Using water softner salt in the field

[dharris]

Just thought I would pass on something I tried last year with great success. I have used salt blocks before and it seemed it took the animals forever to eat them. I got to thinking maybe it was to hard to eat. So I bought 2 bags of Morton salt (80 lbs) and dumped it out next to one of my feeders. I went back to check on it the next weekend and it was all gone. The salt is cheaper this way and they seem to like it a lot. I had pics of deer, aoudads and pigs eating it.

[Txjourneyman]

I have used bags of stock salt with similar results.

[60 Deluxe]

Was that just coarse salt or was it the pelleted stuff? That is really a lot of salt to disappear in just a week. You either had a lot of animals hitting that lick or somebody came along and scooped it up. Even cows will get their fill pretty quickly and back off of the salt for awhile.

Another thing that you could try is the bagged mineral. I have never used it but I believe that it is high in salt content along with all the other goodies that animals crave.

[dharris]

Was that just coarse salt or was it the pelleted stuff? That is really a lot of salt to disappear in just a week. You either had a lot of animals hitting that lick or somebody came along and scooped it up. Even cows will get their fill pretty quickly and back off of the salt for awhile.

Another thing that you could try is the bagged mineral. I have never used it but I believe that it is high in salt content along with all the other goodies that animals crave.

I use the yellow Morton bags. It is round pellets.

[CEO]

I use the American Stockman mineral salt. Deer tear it up and it's $6 a bag

[fulmer34]

Where would one pic up said bags of salt?

[Shurshot]

Where would one pic up said bags of salt?

Hardware store, lowes, Home Depot

I understand deer like salt but what does it do for them? Besides making them thirsty?

[dharris]

Where would one pic up said bags of salt?

I get mine at Walmart, $4 a bag.

[luckyag]

Are you talking about pellets for water softeners?

[dharris]

Are you talking about pellets for water softeners?

Yes

[AggieArcher]

Just curious, but what benefits do deer receive from getting straight salt like that? Never thought to feed them salt

[dharris]

Just curious, but what benefits do deer receive from getting straight salt like that? Never thought to feed them salt

Every animal has to have salt to survive.

[Slingshot]

Just thought I would pass on something I tried last year with great success. I have used salt blocks before and it seemed it took the animals forever to eat them. I got to thinking maybe it was to hard to eat. So I bought 2 bags of Morton salt (80 lbs) and dumped it out next to one of my feeders. I went back to check on it the next weekend and it was all gone. The salt is cheaper this way and they seem to like it a lot. I had pics of deer, aoudads and pigs eating it.

Lot of salt, I would move the blind to the nearest water hole.

[Buckwheat]

We do this every year. We have 4-5 sites where we just pour rock salt on the ground and mix into the dirt. All our sites big mud holes but the deer eat it up.