Homemade mineral recipe

[Stump]

I came across this and thought I would share it.


HOMEMADE MINERAL MIX RECIPE

Ingredients: Makes 200 lbs. for about $23.00

1 part Di-calcium phosphate, this is a dairy feed additive bought at feed stores.
Comes in 50lb Bags at around $11.00 you need one bag.

2 parts Trace mineral salt, the red and loos kind without the medications.
Comes in 50lb Bags at around $5.00 you need two bags.

1 part Stock salt, ice cream salt.
Comes in 50lb Bags at around $2.00 you need one bag.

Directions:

-Use a 3 pound or similar size coffee can to use as your measure for each part of the mix.

-Mix all together well but not until read to use, keep ingredients separate until ready to put to use.

-Dig or tear up a circle in the soil about 36 inches wide and about 6 inches deep.

-Mix your mineral mixture with the soil.

[Bird Hunt Dog]

Where do you find the "Stock Salt"??...........Is it considered Rock salt?? Where can I get some?

[Chasebaker41]

Yea Rock Salt..its Easier if you use www.bagrbuck.com

or Take a burlap sack and fill it with Trace mineral and hang it in the tree!

[SwimSMU]

We used this same recipe this year (minus the rock salt) with wonderful success.

A friend gave me the recipe and maybe next year we'll add the rocksalt.??

But they came to it hard and kept coming back.

[Jore]

Any kind of salt in the mix will work. Salt is a huge attractant. There are other minerals such as phospherus that contribute greatly towards antler growth.

[Konk]

Any particular reason you should not mix all ingredients together and just replenish licks as needed. That's what I did in a big plastic container. I found all of the ingredients at Mills Fleet Farm. The deer love this stuff.

Wisbuck

[ladybowhntr]

We've had great success with this same recipe. The mommas bring the youngins in, and the baby bucks grow up and keep coming back. The mature bucks come and will continue to come because they know the ladies frequent it.

[Stump]

So I called the feed mill yesterday to see if they had this stuff on hand. They didn't have the trace mineral salt(which is brown in color), but they had the dical and mixing salt. The guy was explaining to me that the trace mineral salt is just like the mixing salt only brown. Anyone know about this for sure?

So I guess that I'm going to throw together 3 parts of mixing salt and one part of dical and see how it works.

[GUT_SHOT]

I think the trace mineral salt that I bought was redish? I tried this recipe last year and had good results. I thought the Di Cal was around $20 + for a 50 lb bag though. This year i used straight trace mineral since i am only using to get picks on the trail camera and it worked just as good.

[Tom318]

I found everything at Mills Fleet Farm as well, So far have had great results. I think that recipe may be a little old, If i remember correctly total cost was $41 and some change, Gutshot you are correct the Dical Phosphate was a tad over $20 for the 50lb bag.

Stump, there is a difference between Standard mixing salt and Trace Mineral salt. Dont think it will make a huge difference here but trace mineral is the standard mixing salt plus small amounts of iron oxide, copper, manganese, selenium, cobalt, iodine, zinc, and magnesium. Depending on the manufacturer there might be a few more or few less.

[Pickert]

Yeah the Dical Phos went up in price this year.

[gunner243]

Here is what I use, and have had mineral sites for two years that are still being hit.

3 parts mineral salt
2 parts dried molasses
1/3 cup vitamin B and other vitamins
1 part ground acorns, we use Red oaks / what ever you have the most of.
1 part dried apples
1/2 cup?
I can't give you every thing ,but thats the base to my home made minerals.

I have the boys pick up all the acorns and the guy down the road has apple trees all over. To grind the acorns, I use a industrial grinder and then dry it between two window pains. Same with the apples. I have holes in the sides of the pains so I can collect the oil and juice. then I boil that down and make gun stock oil and scents from the oils

[GUT_SHOT]

Gunner, do they keep coming to that mixture with the added acorns, mollases, apples, and such year round? I normally find that after the first couple weeks of September the deer stop hitting the salt licks.

[pbrown5205]

The attractant mix I came up with to market is purely mineral some of what you guys have mentioned with a few more that are secret but they hit it year round. The other mix is higher in certain other minerals that are key to rack development which is best used thru the summer and early fall. I have a great mix that will be reasonably priced but the problem I am running into is freight costs which I am working on as Im posting this. I may have to find central distribution points in your areas to ship to and have it picked up from there. Look in the trail cam thread if you want to see how fast 3 bucks came to it in just a few days. I may also do something that I dont see other makers do and that is package in 5 gal (50 lb) containers to give large quantity users the ability to save money in bulk. Shoot me a PM if you want more info or pricing but like I said Im working on making the freight more affordable to the buyer.

[gunner243]

It seems that the deer hit all year around. It gets a little slow in the late fall and winter but the rest of the time they hit it. I have not put any more out other then what I placed on the ground last year and they are still hitting it. I will be refreshing the sites in a few weeks when we can start setting bait.

[Stump]

It's mineral season, so I thought that I would bump this one up to the top.

[JEG]

I use a similar mix but way less salt from what I understand the salt acts as mainly a attractant and doesnt benefit the deer that much. Heres my recipe 2 parts DiCal to 1 part trace mineral salt then top it off at the site with arm-n-hammer NATURAL baking wash. Also there is a cattle supplement Fleet Farm has that is called 2/1 Ive been using that the last couple years with good results. Look at the ingredients and its pretty close to some of the mineral mixes intended for deer but cheaper!!

[Grassbag251]

definately dont need as much salt. di-cal is where the bone is. di-cal really went up in price again this year, but oh well. i think to dress my sites with trophy rock, but we are doing some testing this year to see if rock salt will work for dressing sights. if people are looking for good alternatives, buy sheep mineral. deer compare to sheep like we compare to monkeys.