salt/mineral lick to attract deer

Yea they work. I just use cattle blocks. I’ve been putting the blocks in the same spot for 10 years. The salt will dissolve into the dirt and they will eat the dirt when the blocks are gone. I just freshen up my spots every year with a couple new blocks.

ETA: If you look close, there are remnants of a stump under those blocks. When the salt dissolves, the deer will gnaw on the wood. And like the other poster said, They hit them good spring, summer, and pretty much quit around October.

Had no luck with blocks tried it for years. Have good success with bag salt directly on the ground. They will eat the dirt 4 inches deep at times during the summer months. Waste of time in winter.

Just got back from Feed and Seed Store. Bought what looks like the same one.
$10. 50 pounds.

What has worked the best for me is just the cheap bags of water softening salt. Gather a bunch of rotten/semi rotten wood and logs, make a pile then pour the salt over the wood. As said, they’ll eat the wood and dirt.

A buddy of mine reccomended one of those Himalayan pink salt block for bucks. Got one at Academy and put it out and immediately started seeing more buck pics. This was about a month ago and they still come in pretty regularly.

This time of year with the heat is when they are hitting salt/minerals.


Like drinking Gatorade

I am in Alpharetta/Cumming area along the big creek greenway. My neighbor has one and and auto feeder. They love it here. We have deer almost everyday.