Was in TS this morning and saw that exact apple spice scented crushed mineral you mentioned.

Bought two 20lb bags. Poured it out a few minutes ago at two separate locations. One location has a camera.

Maybe these deep South whitetails will take to it. I've never seen much interest in any mineral down here and Ive tried a few different kinds/brands. Several native plant species growing in this sandy soil are high in sodium, so deer are not drawn to artificial mineral as they seem to be in other parts of the Country.

Figured I'd try again after seeing your post on the other thread. Ain't nuthin' but $$$$!

Cattle trace mineral blocks is all i put out not paying for any branding there

Well around here I've seen deer show up as soon as same day.. I pour it in a stump. My main lick on my farm the stump has been eaten down. So last year I had a sassafras tree fall in my yard so i put the stump cut in the hole. It soaked up the mineral and now they are chewing on it

Ive used both. Mineral blocks work fine. But when I bought all the apple spice TS had last fall on clearance I made a couple more licks on another farm I got permission to hunt. Deer went crazy. They had 50 lb buckets for 9.99. Mineral blocks are 12.99 so i made money !!!!

Same thing here Swamp. The only thing here I had good results here with is Stump Licker they visited that regular.

JByrd I use trace minerals on our Farm in Ky. And they work it over. I will have to try a bag of apple spice.We are due for a trip to set up some cameras as soon as I am able to travel.

They hone in on all that stuff here.
Road salt too (for generations).
Not legal to hunt on
but pallet loads are sold every Fall.

Wonder how the salt blocks
work near the ocean.

I've tried cattle mineral blocks 2 or 3 times....the white (mostly salt) ones and the reddish-colored one...Nothing....rain slowly dissolved them and no deer interest.

I have seen a little interest in a Trophy Rock on a nearby property about 8 miles north of my place, so I bought a couple of them....Nothing! No interest.

In north Missouri, I've seen big holes dug out by deer and pics of every buck in the area there every day during the summer.

Nice you can do it . Illegal up here

In fact on my new farm I put out a brown block and poured the apple spice over it. Quick tip Set the block in an old cookie sheet or cake pan. It will last longer and rain and overflow will seep into the ground.

I have learned to use the powder version and to pick the correct soil type.

Sandy lets salts go through quickly and doesn't hold any minerals. Clay on the other hand is very good at holding the minerals and scent. I have been using the grape scented deer cocane. When putting this on a hill and pouring it into a terrace type set up, deer use it like hogs.

When just poured on the ground in a given spot with no regard to soil type or run off style, I don't have much luck.

Just my 2 cents.

I think I agree with you on this. When I lived in indiana, you could put out minerals but had to be "removed" well before season. We had a couple mineral spots in the woods that got so big that it would've taken 4 sheets of plywood to cover so we moved the spots just to try to follow the law. One got moved maybe 10 yards, from swampy heavy clay to a field edge that had noticeably lighter soil. The new spot never got touched and I would wager that even though I haven't been on the property in 15 years, the original spot is still getting hammered.

Poured on 20lb bag out within 10 yds of a pear tree that has already dropped some pears...and deer are eating them.

Poured other 20 lb bag on a small stump 10 yds from an active spin deer feeder.

Both are dark soils with a clay base but not thick heavy solid clay.

Neither has been touched or investigated...yet....even though deer are within 10 yds of it daily.

Probably wasted $$ again.

If you believe in cwd why would bait and mineral ? Don,t it spread eating out the same bowl ? We can't here in Va.

"Believe in CWD"?

It is a real thing, but I'm still on the fence about how it is spread and whether artificial feeding, baiting, or mineral sites really make that much difference in deer contact rates.

How many deer lick the same branch over a scrape?

How many deer lick another deer's rear end or touch nose to nose?

I'm not sure a bait or mineral sites makes much difference. Georgia DNR agrees.