT]

I "salt" a stump(s?) somewhere in the vicinity of my stand with common rock salt. A half pound coffee can sized amount applied to the top will leech into the wood, be almost invisible to interlopers, and attract lots of game. I believe approaching game to be in elevated alert and therefore prefer to ambush on the way in as opposed to while on the feed.
Good luck,
R

 

[bucktales]

One of the reasons for baiting in my part of the state is the sheer numbers of deer.If you get all your deer tags for private land alone, you are talking 12+ tags including 2 for muzzle loaders. There is also "bonus" and "reward" tags issued.
Again , the problem is access. Some towns here have deer densities of 60-100 deer per square mile. These same towns have laws prohibiting discharge of firearms laws.
Funny, how that works. the towns hire "sharpshooting" outfits at taxpayer expense to thin them out a bit. Why not open more areas to hunters and controlled hunts?
Lots of anti-hunting and anti-gun types here. Sometimes their tunes change when they smack a deer on the Merrit Parkway with the new Saab or the deer eat every expensive planting at their house.
I get my share of deer here but I still drive 350 miles to hunt Pa., go figure. :hmm:
Here's a link to the deer problem in my neck of the woods...good read
[url] http://www.deeralliance.com/index.php?pageID=38[/url]

 

[rabjr]

Yep, funny how we traveled to Vermont and Maine to hunt in the 70's cause there just were'nt any deer here. It wasn't until 79' till we hit over 100 animals checked during our shotgun season and that was 102. Now theres deer every where and it's hard to justify going out of state to hunt.

 

[Mad Professor]

I hunt vermont and I see nearly as many moose as I see deer. A lot of GMtNF has grown over and they are not logging as much to open it up for deer habitat. Old orchards and pasture are crowded out with 2nd growth hardwoods.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Illegal here in NY also. Illegal to feed OR hunt over bait. The worry of concentrating deer and their swapping saliva in contact points (like feed trays and salt blocks) is a concern with the Cronic Wasting Disease.

Though the local Gander Mt. has a full isle of deer bait, feed and nutrient/salt blocks. Illegal to use but not sell.

 

[Roy]

Though the local Gander Mt. has a full isle of deer bait, feed and nutrient/salt blocks. Illegal to use but not sell.

That always amazes me

 

[RC]

it promotes tourist dollars! :bull: they come from miles away to buy salt and mineral licks from n.y. (not made in n.y. but somethin about the shelf life)...and i have this bridge,,happens to be in n.y. too ... yeah okay i'll be right with ya...mindset?????????? off set?