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    Senior Member mrbb's Avatar
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    I have been trying and using all sorts of different brand minerals, and what I found is what works great in one area, deer in other area's might NOT go near it
    Like trophy rocks, deer here at my place won't go near them< NO idea why, but seen them hammer them in other area's
    I had my best luck in Ohio with Black Magic deer cocaine mineral in the powder form
    I could dump a bag or two out and come back a yr later and have a 6 ftx 6 ft hole 2+ ft deep, and didn;t add anything in a yr and they would still be hitting it>
    impressed me\
    YET on my property, deer won't go near a mineral lick of any brand, they just won't go near them, and I have a LOT of deer here, they just wash away
    20 miles away, they again hammer the same stuff??
    SO< to me, its a trial and error game of what works in your area, and NOT all places do deer crave them< guess if they get enough food /minerals in there diet they don';t bother with it??
    or that's my guess?

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    Tried the 30/06 mineral years ago and the deer wouldn't touch it. I'd say the combination of what you had there before, loosening up the soil and adding the new has really brought them in to it. I've had better luck using trace mineral salt and bagged minerals from TSC.

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