NiteRunner Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Where do you like to place Salt Blocks? I was thinking about setting 1 or 2 little ones out and seeing what happens. Anything in particualr I should do when setting it up. Think one by a stand location would do well? Looking for anything you care to chare about them! Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ousoonerfan22 Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement I usually like to set them on a travel route or where I would like the deer to travel through. I like to set them on a dead stump or dig a shallow hole or impression and put it in there with about 2" sticking out of the ground.You can also mix loose salt in the ground,somebody on here has the recipe. I have salt in the ground and two on stumps and there's a lot of fresh tracks around them right now.I've been buying the brown trace mineral blocks but I did try a trophy rock and it's already gone,I don't know if the rain really washes them away or the deer hammered it that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteRunner Posted September 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement Thank You! I'll have to look up the Recipe! I like what you said about putting one where you want them to travel, I've got just the spot for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBowMan Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement Hey Laura, Just make sure that there aren't any laws that prohibit you from "baiting", I grew up there in Ohio, but haven't been back there for a while don't know if the rules changed or not, but I know here in Connecticut we are only allowed to "bait" in certain zones. -- Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossman Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement So that's why it's easier to kill deer in the mid west, you can use salt licks.... I really didn't think anyone used salt licks or any type of bait pile anymore. As for you question: I would leave the salt lick in the truck because I would feel better about killing a deer without the use of bait. But, to each his own!!!--rossman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement Our mineral site is off the edge of a field, not too far off a trail that leads to the field. It is a good idea to set your mineral site up where there is a good water source at a fairly reasonable distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement Deer generally hit the salt and minerals in the spring and summer. They don't need them as much in the fall. I just pour minerals on old stumps and let the get after it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement I put out 2 salt licks a couple years ago and deer never got to them well atleast I don't think they did. One was on a trail and the ground isn't really scraped up there at all the one is in some really thick stuff on a deer trail, but I can't remember exactly where I put it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement [ QUOTE ] So that's why it's easier to kill deer in the mid west, you can use salt licks [/ QUOTE ] LOL...you think Ohio is the mid west? I have a salt lick at the end of my yard...don't hunt there, but have had the game camera on it a few times to see whats coming in at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement Baiting isn't legal here ( Althought it almost got passed.... so glad it didn't) so i can't help you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowhntr Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement I wouldn't use a salt block, loose salt seems to work better. Go to your local feed store and get 25 or 50 lbs of loose trace mineral salt. Use that to make your lick. I like to place my licks along travel corridors or in feeding areas. If you can find an area and place it near water they seem to use them a little heavier. Once a lick is established add a product called Hi-Mag in late winter and always put trace mineral salt in the lick around the first of May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HaDeRonDa Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement [ QUOTE ] So that's why it's easier to kill deer in the mid west, you can use salt licks.... I really didn't think anyone used salt licks or any type of bait pile anymore. --rossman [/ QUOTE ] After you being on here for 3 years I bet I'm not the only one that doesn't believe you. Lost credibility there!!! Some of us aren't that ignorant. I know of a natural salt spring in PA as well as NY. Must be that is baiting and I am not worthy of claiming my prize after I harvest it. I guess I'll stop hunting over natural bait. Wait a minute, isn't a food plot natural bait? LMBO Stop hunting over either? NOT!!! To answer the question now. Somewhere near a watering source. I have seen illegal salt licks set up near dry areas and they never get used. I have seen legal ones set up near, 100 yds or so, water and get hammered. Both of these natural salt springs are not near flowing water but are near man made vernal pools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement [ QUOTE ] Hey Laura, Just make sure that there aren't any laws that prohibit you from "baiting", I grew up there in Ohio, but haven't been back there for a while don't know if the rules changed or not, but I know here in Connecticut we are only allowed to "bait" in certain zones. -- Van [/ QUOTE ] Sound Advice for any area...it's not worth losing the privelege to hunt by using them where their not legal. Easier???? I've used them before when hunting in Georgia where they were legal. It was more like throwing money out the window driving down the road!!! Fed alot of Hogs and Raccoons...and probably a few deer....but never found it to be a gauranteed thing to ensure a harvest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement [ QUOTE ] So that's why it's easier to kill deer in the mid west, you can use salt licks.... I really didn't think anyone used salt licks or any type of bait pile anymore. As for you question: I would leave the salt lick in the truck because I would feel better about killing a deer without the use of bait. But, to each his own!!!--rossman [/ QUOTE ] To each his own? If you really felt that way, why make the derogatory post? Sorry Rossman, I'm tired of people who feel the need to slam others who are following the laws in their state solely because it's different from the way you choose to do things. I don't see where anything is to be gained by doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement I've tried a mineral lick (Deer Cane) a few times and have finally found success. So has my brother. Basically there is one thing with the newest mineral sites we've made that weren't present before. And that is water. Both of them are withing 10 yards of a waterhole and the deer are hammering them. Before when set up on trails, the deer would use them, but not like they do with water right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerkillr777 Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement heck i jsut put my around my stand and in a feeding spot i have and they get hit hard either on a stump or the ground went threw 2 50 lbs salt blocks from june to now jsut put the second one out a few weeks ago and tracks like crazy and a creek not to far away about 50 to a hundred yeards and the trail leads right from the creek to the feed spot plush i have a 55 gal drum got about a foot high and placed at the feed station for water too with some rocks in it so other animals that get n there can get out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteRunner Posted September 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement Thank you for all the replies, Yes Baiting is Legal in Ohio and you can hunt over it. It's just something I want to experience with. I've got a stump picked out 30 yard from a water source and not too far from a trail and maybe a tree stand. Keep the adivce coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] So that's why it's easier to kill deer in the mid west, you can use salt licks.... I really didn't think anyone used salt licks or any type of bait pile anymore. As for you question: I would leave the salt lick in the truck because I would feel better about killing a deer without the use of bait. But, to each his own!!!--rossman [/ QUOTE ] To each his own? If you really felt that way, why make the derogatory post? Sorry Rossman, I'm tired of people who feel the need to slam others who are following the laws in their state solely because it's different from the way you choose to do things. I don't see where anything is to be gained by doing that. [/ QUOTE ] I totally agree with you. People are just taking advantage of something that is allowed to do in there area. There is absolutley nothing wrong with that. By what you just said you bashed everyone that is from the Midwest on here. Liquid Scents, saltn and minerals are not considered bait. Bait is defined as grain, fruit, vegetables, nuts, hay, or other food that is capable of attracting or enticing deer. Putting out a salt block is basically the same thing as using doe urine during the rut to attract deer to where you hunt. It works almost the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossman Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] So that's why it's easier to kill deer in the mid west, you can use salt licks.... I really didn't think anyone used salt licks or any type of bait pile anymore. --rossman [/ QUOTE ] After you being on here for 3 years I bet I'm not the only one that doesn't believe you. Lost credibility there!!! Some of us aren't that ignorant. I know of a natural salt spring in PA as well as NY. Must be that is baiting and I am not worthy of claiming my prize after I harvest it. I guess I'll stop hunting over natural bait. Wait a minute, isn't a food plot natural bait? LMBO Stop hunting over either? NOT!!! To answer the question now. Somewhere near a watering source. I have seen illegal salt licks set up near dry areas and they never get used. I have seen legal ones set up near, 100 yds or so, water and get hammered. Both of these natural salt springs are not near flowing water but are near man made vernal pools. [/ QUOTE ] Your back again??? Dude, there is an obvious difference between natural bait and a brick of salt. The question was asked as where the salt lick should be placed. I would leave it in the car. By no means did I bash anyone. I was just surprised that salty licks were still used. I kind of forgot. So relax!!!! LaFonda, are you calling me a liar? What exactly did I lie about? Tell me. Or do you feel guilty about something? If so, what do you feel guilty about? Usually, when people feel the need to put words in peoples mouths, their main prpose is to make that person look bad. Why would you do this? You must feel guilty about something? As for bashing the whole midwest. I was not doing this? I just don't like the idae about hunting over bait. But that's just me!!!! --rossman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HaDeRonDa Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement Jeff Rossiter, (Sp) You must be kidding right? Fondly, "La-la-la-fonda" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement Rossman, Maybe you should run a MEL-1080 on your own post, find trace contaminants, and any material outgassing which brought about the reactions of those who seem offended by your statement. Even your own IVA could not conclusively identify the cause...indicated by the (?) as seen below in this quote: [ QUOTE ] As for bashing the whole midwest. I was not doing this? [/ QUOTE ] I may be incorrect in my conclusion. However...I do believe that even with my non-conciderable experience in the field of Mass Spectra Analysis the above quote contains the previously unknown volatile compounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement [ QUOTE ] So that's why it's easier to kill deer in the mid west, you can use salt licks.... [/ QUOTE ] Sorry to say this, but did you not expect people to react this way about what you said. The way it came off sounded like you were bashing people who hunt in the midwest because we can use salt blocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement I put out salt licks nearly every year. I do it because deer need salt and minerals. I've never seen a deer at one of them, but I've always seen tracks. It's not baiting if you don't hunt it? If it's legal, who cares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossman Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement [ QUOTE ] Rossman, Maybe you should run a MEL-1080 on your own post, find trace contaminants, and any material outgassing which brought about the reactions of those who seem offended by your statement. Even your own IVA could not conclusively identify the cause...indicated by the (?) as seen below in this quote: [ QUOTE ] As for bashing the whole midwest. I was not doing this? [/ QUOTE ] I may be incorrect in my conclusion. However...I do believe that even with my non-conciderable experience in the field of Mass Spectra Analysis the above quote contains the previously unknown volatile compounds. [/ QUOTE ] Good one!!! How did you now what I do at work? Also, you guys get so darn offended so easily. Stop it. --rossman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Danbo Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Re: Salt Lick Placement Its quite obvious that many of you prefer to hunt salt licks - considering your reactions to the a contrary opinion. Salt licks should not be used. period. Any remember CWD??? Leave it in the truck. Just my opinion or do we want to rumble.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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