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Gettin' the ball rollin'

jagermeister

jagermeister

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It seems I've been a little behind the 8 ball this spring. Well finally today I was able to run to the feed mill and pick up supplies for the mineral mix. I made it to the woods after work and started two mineral sites... One has a Bushnell TC hanging over it and the other is covered by the trusty Spypoint IR-6.

Here's the IR-6 in action...

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This is my first time using the python locks and I must say, right off the bat I am a big fan. Being able to not only lock the camera itself to the tree but also lock the camera door shut is a huge advantage.

I'm really looking forward to seeing what these sites produce for me in the next few weeks!
 
Nice! I've had trace mineral blocks out for about a month. I didn't put up any cameras yet.
 
Sounds like you got it figured out on which mix to use. Hope you find what you are looking for!
 
Jesse said:
Looks good JB! Glad the feed mill hooked you up.
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hickslawns said:
Sounds like you got it figured out on which mix to use. Hope you find what you are looking for!
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Yea I got hooked up, I think. 200# of mix for about 65 bucks. The salt and di-cal was easy, but they had a few different types of minerals... They didn't have anything specifically called "trace minerals." Instead I ended up with a couple 50# bags of something called 2:1 cattle mineral. I haven't yet compared the mineral concentrations to Jesse's mix yet, but I do know the concentrations are higher than what I had found over at TSC. The 2:1 mix also had di-cal mixed into it, so my concentration of di-cal might be a tad higher than normal.
 
JBrown said:
Man it's NEVER too early! lol
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i would agree. Our minerals were out in March. I don't think year round minerals would hurt, but there would be certain times of the year they just didn't get used as much as others. Interesting note: We put them out and the corn to help them find the minerals had been refreshed was there for a long long time. Several weeks it was there slowly disappearing, yet the deer were hitting the area hard. This is good to see!
 
Just sayin I feel like every year im putting cameras out earlier and earlier.... Like their bone is gonna grow any faster lol. As far as minerals go i pretty much run them year round! Theres always a place for them and even when they're not killing them, they're still using them!
 
My bad rutin. I thought you were talking about the minerals. We usually keep a couple cameras out for trespasser surveillance, to see when the antlers are dropping, see when babies are dropping, and such things all year long. Not a ton, but try to keep a few out.
 
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