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.

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.

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.

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!

That’s a bummer about the trail cameras, really cool seeing which salt blocks the deer would hit.

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 .

Always enjoy your videos!

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.

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...

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.

Man that’s unfortunate you handled it pretty well I would be so mad to even try again great video none the less 💯

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 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.

Great comparison thanks!

Good job, thaught that was neat that they used them all

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 use Trophy Rocks covered in the Tractor Supply Treeline liquid minerals. I like the Trophy Rocks. I go through 6-8 a season.

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.

Nice and informative video!!

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

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!

Awesome video. Thank you for the 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

thanks i just started doing the mineral block and camera i got a sweet 7 point Black tail buck showing up

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.

I tried corn blocks perssimon blocks and apple blocks and they walk over them to eat corn on the ground

Been using softener salt for years. Works great, especially after it melts into the dirt.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Put up a bearproof camera holder w an airtag hidden in the camera. Then you know who to aim at when it disappears again.

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.

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.

What if you tried grind the salt to course grain. Then spread it out the same day you hunt. Please do this

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

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.

Ya, I'm interested

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 👍

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.

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 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 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 😊

Very helpful

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

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

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

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 should put up a dummy camera with either a tracker or something like an apple tag inside on the camera

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.

Trophy Rock is natural salt and mineral rock, mined in Utah.

Need to put a trail camera on your trail camera.

Hate that you lost a trail cam.

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’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” .

Have you done an video of different minerals yet ?

Trophy rock last longer in the rain…all others seem to dissolve really quickly in wet weather.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Cell cameras you can track

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.

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.

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.

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 !

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’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'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.

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 would add a camera to watch that camera

You should have also got himalayan rock salt.

Get a cell cam and a lock box for it

what state is this I thought your new property was in NY?

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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.

Its worth using a cable lock on your cameras and or hanging them higher. But I agree, leave it alone. =-/

Of all the one I've put out over the years...they have all just weathered away, ignored by deer.

Plant apple seeds and wait some years. Deer will naturally keep coming back for the apples.

Loose salt in a bag hanging from a limb works great on my property!

I go the cheap way, CORN🤣🤣🤣

People put mineral out in march! Stop waiting until summer

trail cameras should have a pin number to use it so no use to the thief!

hey Bears will carry off a Trophy rock after they get smaller, i had trail cam pic of one messing with then grab in jaws and leave.

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.

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

Rock salt works the best

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..

Cellular cameras will alert you to motion and even send pics or videos to your phone instantly. That’s one way to catch a thief!

Social rank affects choice. If there was a single choice at a time would they use it less? And less obvious sites would reduce the scumbags chances of theft.

I'm confused. The trail cam videos you included were taken from a camera at no more than 4-5' off the ground. The second one you hung up high would have been aiming down. What gives?

Just buy the general mineral block at tractor supply. It’s got everything they need in it and they tear them up! It’s brown and is $17.99. It’s called the producers pride general purpose mineral block.

Set up a hidden camera on your other camera...I've had to do this and caught several. Including people I knew....Edited.... I see you talked about after I typed this