Home made Minerial site

OK here’s what I did…… went to the local CO-OP or feed store



2 bags of Trace mineral, 1 bag of Stock salt, 1 bag of Di-calcium Phosphate (or a phosphate product) I have another bag of Di-Calcium with a higher % of Phosphate coming in.

Di-calcium phosphate, this is a dairy feed additive
Comes in 50lb Bags at around $25.00 you'll need one bag.



Trace mineral salt, the red and loose kind without medications.
Comes in 50lbs. Bags at around $7.00 you'll need two bags.


Stock salt,Comes in 50lbs. Bags at around $7.00 you'll need one bag.




I have about 200 pounds for about $50.00

Mix it as you need it……I used about 8 pounds of Trace mineral, 4 pounds of Stock Salt, and 4 pounds of Di-Calcium Phosphate. I mixed it all together, put it in a bucket and took it out the woods.

clear the leaves out of the way.......and dump it



I put up a couple of trail cameras on the minerals will see what happens




I made 2 different sites with the 16 pound bucket......I'll refresh it in about 2-3 weeks.

Can't wait to see the pics Mark.

That turned out really well. Let me know how it goes

Very nice, Can't wait to see the results.

I need to do that, thanks mark

Good post Mark, thanks for the info. Hope you get some good pics!

Let us know how it goes. $.25 per pound for a homemade mineral licks sounds a lot better than the $1.00 per pound for Deer Cane or some other commercial premix.

Mark, I have used that stuff here on our land in Kansas the past few years and the deer tear it up. Its definetly alot cheaper as well.

Littleslink did you find this stuff anywhere in town yet? I think i am going to make one sat morning if i can find the stuff.

what type of trail cam do you have?

Thanks for posting that,may have to give it a try this year...

Any Pics yet Mark or have been back to check them?

I plan on going out this weekend.

I think I'll put out a couple of more sites as well.....help them antlers......and the momma's & fawn's grow!!!

Sounds good Mark looking forward to seeing what you get off it.

I was at Rual King today and they have everything. so know i know for sure where to get it.

I got most of my stuff at Rural King....by my local Co-Op have a higher % of Di-Cal Phosphate
So I bought some of that too.

Plan to go out tomorrow AM and pull cards and take photos

Mark wrote:

I got most of my stuff at Rural King....by my local Co-Op have a higher % of Di-Cal Phosphate
So I bought some of that too.

Plan to go out tomorrow AM and pull cards and take photos

Can't wait to see the pics you have...

Dennis recommends sprinking a few ounces of imitation vanilla over the minerals when making a mineral site. I am going to try this tomorrow...

Dave wrote:

Dennis recommends sprinking a few ounces of imitation vanilla over the minerals when making a mineral site. I am going to try this tomorrow...

WE did that last year with our corn, dont know if it helped or not but it sure didnt hurt anything

Today I went to check the mineral sites I had put out… They look to have been a little slow getting started.

I only had one doe, several squirrels and a couple of raccoons come to check it out.
This time I added a little corn this time. Hoping to get a few more coming into the area. I also refreshed the mineral.

I plan to go farther back into the woods and put off some mineral I think that will help get more deer using it too......I just need to do it









1st site


second site

Thanks for the update mark,im sure it will take a little time for them to find it.

Im going to get the stuff and try it out behind my house.

Traviup wrote:

Littleslink did you find this stuff anywhere in town yet? I think i am going to make one sat morning if i can find the stuff.

what type of trail cam do you have?

I can't find it anywhere. I checked Wal Mart, Tractor Supply, and all of the Feed and Game stores around, but I can't find it. So I recently bought a couple of bags off of Cabela's. Sucks that you have to pay the shipping though.

As for the trail cameras, I have 4 Moultrie Game Spy I40's.

Im going to try out your blend this weekend just talked to my buddy and we are going to put some spots in on our hunting grounds. thanks for the helpful info on minerals

littleslink wrote:

Traviup wrote:

Littleslink did you find this stuff anywhere in town yet? I think i am going to make one sat morning if i can find the stuff.

what type of trail cam do you have?

I can't find it anywhere. I checked Wal Mart, Tractor Supply, and all of the Feed and Game stores around, but I can't find it. So I recently bought a couple of bags off of Cabela's. Sucks that you have to pay the shipping though.

As for the trail cameras, I have 4 Moultrie Game Spy I40's.

you couldnt find any of the items??? Tractor supply should carry it......it's all livestock products.

or any farm supply type place should

i will be buyin this stuff this weekend

I know my tractor supply has all this stuff I looked for it the other day

Mark wrote:

littleslink wrote:

Traviup wrote:

Littleslink did you find this stuff anywhere in town yet? I think i am going to make one sat morning if i can find the stuff.

what type of trail cam do you have?

I can't find it anywhere. I checked Wal Mart, Tractor Supply, and all of the Feed and Game stores around, but I can't find it. So I recently bought a couple of bags off of Cabela's. Sucks that you have to pay the shipping though.

As for the trail cameras, I have 4 Moultrie Game Spy I40's.

you couldnt find any of the items??? Tractor supply should carry it......it's all livestock products.

or any farm supply type place should

I was talking about the pre-mixed minerals (ie: Deer Cane). They have all of the seperate ingredients. You need something in your mix to attract the deer. The Deer Cane smells like candy, I almost want to lick the bag after I dump it out. Did you try the vanilla? How did that work?