has anyone tried a combination salt lick and cotton seed? if they are accustomed to corn or feed try mixing in some cottonseed then slowly transition.
I haven’t tried cotton seed, but after multiple attempts over the last 20 years, deer WILL NOT come to a mineral or salt lick.
I feed protein because when the cold sets in and the rut is over, the deer need to get their weight back up and forage is sparse. I don't know for sure if it makes a difference, but I have a healthy herd running around here. And when the snow hits the ground, they know where to go.
I've tried cottonseed on several places and they devour it, and I've tried mineral on all those places too, nothing touches it.
I poured molasses on one of those mineral rocks . Something liked it.
Coons.
Deer don't hit salt blocks directly. They will hit the leachate off the salt block. If you look at the contents of a deer food block you will see that salt is only a small percentage of the content. I am feeding corn, mineral, a little rice bran and peanut meal and some 20% protein feed twice daily to 10 deer,bucks and does. BUT IT IS CHEAPER TO GROW PROTEIN than feed it. I also have a food plot next door to the feed trough for them to graze on when they want. I just fertilized the plot yesterday when there was no wind. The soil temps are slowly rising as I am seeing a little growth. I fertilized the plot not to target the plants BUT to feed the soil microorganisms. which feed the plants. My .02
I'd like to grow some plots but I sell all my grass for hay. Gets my fields cleaned up and a little money . There is no way to do both in this Rocky clay ground. Even a no till would be kicking up rocks.
Clay can be "broken down" with certain organic products.
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