This past fall I bought 2 salt blocks used for home water treatment systems from Home Depot and Menards (cheaper of the two at $5 for a 50 lb.block). The first was placed on an old stump near our hunting camp in the late spring. Came back a month later in the summer and the block was GONE and the stump was eaten! No kidding! The deer had dug out the stump and left a depression from eating the salt-soaked wood and surrounding soil.

The second was located closer to home and I checked it more often. At first the deer did not find the block for over five weeks (it was kind of hidden because I did not want to tip off other hunters that I knew would hike through the area scouting. These white salt blocks stick out like a sore thumb because they are not brown-colored like the more expensive "deer mineral blocks that sell for $17 at Cabelas. After about six or sevel weeks I checked the block again and their was a deer "highway" leading to the block. Never managed to hunt the area this fall but the deer sure seemed to apppreciate the minerals. I'm going to set out a trail camera next year to see what is visitng this area.

We're talking about livestock salt. You can buy it in either a block or a bag from anywhere that would sell livestock supplies such as Tractor Supply or Orschelns' or your local feed mill. The mineral is the same way its cheaper to buy livestock mineral than to buy it in a different package for deer.

just to let you know unfotunately mineral blocks might not be legal in some states so before you use them check the legality on tem

LOL! the giant yeti deer...

I have never had success with salt/mineral licks…I tried Whitetail Institutes mineral block and 30-60 Mineral supplements and I never got a deer on camera.

Try something called Trophy Rock. Its supposed to work great, and its all natural, mined somewhere out west.

what also works is water sofaner pellets sorry for my bad spelling