I went to Tractor Supply to pick up a salt lick for deer in my area, the person working there showed me the ‘deer’ salt area. They wanted $25 for a block of the white salt without minerals and $40 for the green mineral salt. I thought that was ridiculous. So I said where do you keep the salt for goats and cattle. The same salt without the pretty pictures of deer on it was $13. Believe me, the deer could care less how it is packaged.
@@TRXMOEafter ten minutes of contemplating, his dialogue is appropriate. Your suggestion is opposite of his but gets to the same out come? I think. I need another bong hit.
No, it is grammatically incorrect for the ideal it is intended to convey. The intended ideal of the saying is to imply that one does not care at all. Saying "I COULD care less" clearly implies that one DOES, in fact, care to some degree. Where as saying "I COULDN'T care less" clearly staes that one DOES NOT care at all. Only one of those statements makes sense regarding an implicit statement between the lines.
I worked at tractor supply for a year.... Shopped there a long time.... You're comment is not just wrong, it's proof you're completely a liar. You never shopped at tractor supply and you don't buy minerals for deer.
I'm an older Hunter 62 I had this thought over 25 years ago I decided to try the equine redblock that promotes hoof growth in horses my reasoning was if it promotes hoof growth in horses why not antler growth in Deer within 3 years I was seeing major antler growth in my bucks far better than what I had seen in the past.I have holes at these mineral sights that are 2ft. deep and up to 6ft dia. I only put mineral out every other season now since when it rains alot of mineral goes straight into the ground.
I keep a 50 pound white salt block, a couple trophy rocks, and the black deer cain blocks out year round down in my creek bottom. The deer hit them all pretty much even. I’ve found the deer actually prefer eating the dirt that the blocks erode into rather than licking the actual blocks. I used this observation and started buying bags of rock salt instead of the blocks and pouring it on a cleaned off portion of ground and then using a garden rake I mix the rock salt into the dirt pretty good. I’ve done this now for a couple years and the location that I’ve done this on the deer have pawed and ate away at the dirt to the point that they have a hole in the ground big enough to park an atv in. So if you’re looking for the best option, in my experience it is the rock salt.
It always blows my mind when people have the nerve to go on someone else’s property let alone steal cameras. Hopefully you’ll catch them in the act or on the property at some point. Great video looks like you have a nice buck coming along!
I’ve had stands and blinds stolen. I’ve had feeders in the off-season broken to pieces. It is so frustrating. It’s ballsy to trespass but to take the time to steal is brazen. They need busted and prosecuted .
Thanks for sharing your time, money and efforts. I don't care if folks check my cameras SD cards, just leave it how you found it. Sorry you lost a camera. What goes around, comes around.
I'm not gonna lie I have checked a few SD cards on private land that wasn't mine, but I never stole a camera, there camera showed me why alot of deer disappeared on me, they have poor sent control, and there cameras are always in places were a big buck would pick it off quickly, and usually there cameras didn't show anything impressive ( scent control) 😔
When setting up a trail camera you have 2 have 2 and one at normal and the other up 10-15 feet in the tree aiming to the first camera... A great way to do that is if you're camera has a thread at the bottom get a bolt that will fit it and get a hinge that is about 6" long and comes to a point because at the tip of the one side of the hinge you bolt on your camera and the other side of the hinge you secure it to a tree and the reason for all this is so now you can aim your camera any angle you want and to hold the angle that you need you can use wire or string... And having it that high no one can take it or may not no it there and you can find out who or what is happening... The effort is well worth it when someone is stealing from you...
I've used granulated trace mineral to inventory deer on land I hunt for 20 plus years. Put in clay dirt near water. First year you can see young bucks increased base mass. Helps them getting proteins from green vegetation. 👍 video.
Talked to a tractor supply employee who also turned out to be a farmer. He said the green blocks have something in them ( can't remember exactly) that promotes bone growth and fertility. A buddy of mine has used them for the last few years and he says he genuinely believes it has helped with antler growth on his property
Throw all those blocks away and use Lucky Buck as it has selenium, which is important for antler growth. It truly works and attracts deer while maximizing racks.
Like humans, deer like salt. Is your goal just want to attract deer or do you want to do something that is beneficial for deer? There is a difference between using minerals and just plain salt. If you do want to supplement the minerals deer get from food, you should put the minerals out in January when the does are pregnant and buck are recovering from the rut. By the end of August deer will be less likely to visit mineral sites. The does are finished nursing and the bucks antlers are finished growing. Also if what you are buying has a picture of a deer on the package, the price will be much higher even if it is plan salt. Funny how much stores stock minerals prior to hunting season rather than when it best for deer. I’ve had all kind of animals come to my mineral sites including birds. Need a camera to watch the camera. Nice experiment though.
My suggestion is only put out one block whatever 1 you want they're gonna eat it None is better than the other Don't give the deer a choice and you'll have no problem just saying.
I compared Trophy Rock to the cattle mineral block before. It seemed like the deer took to the Trophy Rock as is while I finally had to bust up the cattle block. In the end though the Trophy Rock won.
I've kept livestock mineral blocks out for the deer here at the house for years. I don't hunt them and just keep it out there to help them out. Just noticed yesterday that they've wiped out the last one I put out. Something that surprised me is the number of birds that hit ground where the block sits, picking up the salt and minerals from the soil around it. All kinds of birds and I have many. Doves seem to hit it as hard or harder than many of the others do. I'm sure there's other animals that make use of it also. Not opposed to hunting in the least but I just don't do any anymore. But I do love having the critters around doing there thing and not as pets.
I can't stand a thief it's probably your neighbor it's who ever goes back there often pay closer attention maybe you can catch them but good information thanks don't let them ruin your day 😊
Cool vid! Super glue a few razor blades onto the back of the cameras. That would deter me from wanting to steal another one. Thanks for sharing the fun!
I've been using the 50lb blocks for years. It seems like they lick the stump and the dirt around it more than lick the actual block. They come to it pretty regular till the bucks shed their velvet.
Yup same here up in Michigan. Over the years I've learned that salt or attractant won't work on bucks come season. Only for summer feeding when they need it the most
I buy the 50# block in white and cut in half. Put on a stump and the deer really like it during summer. One stump I've had a set up on for about 10 years and the deer actually come and lick the stump itself.
Had some one steal my trailer spare tire from the trailer,while I was hunting.Also A trailer tag was stolen while I was hunting and a snatch block set to lift a deer for skinning.Yes club or N.F. Land it does not matter a thief is thief.Good luck to all honest hunters.
So, if you're putting out salt blocks in PA, unless you physically excavate the ground the salt block is on, you can get nailed for "baiting". Trust me I know. I used to live in PA and belonged to a hunting lease. Others in the lease had put out several mineral/salt blocks in the spring. Then removed them a month prior to the opening of archery season (as the game laws state), yet I still got cited for hunting over "bait". I told the game warden I was hunting that area due to the apple trees in the area, and several scrapes, and the year before I shot a nice 8 point out of the same tree stand. He didn't care about any of it!! He told me that unless I "excavated" the dirt around the salt/mineral block, that he could have the soil tested and prove there was still salt "residue" in the ground. I went to Harrisburg to a hearing at the game commission headquarters, I drew a plat of the area I was hunting (as I'm a land surveyor) to show the location of trails, apple trees, and scrapes in relation to my tree stand location. IT DIDN"T MATTER!!! I was found guilty and lost my hunting privileges for a year!! It was the longest year of my life without being able to hunt. The game warden also said that "technically" he could bust anyone hunting within a mile of a former salt/mineral block location, stating that this trail leads to that trail which leads to that trail. It was TOTAL BULLSHIT!!! He was out to bust anyone on the lease because he lived a few miles away and when the timber company leased the property he was to cheap to join the lease!!! Therefore he wasn't able to hunt it anymore, and was just looking be be a DICK and bust anyone and everyone he could that belonged to the hunting lease. It ruined my 30th birthday!! It was 26 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. Got to love PA game commission!!!
I’ve put salt out for years, all I do is go to farm store and buy 25-50 lbs bags of salt. Find a mud puddle and our salt in in and mash it in good. Then next spring pour more in same spot the deer will dig the ground up and make it look like a miniature gravel bed.
Stopped the video at 2:47 mark to say that in my area, trophy rock is king! By far! Bucks love it and does like especially when when pregnant or nursing fawns
That stinks about your trail camera. Interesting test. I had a trespasser come onto my farm and he stole my treestand. He put it up in a tree on the other side of the farm and i caught him in it on a closed hunting day while taking a walk. I lost it and he wouldn't come down. I called DNR and had him and his buddy through the woods charged.
Thieves suck !! I switched to cel cameras and have them locked but if a thief comes I'll get a picture of him as he messes with my stuff. I had a camera stolen a couple of years ago by a turkey hunter. Hes damn lucky I didn't catch him... nice experiment 👍
Been using just standard trace minerals ypu would use for cattle in the 50lb bags. Works better for me than anything else and is cheap. Has more of the stuff deer need in it than most of the other salt blocks as well.
I just used granular red cattle minerals. I’d find a fallen pine tree and pour that on the main trunk and the stump and they’d eat the whole log and where the stump was they’d eat a hole in the ground 3 feet deep. I think you can even get the cattle minerals with a dewormer if I remember right.
I have put salt blocks in the same spot for 30 years. Deer have ate a 3 foot long, 6 inch deep trench where the blocks have been located. My choice this year was a yellow livestock (sulfer) block to try and help with ticks and flies on the deer.
My take on corn and salt is bad ! Corn changes stomach digestion and salt makes them drink more water which fills up the stomach and then there not as hungry for good Sustenance ! I put trophy rock right after late archery !! I think it’s the minerals in it ! Sorry about camera ! To bad we can’t use slap traps 😂
You need to start putting a camera on your camera. My buddy started doing that because his brother would stop at his camera and delete all the evidence of him being around my buddies deer stand. Camera on the camera, you will get the perpetrator. Also could be someone trespassing, then sees your camera and makes the choice to take the evidence. We have had that happen also
I put out the agr trace mineral for the horses. It really brings the deer in so I can watch them from my deck.i have never seen them lick the block, but they are always browsing around it
What's up cutie looking forward to watching this video. I always figured why can't we just use regular livestock blocks of salt for deer because they're also ruminants with cows, goat, sheep, etc.
I had a sack of corn I was going to put out and sat in my blind for a while. Laid the sack of corn down about ten feet from my blind. A doe and fawn cane up and actually nibbled on the white sack the corn was in.
Have had some (multiple) stolen from height, including locked ones with room to get teh camera out with tools. Needed climbing gear to get at it. Hunting is getting more popular as deer etc become more overpopulated, as the dickheads can't help but find them they become hunting experts. Parallels the local increase in meth, & it's noticeable the ethics of forest users is declining. Some are involved with to popular youtube/media productions, which reflects the quality/naivety of audiences. Some who purchase the equipment advertised.
I've started using pool salt and Kool aid... I put about 10 lbs of salt to 1 large container of Kool aid (like the powder that makes like 2 gallons) I was worried ants would be all over it but Kool aid started using a good deal of artificial sweeteners so they can advertise "less sugar than soda" and it hasn't been an issue. We were using some granular deer salt that came in like a 15 lb bucket for $20, now I can make 4 licks for that price. The cool thing I have noticed, even more than a pile of corn, it holds the deer in one place. I've had pictures of the same deer standing for over an hour (maybe not every single minute on camera but they are hanging in the area and coming back to the lick a lot)
@@Francois_Dupont I had concerns about that but I looked up the active ingredient and it was over 99% pure sodium chloride. I think it's Clorox brand but don't quote me on that
Pellet of crystal softener salt. Not the green bags though. Get it on sale and pile it up on stumps. They will come chew on the stump for far longer than you will see the salt.
water softener "salt" is a salt, but its a different chemical and is more poisonous than normal "table" salt. if i remember correctly it is Potasium Chroride instead of Sodium Choride.
Water softener salt is most commonly made of sodium chloride (NaCl). It is similar to the salt used for cooking. It may also be made with a salt alternative called potassium chloride (KCl), but this is less common. Water softener salt comes in different forms as well.
Had a cam go missing on place, called neighbor he hadn't seen anyone or had anything missing. Found cam 75yd away chewed up but not bear looking damage. Checked card it was a Pyrenees that stole it
I use cattle salt...... with a heat sensor that alerts me out to a half mile. And put Lead motion sensors out. The sensor tells me when the deer are there and the light light the area up ......and at 200 yard........pinpoint accuracy........ pick them off quietly !
This video is way out of my wheel house. I don't hunt and I've never shot a gun personally. Nothing against guns at all. However, I do love a nice scientific study by mere mortals like you and I. Let's see how much money has been wasted by people who hunt Deer. God knows how much money I've wasted on upgrading things in my life only to have no better results....let the games begin.
Love the video like the salt block buffet .I just want to share i I place my block of salt on old three stump I use the big salt block it soak in and deer love it they come all year round chew on the stump & too bad for the camera bud pretty sad .well keep up those video very educational on what you're buying love it 😂
Maybe have to put a cell camera on the camera that way you get live alerts if it’s just wildlife you can check later if it someone stealing the camera you will have the video clip
That why I invested in cell cams. At least then I have a chance of getting a pic of whoever takes it. I also u still cable to lock my cam to the tree. A little harder to cut with bolt cutters
I've been feeding deer and turkey and tried finding something turkey liked but deer would leave alone, I have yet found anything deer won't eat lol, even bird seed
It takes one year for them to start on the big ones. If you left it out there,then the following spring they would hit it hard. At least that's what they do on my property. It will stit there and look just like when you put it out then the next year in turkey season I noticed they had killed it.
I’ve got a Apple and a white one out now and they seem to go for both I had a white one out years ago and after it dissolved the deer would come and dig a big hole where it use to be. Funny thing happened a couple of nights ago the deer were coming up every night and licking the block a rabbit came out and sit on the block I put a caption under the picture “ Those stinking deer not gonna eat up my apple block I’ll sit here all night” .
I’ve tried lucky buck and wild game innovation apple blocks and cattle blocks. This year is the first year that I tried trophy rock and by far, it is the clear winner that my deer herd love. I have bought 2 bags of the granules of trophy rock and 2 trophy rock and I have had a camera out on this mineral sight since February. My deer herd has really torn this mineral sight up by digging a 12 to 15 inches wide whole, 1 foot deep in the ground, so yeah, I will continue buying trophy rock, no matter what it cost. Not spending my hard earned money on the smother minerals if they don’t work
I hate a thief. Sometimes it pays to buy the lock box and big lag screws to make sure they have to cut the tree down to get it out or saw the lock box and cam in half.
I loved the video. I live in Upstate NY and we have so many poachers, folks who give "no f*cks" about private property or conservation laws. Some I have busted on my land who were very successful wealthy people and some people who didn't have a dime to their name. Just bad people. Oh, in NY state it is illegal to put up salt licks, there is a warning on packaging, I am putting one up and mixing it up with soil, I don't hunt just like deer.
I have used.plain salt for past two years. Heard iodine not good for them. Good results. DIgging holes in grond after it has rained. Thought of trying mineral salt this year. I generally put it on trails already being used near water. Think it helps them be healthier. Probably other animals as well.
i've used every one you tested and found that the trophy rock was the least they used. what i use that i think works great for me in michigan's U.P is pure rock salt i get a couple 50 pound bags and that last me a few mths. nice video
2nd that. I use both the crushed trophy rock and trace mineral blocks on my western U.P. hunting property. The crushed trophy rock is about 1/2 the price of large rock and allows me to easily split at two locations. Any salt product will attract deer during spring & summer. Natural minerals in trophy rock may help in antler growth and a boost for mom & newborn fawns.
We use Rocksalt mixed with molasses an vanilla at our Camp in the UP of Michigan! Nice thing about cell cams is by the time they notice camera you have a picture of them! Most people steel them because they got caught on private land? On public usualy because they are Fkn low life theifs.
An old gorilla Gardner trick. Stick a dollar bill to the tree you want to use for your trail camera location. If it's still there after afew weeks. It's likely a good spot.
Well, I have to say nice little video and yes it a sham that there are people out there going onto private land and taking items that aren't theirs. I like using the champion trace mineral salt block it has worked very well for me here in central Alabama.
A couple years ago I put out two trail cameras on my hunting property. One camera got stolen but the other camera got the subject on video. I called DNR on the person because he was spot lighting my deer 🦌. Pisses me to no end someone stealing and poaching on my private land. This is the reason I will not lease out or let anyone hunt on my land but family. It’s very sad.
Trophy Rock hands down the Best the dear will lick them clear like an amber color....I put out 2 in the same area so the deer don't fight cause they will...when gone they will eat the dirt....even in Nov a buck will come by to sniff around
I run ,15 cameras in my property..i have four 110 gallon water troughs out..i have foyr different trophy rock sights.... I planted 110 chestnut trees,40 sawtooth oaks,9 pear trees and 15 persimmon trees.. chestnut trees produce nuts in 3-5 years my trees are two year old and outta a 5 ft tree tube..if i catch anyone in my property i call the game Warden..
That sucks when someone does that even on private land 😡 I try to hide mine so no one will see it they probably spotted the blocks and seen camera.. trophy rock does good I been doing a spot for bout 6 years now and still have deer come to it every other day at the most
I went to Tractor Supply to pick up a salt lick for deer in my area, the person working there showed me the ‘deer’ salt area. They wanted $25 for a block of the white salt without minerals and $40 for the green mineral salt. I thought that was ridiculous. So I said where do you keep the salt for goats and cattle. The same salt without the pretty pictures of deer on it was $13. Believe me, the deer could care less how it is packaged.
Couldn't* care less
@@TRXMOEafter ten minutes of contemplating, his dialogue is appropriate. Your suggestion is opposite of his but gets to the same out come? I think. I need another bong hit.
No, it is grammatically incorrect for the ideal it is intended to convey. The intended ideal of the saying is to imply that one does not care at all. Saying "I COULD care less" clearly implies that one DOES, in fact, care to some degree. Where as saying "I COULDN'T care less" clearly staes that one DOES NOT care at all.
Only one of those statements makes sense regarding an implicit statement between the lines.
@Guttersmart but I agree, another bong hit is certainly warranted 😅
I worked at tractor supply for a year.... Shopped there a long time.... You're comment is not just wrong, it's proof you're completely a liar. You never shopped at tractor supply and you don't buy minerals for deer.
I'm an older Hunter 62 I had this thought over 25 years ago I decided to try the equine redblock that promotes hoof growth in horses my reasoning was if it promotes hoof growth in horses why not antler growth in Deer within 3 years I was seeing major antler growth in my bucks far better than what I had seen in the past.I have holes at these mineral sights that are 2ft. deep and up to 6ft dia. I only put mineral out every other season now since when it rains alot of mineral goes straight into the ground.
I keep a 50 pound white salt block, a couple trophy rocks, and the black deer cain blocks out year round down in my creek bottom. The deer hit them all pretty much even. I’ve found the deer actually prefer eating the dirt that the blocks erode into rather than licking the actual blocks. I used this observation and started buying bags of rock salt instead of the blocks and pouring it on a cleaned off portion of ground and then using a garden rake I mix the rock salt into the dirt pretty good. I’ve done this now for a couple years and the location that I’ve done this on the deer have pawed and ate away at the dirt to the point that they have a hole in the ground big enough to park an atv in. So if you’re looking for the best option, in my experience it is the rock salt.
Probably a lot cheaper to I’d imagine. Just regular rock salt?
@@Chris-ip8pz yes just regular rock salt.
It always blows my mind when people have the nerve to go on someone else’s property let alone steal cameras. Hopefully you’ll catch them in the act or on the property at some point. Great video looks like you have a nice buck coming along!
Someone keeps coming to my lease and damages the feeders on purpose
@@aelaroui its the neighbours 95% of the time. get some camera and hide them. catch that f0ker.
@@Francois_Dupont i have a pic of them in the act but i have no idea who it is, even my neighbors don't lol
@@aelaroui call the cops.they are paid for that stuff.
Yup, had issues when someone was in my dad's property to hunt or fishing.
I’ve had stands and blinds stolen. I’ve had feeders in the off-season broken to pieces. It is so frustrating. It’s ballsy to trespass but to take the time to steal is brazen. They need busted and prosecuted .
cameras!
Set decoy blind & stand, and ask few young nephews to stake take out couple yards away hidden to camp out take pictures. (Not go face them)
Time to give the thieves some 12 gauge rock SHOT😂
Thanks for sharing your time, money and efforts. I don't care if folks check my cameras SD cards, just leave it how you found it.
Sorry you lost a camera. What goes around, comes around.
I'm not gonna lie I have checked a few SD cards on private land that wasn't mine, but I never stole a camera, there camera showed me why alot of deer disappeared on me, they have poor sent control, and there cameras are always in places were a big buck would pick it off quickly, and usually there cameras didn't show anything impressive ( scent control) 😔
When setting up a trail camera you have 2 have 2 and one at normal and the other up 10-15 feet in the tree aiming to the first camera... A great way to do that is if you're camera has a thread at the bottom get a bolt that will fit it and get a hinge that is about 6" long and comes to a point because at the tip of the one side of the hinge you bolt on your camera and the other side of the hinge you secure it to a tree and the reason for all this is so now you can aim your camera any angle you want and to hold the angle that you need you can use wire or string... And having it that high no one can take it or may not no it there and you can find out who or what is happening... The effort is well worth it when someone is stealing from you...
I've used granulated trace mineral to inventory deer on land I hunt for 20 plus years. Put in clay dirt near water. First year you can see young bucks increased base mass. Helps them getting proteins from green vegetation. 👍 video.
Talked to a tractor supply employee who also turned out to be a farmer. He said the green blocks have something in them ( can't remember exactly) that promotes bone growth and fertility. A buddy of mine has used them for the last few years and he says he genuinely believes it has helped with antler growth on his property
What name is it? Not see green salt block at TSC
Why would you want better fertility ? Who cares about size of antlers ??? Shoot them dead ! They are rats with antlers !!
Selenium
Saw at Farm Rural at Litchfield Illinois. $16.99
Throw all those blocks away and use Lucky Buck as it has selenium, which is important for antler growth. It truly works and attracts deer while maximizing racks.
Like humans, deer like salt. Is your goal just want to attract deer or do you want to do something that is beneficial for deer? There is a difference between using minerals and just plain salt. If you do want to supplement the minerals deer get from food, you should put the minerals out in January when the does are pregnant and buck are recovering from the rut. By the end of August deer will be less likely to visit mineral sites. The does are finished nursing and the bucks antlers are finished growing. Also if what you are buying has a picture of a deer on the package, the price will be much higher even if it is plan salt. Funny how much stores stock minerals prior to hunting season rather than when it best for deer. I’ve had all kind of animals come to my mineral sites including birds. Need a camera to watch the camera.
Nice experiment though.
My suggestion is only put out one block whatever 1 you want they're gonna eat it None is better than the other Don't give the deer a choice and you'll have no problem just saying.
That’s a bummer about the trail cameras, really cool seeing which salt blocks the deer would hit.
I compared Trophy Rock to the cattle mineral block before. It seemed like the deer took to the Trophy Rock as is while I finally had to bust up the cattle block. In the end though the Trophy Rock won.
I tried corn blocks perssimon blocks and apple blocks and they walk over them to eat corn on the ground
I've kept livestock mineral blocks out for the deer here at the house for years. I don't hunt them and just keep it out there to help them out. Just noticed yesterday that they've wiped out the last one I put out. Something that surprised me is the number of birds that hit ground where the block sits, picking up the salt and minerals from the soil around it. All kinds of birds and I have many. Doves seem to hit it as hard or harder than many of the others do. I'm sure there's other animals that make use of it also.
Not opposed to hunting in the least but I just don't do any anymore. But I do love having the critters around doing there thing and not as pets.
I can't stand a thief it's probably your neighbor it's who ever goes back there often pay closer attention maybe you can catch them but good information thanks don't let them ruin your day 😊
Cool vid! Super glue a few razor blades onto the back of the cameras. That would deter me from wanting to steal another one. Thanks for sharing the fun!
I've been using the 50lb blocks for years. It seems like they lick the stump and the dirt around it more than lick the actual block. They come to it pretty regular till the bucks shed their velvet.
Yup same here up in Michigan. Over the years I've learned that salt or attractant won't work on bucks come season. Only for summer feeding when they need it the most
I buy the 50# block in white and cut in half.
Put on a stump and the deer really like it during summer.
One stump I've had a set up on for about 10 years and the deer actually come and lick the stump itself.
Had some one steal my trailer spare tire from the trailer,while I was hunting.Also A trailer tag was stolen while I was hunting and a snatch block set to lift a deer for skinning.Yes club or N.F. Land it does not matter a thief is thief.Good luck to all honest hunters.
So, if you're putting out salt blocks in PA, unless you physically excavate the ground the salt block is on, you can get nailed for "baiting". Trust me I know. I used to live in PA and belonged to a hunting lease. Others in the lease had put out several mineral/salt blocks in the spring. Then removed them a month prior to the opening of archery season (as the game laws state), yet I still got cited for hunting over "bait". I told the game warden I was hunting that area due to the apple trees in the area, and several scrapes, and the year before I shot a nice 8 point out of the same tree stand. He didn't care about any of it!! He told me that unless I "excavated" the dirt around the salt/mineral block, that he could have the soil tested and prove there was still salt "residue" in the ground. I went to Harrisburg to a hearing at the game commission headquarters, I drew a plat of the area I was hunting (as I'm a land surveyor) to show the location of trails, apple trees, and scrapes in relation to my tree stand location. IT DIDN"T MATTER!!! I was found guilty and lost my hunting privileges for a year!! It was the longest year of my life without being able to hunt. The game warden also said that "technically" he could bust anyone hunting within a mile of a former salt/mineral block location, stating that this trail leads to that trail which leads to that trail. It was TOTAL BULLSHIT!!! He was out to bust anyone on the lease because he lived a few miles away and when the timber company leased the property he was to cheap to join the lease!!! Therefore he wasn't able to hunt it anymore, and was just looking be be a DICK and bust anyone and everyone he could that belonged to the hunting lease.
It ruined my 30th birthday!! It was 26 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. Got to love PA game commission!!!
I’ve put salt out for years, all I do is go to farm store and buy 25-50 lbs bags of salt. Find a mud puddle and our salt in in and mash it in good. Then next spring pour more in same spot the deer will dig the ground up and make it look like a miniature gravel bed.
Stopped the video at 2:47 mark to say that in my area, trophy rock is king! By far! Bucks love it and does like especially when when pregnant or nursing fawns
That stinks about your trail camera. Interesting test. I had a trespasser come onto my farm and he stole my treestand. He put it up in a tree on the other side of the farm and i caught him in it on a closed hunting day while taking a walk. I lost it and he wouldn't come down. I called DNR and had him and his buddy through the woods charged.
Loving these tests!
Put up a bearproof camera holder w an airtag hidden in the camera. Then you know who to aim at when it disappears again.
Thieves suck !! I switched to cel cameras and have them locked but if a thief comes I'll get a picture of him as he messes with my stuff. I had a camera stolen a couple of years ago by a turkey hunter. Hes damn lucky I didn't catch him... nice experiment 👍
Been using just standard trace minerals ypu would use for cattle in the 50lb bags. Works better for me than anything else and is cheap. Has more of the stuff deer need in it than most of the other salt blocks as well.
Me too.
I just used granular red cattle minerals. I’d find a fallen pine tree and pour that on the main trunk and the stump and they’d eat the whole log and where the stump was they’d eat a hole in the ground 3 feet deep. I think you can even get the cattle minerals with a dewormer if I remember right.
I use Trophy Rocks covered in the Tractor Supply Treeline liquid minerals. I like the Trophy Rocks. I go through 6-8 a season.
I have put salt blocks in the same spot for 30 years. Deer have ate a 3 foot long, 6 inch deep trench where the blocks have been located. My choice this year was a yellow livestock (sulfer) block to try and help with ticks and flies on the deer.
Are they hitting the sulfur block pretty good?
@@Last_Chance. Yes they are hitting it as usual. Deer will eat a hole in the dirt if it is salty.
My take on corn and salt is bad ! Corn changes stomach digestion and salt makes them drink more water which fills up the stomach and then there not as hungry for good Sustenance ! I put trophy rock right after late archery !! I think it’s the minerals in it ! Sorry about camera ! To bad we can’t use slap traps 😂
You need to start putting a camera on your camera. My buddy started doing that because his brother would stop at his camera and delete all the evidence of him being around my buddies deer stand. Camera on the camera, you will get the perpetrator. Also could be someone trespassing, then sees your camera and makes the choice to take the evidence. We have had that happen also
I put out the agr trace mineral for the horses. It really brings the deer in so I can watch them from my deck.i have never seen them lick the block, but they are always browsing around it
Jerrasic salt rock from Redmond Utah is the best I have tried them all and the proof is in health of the deer and the horns.
Every time I put up a camera I bring a small ladder and use a stick behind it for the angle. I literally put it barely out of reach.
I dig a whole mix loose salt in the ground and fill back in I have a three foot whole they have dug.
What's up cutie looking forward to watching this video.
I always figured why can't we just use regular livestock blocks of salt for deer because they're also ruminants with cows, goat, sheep, etc.
Nice video. Sorry about your camera. It's happened to me, too. It amazes me how many people steal. Taking someone's stuff doesn't even cross my mind.
I had a sack of corn I was going to put out and sat in my blind for a while. Laid the sack of corn down about ten feet from my blind. A doe and fawn cane up and actually nibbled on the white sack the corn was in.
That sucks that someone stole your camera. I’ve been there. I invested in some locking cables. Hardly anyone walks in the woods with bolt cutters.
Have had some (multiple) stolen from height, including locked ones with room to get teh camera out with tools. Needed climbing gear to get at it.
Hunting is getting more popular as deer etc become more overpopulated, as the dickheads can't help but find them they become hunting experts. Parallels the local increase in meth, & it's noticeable the ethics of forest users is declining. Some are involved with to popular youtube/media productions, which reflects the quality/naivety of audiences. Some who purchase the equipment advertised.
thanks
i just started doing the mineral block and camera i got a sweet 7 point Black tail buck showing up
I've started using pool salt and Kool aid... I put about 10 lbs of salt to 1 large container of Kool aid (like the powder that makes like 2 gallons) I was worried ants would be all over it but Kool aid started using a good deal of artificial sweeteners so they can advertise "less sugar than soda" and it hasn't been an issue. We were using some granular deer salt that came in like a 15 lb bucket for $20, now I can make 4 licks for that price. The cool thing I have noticed, even more than a pile of corn, it holds the deer in one place. I've had pictures of the same deer standing for over an hour (maybe not every single minute on camera but they are hanging in the area and coming back to the lick a lot)
water softener "salt" is a salt, but its a different chemical and is more poisonous than normal "table" salt.
@@Francois_Dupont I had concerns about that but I looked up the active ingredient and it was over 99% pure sodium chloride. I think it's Clorox brand but don't quote me on that
@@Ifitfitz22 ahh okok. i heard people talking about "water softener salt" so i was worried.
im a fan of lucky buck buckets. i did a similar comparison myself withe some other minerals and the lucky buck seemed to get the most action.
Pellet of crystal softener salt. Not the green bags though. Get it on sale and pile it up on stumps. They will come chew on the stump for far longer than you will see the salt.
Good job, thaught that was neat that they used them all
Been using softener salt for years. Works great, especially after it melts into the dirt.
Trophy rock last longer in the rain…all others seem to dissolve really quickly in wet weather.
Always enjoy your videos!
I had a deer stick her face in my backpack and eat my McDonald's salt packages I had for cooking. I don't think they're fussy.
water softener "salt" is a salt, but its a different chemical and is more poisonous than normal "table" salt.
if i remember correctly it is Potasium Chroride instead of Sodium Choride.
Water softener salt is most commonly made of sodium chloride (NaCl). It is similar to the salt used for cooking. It may also be made with a salt alternative called potassium chloride (KCl), but this is less common. Water softener salt comes in different forms as well.
@@akbychoice where i live water softener salt is only Potasium Chloride. i worked in retail and i never saw any made from "normal" salt.
Had a cam go missing on place, called neighbor he hadn't seen anyone or had anything missing. Found cam 75yd away chewed up but not bear looking damage. Checked card it was a Pyrenees that stole it
I use cattle salt...... with a heat sensor that alerts me out to a half mile. And put Lead motion sensors out. The sensor tells me when the deer are there and the light light the area up ......and at 200 yard........pinpoint accuracy........ pick them off quietly !
This video is way out of my wheel house. I don't hunt and I've never shot a gun personally. Nothing against guns at all. However, I do love a nice scientific study by mere mortals like you and I. Let's see how much money has been wasted by people who hunt Deer. God knows how much money I've wasted on upgrading things in my life only to have no better results....let the games begin.
Trophy Rock is natural salt and mineral rock, mined in Utah.
What if you tried grind the salt to course grain. Then spread it out the same day you hunt. Please do this
man that sucks, in Wisconsin I use whatever I remember when I'm shopping. as long as it's by water they will use it
I make salt licks by dissolving rock salt in hot water. In two weeks they ate out a 2ft. Circle and about 10 inches deep
Love the video like the salt block buffet .I just want to share i I place my block of salt on old three stump I use the big salt block it soak in and deer love it they come all year round chew on the stump & too bad for the camera bud pretty sad .well keep up those video very educational on what you're buying love it 😂
You should put up a dummy camera with either a tracker or something like an apple tag inside on the camera
Maybe have to put a cell camera on the camera that way you get live alerts if it’s just wildlife you can check later if it someone stealing the camera you will have the video clip
That why I invested in cell cams. At least then I have a chance of getting a pic of whoever takes it. I also u still cable to lock my cam to the tree. A little harder to cut with bolt cutters
Awesome video. Thank you for the video.
Man that’s unfortunate you handled it pretty well I would be so mad to even try again great video none the less 💯
I go the cheap way, CORN🤣🤣🤣
I've been feeding deer and turkey and tried finding something turkey liked but deer would leave alone, I have yet found anything deer won't eat lol, even bird seed
Thanks for the informative video
It takes one year for them to start on the big ones. If you left it out there,then the following spring they would hit it hard. At least that's what they do on my property. It will stit there and look just like when you put it out then the next year in turkey season I noticed they had killed it.
Great comparison thanks!
Is this north or south pa. Because I live in northern pa and was wondering if it would be the same in all of pa
North
Dude, is Denny Hamlin your twin brother? You guys even sound the same! I'm sure you have heard that before, but anyway, great video!!
I have heard that a few times on here lol
Ya, I'm interested
I had a couple stolen and saw them for sale on facebook. I scratch my initials all over my trail cameras now.
I’ve got a Apple and a white one out now and they seem to go for both I had a white one out years ago and after it dissolved the deer would come and dig a big hole where it use to be. Funny thing happened a couple of nights ago the deer were coming up every night and licking the block a rabbit came out and sit on the block I put a caption under the picture “ Those stinking deer not gonna eat up my apple block I’ll sit here all night” .
Need to put a trail camera on your trail camera.
Nice and informative video!!
Have you done an video of different minerals yet ?
Not yet
I’ve tried lucky buck and wild game innovation apple blocks and cattle blocks. This year is the first year that I tried trophy rock and by far, it is the clear winner that my deer herd love. I have bought 2 bags of the granules of trophy rock and 2 trophy rock and I have had a camera out on this mineral sight since February. My deer herd has really torn this mineral sight up by digging a 12 to 15 inches wide whole, 1 foot deep in the ground, so yeah, I will continue buying trophy rock, no matter what it cost. Not spending my hard earned money on the smother minerals if they don’t work
I agree ! Buck, doe & fawns love it. Deer do eat dirt to get minerals and I have seen them move the the rocks to get to the dirt under them !
My deer eat the cheap salt n they love it 😂 sorry bout your camera 😣 good vid!
Use wire cables and a lock next time you put it out there that should help you out to keep your cameras
I hate a thief. Sometimes it pays to buy the lock box and big lag screws to make sure they have to cut the tree down to get it out or saw the lock box and cam in half.
what state is this I thought your new property was in NY?
It is. This is by my house in PA.
i SWEAR by Trophy rock! lol i use other stuff too. i just bought land and ready to try new homemade stuff ive seen.
I loved the video. I live in Upstate NY and we have so many poachers, folks who give "no f*cks" about private property or conservation laws. Some I have busted on my land who were very successful wealthy people and some people who didn't have a dime to their name. Just bad people. Oh, in NY state it is illegal to put up salt licks, there is a warning on packaging, I am putting one up and mixing it up with soil, I don't hunt just like deer.
I have used.plain salt for past two years. Heard iodine not good for them. Good results. DIgging holes in grond after it has rained. Thought of trying mineral salt this year. I generally put it on trails already being used near water. Think it helps them be healthier. Probably other animals as well.
People put mineral out in march! Stop waiting until summer
I have big bucks smashing deer Cain in November
@@ericstevens8744 sweet
i've used every one you tested and found that the trophy rock was the least they used. what i use that i think works great for me in michigan's U.P is pure rock salt i get a couple 50 pound bags and that last me a few mths. nice video
The deer in WV love the trophy rock
2nd that. I use both the crushed trophy rock and trace mineral blocks on my western U.P. hunting property. The crushed trophy rock is about 1/2 the price of large rock and allows me to easily split at two locations. Any salt product will attract deer during spring & summer. Natural minerals in trophy rock may help in antler growth and a boost for mom & newborn fawns.
We use Rocksalt mixed with molasses an vanilla at our Camp in the UP of Michigan! Nice thing about cell cams is by the time they notice camera you have a picture of them! Most people steel them because they got caught on private land? On public usualy because they are Fkn low life theifs.
That’s weird my trophy rocks are gone in 2-3 days in mid Michigan.
@@grillem6648 there's no way the deer are eating a 12 pound trophy rock in 2-3 days..
Hate that you lost a trail cam.
An old gorilla Gardner trick. Stick a dollar bill to the tree you want to use for your trail camera location. If it's still there after afew weeks. It's likely a good spot.
I've found they don't go for artificial flavor blocks.
Need a Spartan camera . GPS even if shut off and battery’s are removed.
Well, I have to say nice little video and yes it a sham that there are people out there going onto private land and taking items that aren't theirs. I like using the champion trace mineral salt block it has worked very well for me here in central Alabama.
The trophy rock is for the states that it is illegal to put them out 😂
A couple years ago I put out two trail cameras on my hunting property. One camera got stolen but the other camera got the subject on video. I called DNR on the person because he was spot lighting my deer 🦌. Pisses me to no end someone stealing and poaching on my private land. This is the reason I will not lease out or let anyone hunt on my land but family. It’s very sad.
Trophy Rock hands down the Best the dear will lick them clear like an amber color....I put out 2 in the same area so the deer don't fight cause they will...when gone they will eat the dirt....even in Nov a buck will come by to sniff around
I run ,15 cameras in my property..i have four 110 gallon water troughs out..i have foyr different trophy rock sights....
I planted 110 chestnut trees,40 sawtooth oaks,9 pear trees and 15 persimmon trees.. chestnut trees produce nuts in 3-5 years my trees are two year old and outta a 5 ft tree tube..if i catch anyone in my property i call the game Warden..
Cell cameras you can track
Very helpful
That sucks when someone does that even on private land 😡 I try to hide mine so no one will see it they probably spotted the blocks and seen camera.. trophy rock does good I been doing a spot for bout 6 years now and still have deer come to it every other day at the most
This is my first year with trophy rock deer and elk love it I've always used deer cacaine and the elk like it but the deer never touched it
@@bullyrutbowhunter6404 whitetails love the deer Cain here 👍👍
I hunt mule deer and elk we have a few white tail not very many
We put Game Cams on Our Game Cams....put that one up in a tree watching the Feed Cam.....caught family members messing around trying to be cute....