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Mineral LickDo you make Mineral Licks for your deer herd? You should if you want to see bigger bucks, like this Iowa Monster who has been digging into AWH Mineral for the last two years.
The supplements that the deer need are calcium and phosphate, with vitamins A, D, and E. This mixture will give the deer the nutrients they need during the antler growing season. The only problem is they don’t like it and they won’t eat it, so you have to add other ingredients to the mixture to get the deer to consume it. There are many good mixes out on the market; they all have basically the same stuff in them. I like to find a low spot near a good deer travel route and work up the soil, then mix the supplement with the soil. After it’s mixed pour a bucket of water over it. This saturates the mixture.
The deer will eat both the mix and the soil, after a few weeks the deer will have a hole dug trying to get every bit. You should start one in April, redo it in July, and then again in October. If you want bigger, healthier deer make a Mineral Lick.
Here is a lick we started in April of 2005. See how the deer dug a hole to keep getting at the mineral.  We will lay more mineral down on this lick to keep them coming back. In June we will come back and refreash it again. The bucks crave mineral during the summer months as their antlers grow. We want to make sure the deer have all the minerals they need to grow big antlers.
Check out the following to purchase a quality deer mineral.
Here is a lick started in March of 2007, and it keeps bringing the deer back month after month.
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AWH Trophy Buck Mineral - This mixture of vitamins, salt and mineral will give the deer all the nutrients they need. This mineral mixture will supplement the deer when they need it the most while they are growing their antlers. If you want your buck to grow big antlers, give them more minerals then they can get from their daily forage. The heat of the summer months will take its toll on the deer, and I do not want to have anything to keep my bucks from growing the largest rack possible. Try our AWH Trophy Buck Mineral - Our Price $14.99 plus shipping and tax for a 15 LB bucket. Compare to Hunters Specialities Vita-Rack 26™ at $40 per 25 LBs.
15lb Bucket
Be sure to check your state or local regulations to see if it is legal to place mineral on the ground in your area.
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