Ghilliesuit22 Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 I was reading a post about making a mineral lick and part of the combination included a 50lb bag of ice cream salt. Is this something that you could buy at your local feed store or is actually a bulk food product. I am heading out to TSC today and I am going to look around for it regardless. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Feed mill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie65 Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 don't know where to get it. Another possibility could be to use water softener pellets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_70 Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Just use stock salt.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 I'd go with these other guys reccomendations here...as soon as you tack on that "Food Grade" quality stamp on anything you can expect to pay more for relatively the same product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghilliesuit22 Posted September 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 (edited) Funny story Funny story about water softener salt. Back in the day we were doing some home improvement type stuff so we rented a dumpster. My step-dad had my friend and I carry the old water softener (still filled with salt and water) out to the dumpster. Well our house sat up on a hill, so it was easy getting the softener down to the dumpster. We just rolled it. However the dumpster sat about 2 feet off of the ground. I'll be honest here at age 15 we could not lift the sucker into the dumpster. Logic sat in, and I thought hey why not just dump all the salt out, it will be a lot lighter. That did the trick although I left about 200+ lbs of water softener salt sitting on our grass. Well lets just say 8 years later, the grass still does not grow there and the deer are still hitting it. Not to mention there is about a 2-3 foot deep hole from them digging. Great little place to watch the deer near our house. I was always worried if the salt contained harmful chemicals that may not be right for deer. Thanks for the posts. Edited September 13, 2009 by Ghilliesuit22 Missing word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Any feed mill will carry 50 lb sacks of white salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Any feed mill will carry 50 lb sacks of white salt. Yep! When I go on my summer bike rides I go by our county town barn. On the weekends or evernings I would ride through the place to the back in order to look for deer. One time I drove by the salt bin and I got a good chuckle when I saw all of the deer tracks in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Just use stock salt.... Any feed mill will carry 50 lb sacks of white salt. Yep, hit your local coop or feed store, they will have plain white stock salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Well lets just say 8 years later, the grass still does not grow there and the deer are still hitting it. Not to mention there is about a 2-3 foot deep hole from them digging. That's funny. I may "accidentally" spill a water softener about 100 yds away from my stand this year.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 I read on another forums that people use rock salt and pour grape coolaid over it to make a lick for the deer.They said deer would eat it up within a matter of a few days and they swore by it.It may give the meat a little grape flaver also,who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger-Hunter Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 I read on another forums that people use rock salt and pour grape coolaid over it to make a lick for the deer.They said deer would eat it up within a matter of a few days and they swore by it.It may give the meat a little grape flaver also,who knows. While we're at it let's just feed tuna mayonnaise... LOL That's a movie quote, gents. NightShift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Instead of buying a bag of salt and dumping it into the ground I would get a bag of mineral and dump instead. Deer will tear it up just like the salt but the minerals are much better for the deer than just plain old salt.... Just my .02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghilliesuit22 Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 I read on another forums that people use rock salt and pour grape coolaid over it to make a lick for the deer.They said deer would eat it up within a matter of a few days and they swore by it.It may give the meat a little grape flaver also,who knows. Haha you have me curious now, grape kool aid dry, liquid, with or without sugar haha? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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