? What are and where do you get Mesh Mineral Lick Bags
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blasted_saber
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People overthink mineral licks.
Find a stump. Put a salt block on it. Done.
The salt will leach into the wood and long after the block is gone, deer will continue to use the stump. After a couple years its not even necessary to put new salt on it.
Find a stump. Put a salt block on it. Done.
The salt will leach into the wood and long after the block is gone, deer will continue to use the stump. After a couple years its not even necessary to put new salt on it.
I have found quite a number of natural mineral licks, that the animals discovered. I'm talking abut central BC and the deer licks were often just a roadside cut in the earth. We did once find a huge deer lick in an area not used by humans, plus from the air I found a huge, a monster moose mineral lick. It was so large that it could be seen on a government aerial photograph, taken at 30,000 feet above ground level. It had the appearance of a monster wheel, with the moose paths coming to the hub, like spokes on a wheel. At that time, mans closest approach to it was a trail about two miles away.
Also, two of us once sat in the evening above timber line and watched 32 mountain goats come to a mineral lick and they stayed at the lick until we couldn't see them anymore because of darkness.
Some funny things about these licks, commonly called salt licks. I have tasted the soil from several and it never tasted like salt! I once talked to a game biologist about this and he said the animals knew which mineral their body needed and would find it and form a lick.
Also, from my own observation, mineral licks are just used in summer and early fall. I have never seen a moose lick used after early September. I think deer licks are about the same.
Also, two of us once sat in the evening above timber line and watched 32 mountain goats come to a mineral lick and they stayed at the lick until we couldn't see them anymore because of darkness.
Some funny things about these licks, commonly called salt licks. I have tasted the soil from several and it never tasted like salt! I once talked to a game biologist about this and he said the animals knew which mineral their body needed and would find it and form a lick.
Also, from my own observation, mineral licks are just used in summer and early fall. I have never seen a moose lick used after early September. I think deer licks are about the same.
An onion bag is plastic. It'll do nicely. Your wet clothing bag will work too. Like blasted_saber says, don't overthink it.
Anyway, buying anything that is marketed specifically for hunting or attracting game will just cost you more.
Ontario's natural salt lick is under Lake Huron. snicker.
Anyway, buying anything that is marketed specifically for hunting or attracting game will just cost you more.
Ontario's natural salt lick is under Lake Huron. snicker.
Buy a bag of rock salt...take it and a shovel with you to a good spot in the bush. Dump bag of salt onto ground and mix it into the ground.
That way there is nothing alerting other hunters about your spot. Forget about using it as a spot to hunt over, like you would with bait....that is not its purpose, and is NOT reliable.
That way there is nothing alerting other hunters about your spot. Forget about using it as a spot to hunt over, like you would with bait....that is not its purpose, and is NOT reliable.
blasted_saber
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- A blue part of Ontario
Around here (central Ontario) bucks stop using the salt lick once antler development stops (~September). Does use it year round.
