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5 Step to Mineral sites Here is my farm that I will spend all my MI time at this fall. This one spot on this farm is a mile back from the road and on the way back to it we pass many crop fields and hard woods and a lake all before I make it back to this private little haven. 11 acre little bean field, this 11 acre field has one major fence row between another corn field and the other 3 side’s all timber that all bottle neck because of the lake run off which is just like swampy area. So you can see why I want my camera and stands back here!
During the spring and summer months I run mineral sites on all my farms even multiple depending on how big the piece is usually a good rule of thumb is about 1 site every 50 acres. These sites should be based only on high traffic area’s this is not a hiding spot this just that a place to get VOLUME or high numbers of deer. My goal and should be yours too during this time is to get a good account of number of deer on my farm both bucks and does. As the old saying goes…hunt the areas you know they are at…get the idea! Beside all the health benefits to running a good mineral site like the stuff that is in Vita-Rack or your own home made mix you can get at a local seed store. Because it is a lot more than just Sodium based it’s Minerals that’s the goal! It helps deer herd with there immune systems to stay healthy longer and help replace all they lost coming out of a hard winter. It helps does with fawn’s this time a year nursing which you may be saying who cares but remember that is you buck fawn 3- 4 yrs from now. Then the big boom next is Horn growth helps with the growth itself and it helps with horn even up to after the velvet is long and gone with making the horns harder so we don’t end up having the big boys broken up antlers after the first friendly sparing match. Here are a few pics to go along with what I am doing.
# 1, I find a major runway and I mean Major. Before the Soy went in the old field looked like a
cattle trail coming into this spot. I will then follow that trail into the woods.
them some room to play. (Also look for a tree for the Trail Camera)
it is dry it really kills it.
branches, and so on. Clean a big spot don’t be shy.
poor it right on the ground or stump and then I rake that in the best I can.
What I do now is a little different because some of the stuff you buy like Vita-Rack may ask for water which Vita does not but what I will do is take a gallon of like Buck Jam or any of the products out there that is like a liquid or gel and poor that right on top of the Vita-Rack. For Two Reason it just heavy enough to soak the earth so that Mineral really soaks into the earth. Reason number two is and the big one is SMELL get an apple or corn or Molasses this allows the deer in one day to find this site and start taking advantage of it. Now you are done and ready for some Great pictures good luck. I have been doing this hard now for at least 4yrs and it is nothing for me to get 1000’s pics or more per camera in just a couple weeks! Now that speaks for itself. Remember don’t be upset if 999 pic’s might be does but the one pic of that 160’s is well worth it!
Brandon C. Hammonds
cattle trail coming into this spot. I will then follow that trail into the woods.
them some room to play. (Also look for a tree for the Trail Camera)
it is dry it really kills it.
branches, and so on. Clean a big spot don’t be shy.
poor it right on the ground or stump and then I rake that in the best I can.
What I do now is a little different because some of the stuff you buy like Vita-Rack may ask for water which Vita does not but what I will do is take a gallon of like Buck Jam or any of the products out there that is like a liquid or gel and poor that right on top of the Vita-Rack. For Two Reason it just heavy enough to soak the earth so that Mineral really soaks into the earth. Reason number two is and the big one is SMELL get an apple or corn or Molasses this allows the deer in one day to find this site and start taking advantage of it. Now you are done and ready for some Great pictures good luck. I have been doing this hard now for at least 4yrs and it is nothing for me to get 1000’s pics or more per camera in just a couple weeks! Now that speaks for itself. Remember don’t be upset if 999 pic’s might be does but the one pic of that 160’s is well worth it!
Brandon C. Hammonds
