Never Buy A Mineral Block Again - Deer Season Hack

Mineral blocks are a great way to bring in deer on a regular basis. Once they find a location for salt, the herd will stay around until that source is gone.
So the solution is to make the salt and mineral source last as long as possible. A well placed salt or mineral block over a stump or large block of wood will create a healthy salt source for years to come.
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[@vikingrobot4179]

I encourage everyone to learn how to walk/stalk and practice smart ambush hunting from trees and ground. Bait is not in the equation but I do use scents. It’s easy to find the bucks if you can teach people to find their scrapes, rubs and signs. I make alot of mock scrapes and licking branches and have been extremely successful. I understand that older fellas that can’t hike like they used to need a nice, comfy deer tower and a pile of corn which I don’t blame them but for the younger guys I recommend learning how to actually hunt the animals and become a super sneaky woodman.

[@linak7155]

Wow! I was stumped by the trick where tree stumps turn into giant salt blocks by simply adding a mineral block? that's amazing!

[@grh7399]

Been hunting for many, many years and YOU are the 1st person to mention the prions in the soil and CWD . Very nice analysis. I agree, good sir

[@kristyb787]

Really like the natural salt, hey, you even had on the appropriate work gear ! Great job !

[@wbsurfer123]

This is an underrated video. Good info, especially with CWD

[@bryanmcpherson3576]

Cwd does not come from deer eating out of dirt moron . Lol😂😂😂

[@scottharder5811]

Yes, they can. Prions are very very persistent. Infected deer pees and poops in the dirt, other deer browses the area. You get another deer infected. Actually, transmission occurs through saliva too, so author is wrong on that. Infected deer licks stump, another deer licks it later.

[@gerryemery1466]

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease that affects deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer and moose. It has been found in some areas of North America, including Canada and the United States, Norway and South Korea. It may take over a year before an infected animal develops symptoms, which can include drastic weight loss (wasting), stumbling, listlessness and other neurologic symptoms. CWD can affect animals of all ages and some infected animals may die without ever developing the disease. CWD is fatal to animals and there are no treatments or vaccines. Prions are present in the brain tissue of every living mammal. What causes it is cannibalism introducing them into the bodies of healthy mammals. It is believed this is brought around primarily by the practice of crushing bones and skull fragments into calcium supplements that are then added to feeds with the intent of being fed back to cattle. This is where CWD is believed to originate in animals. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans is prevalent among the cannibals of Papua, New Guinea. It is not found randomly in the soil, unless the soil has been contaminated by a dead animal. The term 'prion' was coined by Stanley B. Prusiner of the University of California School of Medicine at San Francisco in 1982 to distinguish the infectious agent that causes scrapie in sheep, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle from other, more typical infectious agents. The prion hypothesis postulates that these diseases are caused not by a conventional virus or bacterium but by a protein that has adopted an abnormal form.

[@aprustic_creations]

Thanks for posting this! My uncle (rest his soul) showed me this 30+ years ago and I completely forgot about this method. Awesome man. Thank you! I use mineral stones but been leaving on ground. Thanks for education on CWD. MORE HUNTERS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS!

[@user-cj9yc2vj6l]

I also never knew about the salt on the ground and was just educated. I was dumping a bag of water softener salt in one place and they would go to town on it. Now I am gonna soak 18" logs in salt water and put them on top of other stumps that are already on the ground.

[@johnfoster4414]

Great idea! Where I'm from the guys just put the block on the ground. Now I know better. Thanks.

[@jimsivers5572]

We also put out sulfur blocks.The deer seem to love them also.It also helps keep them health.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Yeah, those cut down on the ticks

[@ajtaylor560]

I think you missed the perfect stump that thing had a gorgeous hollow that you could have filled with broken up the salt block and a bucket of water. Salt all the way to the roots. Hey your salt your stump but I know the one I'd have picked. Good tip on the CWD.

[@oklahomaoutlawfishin9026]

I like this idea. I also do somewhat the same with the liquid deer minerals. Pour it all over the tree stumps.

[@shanelayne6640]

Never thought of the stump but I'm gonna try it out this weekend ...thanks

[@raymolegacyhunting9954]

Thanks for the video, I’m moving my mineral block from the ground to a stump tomorrow.

[@JDGoodE85]

Use the tip of your saw to shape a bowl into the top of the stump. It may help contain it better.

[@richarddubose7413]

Just drill some holes

[@ellismidkiff6117]

Always just put the the tip in.

[@worknman78]

Dang good advice! I did this per Daddy's advice, I think, 3 years ago on two old pine stumps with the bag version of Trophy Rock (can't recall the name) and still have deer hitting them regularly, especially young deer. The smaller pine is down to the roots, still hitting it.

[@slowtaknow]

Great idea, i wish i had this knowledge earlier in season so i could hunt it 30 days after an area has been baited

[@jonessoutdooradventures1152]

Awesome giving this a shot!

[@DCS101]

What a great idea. Just subbed, definitely can learn more from you.

[@The78bluedevils]

Great points for healthy wildlife resources

[@Apexarmoryffl]

This is amazing. Never heard of this before.

[@brianb6603]

Excellent as usual!!!

[@troy4219]

I use milk jugs with a cup of granulized selenium mix, the same stuff I use for my goats. Once it dissolves I pour it out in my hunting areas. 50 lb bag from the feed store, pretty cheap

[@firewhenready1970]

DUDE ZACK LOVED THE INTRO AND MUSIC CANT WAIT TO MEET YOU GUYS!!!

[@dadosinteressantesdecacana582]

Thank you for sharing this great idea! Definitely going to do the same.

[@susieq9186]

Good information. Thanks.

[@AnAlaskaHomestead]

Great tip. The tree that keeps on giving.

[@linak7155]

Where have I seen you before? I love your vlogs!♡

[@AnAlaskaHomestead]

Thanks Lina.👍

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Thanks for stopping by....would love to visit up there one of these days.

[@AnAlaskaHomestead]

An American Homestead if you are ever in the neighborhood let me know. We’ll take you out to see some whales and if it’s in August do some salmon fishing.

[@406MountainMan]

Thanks! This idea has been added to my bag of tricks

[@circlet58]

Great idea and I like it and will do this. Also Trophy Rock is what I use and it is very beneficial to the herd and they love it. Great video.

[@KevinJStoll]

......and no has said any thing about the deer cutting the cheese.....ROTFLOL Zach, had to watch the beginning a few times man.....LOLOLOL You my friend have my kind of hummer brother....LOLOL

[@anthonythorp7291]

Childish and stupid.

[@krisspring3759]

LMAO I can dig it. Was funny as hell.

[@danielmcqueen1024]

I love videos like these, helping both wildlife and bringing in future Dinner :) I hope the wood gets harvested and put to good use!

[@marysunshine8371]

thanks for the great ideas, come Winter I'm putting the salt block on a stump ;-)

[@Anamericanhomestead]

You can do it now...so the deer will know where it is before season starts

[@marysunshine8371]

@@Anamericanhomestead haven't seen the deers this year, nor the wild turkeys, foxes.......I'm getting concerned....I'll still put out the salt block.......cause somebody needs it...another tip......once garbage day is done I leave my garage open come Winter time...don't want em to freeze

[@chancewilson]

Very good tip about putting them in the ground. I use the red trace mineral blocks from the feed store like we have used for cows and horses, and they last about a year. But, i have been burying them half way. We don't have any cases of CWD in South Carolina, but i will be putting my next blocks on a stump.

[@jamespruitt6718]

Hopefully we can keep it that way too. I’m not liking how widespread it is on the maps though.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

It's more widespread than their saying. bleach or alcohol will not kill it.

[@loue6563]

Very cool. And putting salt on a wood stump helps to break it down faster. So you can always say you are just getting rid of a stump of there was a problem with someone calling it a bate trap.

[@slrs3908]

Salt is a preservative.

[@hellcatoutdoors]

Awesome video brotha. I'll be trying this at moose camp this spring hopefully keep em coming in

[@aljackson7330]

Great info! Thanks!

[@1rolmos]

Great video... Thanks! Maybe you could do a mineral block next to the trophy rock and compare the two... Put a trail camera up and see what they prefer.

[@nomorelibs9228]

I've got both out; salt and mineral block. Have them in a homemade feeder, they seem to like it. Will definitely do the stump method now. THANKS!

[@worknman78]

I would suggest the bagged version of Trophy Rock, (it's bugging me that I can't recall the name of it) but it's great for the developing deer as well as mature deer, and they love that stuff! Got 2 stumps I did 2-3 years ago, still got em hitting it. Good luck!

[@jamesmoore1124]

Trophy nuggets

[@lambertsaldi1550]

Awesome work 🦌

[@pradj11]

Genius.. thanks I'll be doing this today

[@jrcouesdeerhunting6841]

Pretty cool idea...I will have to try it out

[@juliebaker6969]

The hollow stump may not make a good mineral block, but it might make a good feeder that a bear can't destroy. Just drill a few holes or a slot at the bottom for drainage.

[@krisspring3759]

Just FYI bears do rip apart stumps and logs on a regular basis.

[@pastorjustin4181]

Hunch that back dear 😂 More trailcam footage please.😎 and thanks for the cwd info also. Excellent vid

[@judil3294]

Thank you so much for mentioning why not to put food or salt on the ground.

[@badtchad4935]

What a great trick, thank you.

[@deanmccabe8783]

I cut a v in the top of the stump to hold the block n drill a few holes in the bottom of the V to help salt n minerals soak in!

[@dadnxela]

Awesome help... to the humans and the animals

[@darrellwilson9184]

Great hack, I will be trying this out.

[@iloveamerica4891]

Thanks for teaching. I do not hunt but I am more knowledgeable learning from you on Chronic Wasting Disease; and deer like Salt Mineral Block snack; and Ruminant animals should be fed off the ground, like on a tree stump; and PVC Wye as corn feeder hack plus drill holes on the bottom to drain water moisture instead of purchasing expensive feeders that bears will destroy at some point.

[@krickette5569]

Great Info! Thanks!

[@johnromanyzyn7170]

Great video I will try it

[@mikeoc217]

My area white oaks are gold. My property has been logged before I purchased it so I use the existing stumps. Great point on the infectious prions! 👍🏻🦌🐗🇺🇸

[@rhinohorn5145]

That good idea now on will help save my money thanks for your video

[@DFbuck]

Great info brother!!

[@jasonatkins1095]

Awesome tip & idea 👍🏻

[@ninja5672]

Love the music!

[@johnmayfield2427]

Good video had alot of good points thank you

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Gréât vidéo and information. Thanks and take care.

[@allenspicer3524]

Pickling salt on a stump also. cool video!

[@michaelking402]

awesome video and info... preciate ya

[@brentrowan2794]

Th trophy rock probably works best on the stump because it is unprocessed and the weather dissolves it faster and is absorbed into the stump faster. A good dry stump probably works better than a fresh cut stump. I like the cattle mineral blocks because of their cost and they don’t dissolve in the rain but I am definitely going to be putting it on a stump! Thanks!

[@chrisbeekley1887]

Trophy rocks are the best

[@therealDYL93]

Cattle block is all you need used them for years. I also bust mine in half and they still last well through the season.

[@ramchargerdodge]

Dylan H , I’ve put a Trophy Rock, salt block, and mineral block in front of my game camera before as an experiment. The deer ate the Trophy Rock to nothing before they touched the other two. Nothing that I’ve tried works as well as a Trophy Rock. The only downside is their cost.

[@eugenelaky1993]

@@ramchargerdodge tractor supply has the trophy rocks on sale right now for $9.99

[@eugenelaky1993]

Trophy rock don't deteriorate in the rain or snow.i been using trophy rock for over 12 years on my property

[@LongBinh70]

There are several YT videos comparing different brands of "deer" blocks and livestock blocks using game cameras over a line of products. Bottom line is that the animals liked the regular and cheap livestock licks over the expensive deer-specific blocks, including the "rock", which ended up mid-pack at best. Most liked? Loose granular stuff in a bag.

[@eightyproofsk8er]

I do that but I have had the deer or whatever come and actually move the rock off the stump and I have found that the only effective way to hold the rock on the stump is to take chicken wire and make an x over the rock and then screw the wires 4 ends to the bottom of the stump somewhere to secure it to the stump holding it on the stump for a little longer than two weeks.

[@stevepederson1736]

Fill that hollow stump with “bag” salt, we use trace selenium due to lack of selenium in our volcanic soil. Once the rain and snow dissolve the salt into the wood, good for years. Never used the salt “rocks” would be interesting to do a side by side test ??

[@pmaster357]

Awesome info

[@chrishowk5919]

Trophy rock for sure!

[@reneecarpentino3997]

Thank You for this wow never knew that

[@christineosborne3155]

Great idea!!

[@jomama7458]

Thanks for sharing.

[@jimv.661]

My grandfather used to bury a salt block. It leached up thru the soil for years.

[@hoganlogan397]

This thing works great!!!! I have tons of deer going to that spot!

[@manofreedom]

Take cordless drill to the woods with you and drill large holes into the top of the stump. As the block dissolves it will melt and run down into the holes and absorb deep into the wood. Another trick is to drill the holes and fill them with salt.

[@pensnut08]

Absolutely!! I would also add a quality mineral block on occasion and top it with something like Buck Jam!!

[@tjsmith3060]

I was thinking the same thing. You could even pour some deer cane in there. I am going to try this!!!

[@richieevans8617]

THANKS

[@richarddelotto2375]

Concur… I thought the "hollow trunk' would have done roughly the same thing.

[@lucasmontaigne5066]

I'm not allowed to put out ANY unnatural attractants (non growing) here in MO and my opening weekend was an absolute BUST last weekend. I think i'm gonna do the Drill n Fill method pretty soon

[@jeffsnider7842]

I am subscribing. My kind of guy.

[@ajmnuisanceanimalcontrolll3895]

In Indiana, anything that is left by humans that can be consumed by wildlife has to be removed 10 days before hunting. Including trash, soil and wood. But it's fine to hunt in a corn, soy and wheat field or an apple orchard. Basically everything is legal until deer season. Then if you are shining while predator hunting and you spotlight a deer the conservation will come out and check everything to prove that you are deer hunting at night.

[@richieevans8617]

THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS N THIS MY 1ST N GOD WILLING MY LAST PLACE TOO BUY PLUS THESE ROCKS KOOL BEANS ... I LIVE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF KENTUCKY NOW ...

[@americanpatriot9276]

Trophy Rocks all the way, got two out now.

[@eugenelaky1993]

I got 6 out been using them four over 10 years

[@OldGriz708]

Be very sure to check the local laws concerning hunting over bait AND hunting over minerals. I moved from Michigan where you can hunt over bait to Tennessee where you could not hunt over bait but minerals were legal. (Mix together and pour one bag of rock salt and one bag of cattle minerals in that hollow tree stump)

[@Thunderchickenbr549]

Good idea! I used dead tree to get mineral block off the ground and noticed they ate it all up. Tree was rotten. So guess I will use a piece of firewood to put block on cuz I have no trees in back where the deer come thru.

[@farmtrout66]

New sub . Fellow Ozarker 👍👍

[@TheBrushcutter]

8:37 oooo, the chainsaw police gonna git you fo sho! Lol Great info here, never thought about putting a saltblock on a stump. I put one out in a creek bottom by my house and the next day the rain started and didn't quit for 2 days. Needless to say when I could get back to it there was no sign it was ever there except for the plastic tub top I had staked down to set it on. I'd have to build an 8ft high platform to keep that from happening again. Or just put it on the hill closer to home. I will keep your information in mind when I start cutting firewood this weekend.

[@zachwillden3107]

Redmond Minerals in Redmond, Utah makes Trophy Rock. 6 miles north of where I live

[@eagleone8270]

I like mineral blocks on dead fall trees. I saw a complete log disappear over the years.

[@unforkyours3lf730]

This is amazing

[@billm2078]

Softener salt is my preference.

[@1990cwa81625]

This was a cool video, and I don't even hunt.

[@aliant6520]

I do the same thing except I drill 1'2" holes on top to give the stump a headstart in absorbing the salt 🦌

[@karstenfuglsang1638]

Cut a x on top of the stump and pour table salt on top

[@goodwater2020]

New subscriber. Thanks 4 tip. R pines good 4 this setup too?

[@gardnerbottoms4325]

Thanks for the video, great common sense idea. Is the block your using iodized? I have heard that deer prefer non iodized blocks.

[@integr8er66]

I did this to get rid of my stumps. It's gone now and they are making a pond now.

[@jeffsweeten3270]

Brilliant

[@StrungOutOutdoors]

Great video! Which mineral block depends on what your wanting to do. Those tropy rocks are around 96% salt. They claim to have trace minerals, but if you look at the label, it's less than 1% of anything else. The deer do love the salt though and it's a great way to get them on cam. But in my opinion, your better off buying the 50lb blocks from tractor supply if your going to use trophy rock so your not wasting money. On the other hand, if you want healthier deer herds, look at the labels of other brands and compare the mineral content in them. I have an informative mineral video that covers just about everything on minerals for you or anyone else interested in learning more about minerals. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your other videos

[@eugenelaky1993]

There's over 65 minerals in a trophy rock

[@StrungOutOutdoors]

@@eugenelaky1993 It's still 91-96% salt. Not enough of the desired minerals to matter. Better off making your own or looking at other brands

[@eugenelaky1993]

@@StrungOutOutdoors my bucks gotten slot bigger since using trophy rock.my deer hit it all the time even in the winter with the heavy snow

[@eugenelaky1993]

There's are other minerals in a trophy rock that aren't In the 50 pound saltblock

[@jonjones2013]

Looks like u should make your own video instead of blowing up this guy's post

[@giantsalad]

Nice

[@josephbrown-ut9ty]

This is the first year ive decided to put a mineral block out, dont know why ive never done so befor, just hadnt. BUT , i never thought about it drawing a bear in, but then weve only had bear in our area for a cpl years now....I parked my mineral block about 20 yards from my moms porch as she wants to hunt this year, after watching this, she now wants it moved and i dont blaim her a bit lol.

[@trapperman3827]

I've been doing that for years

[@freehat2722]

This would aid in the spread of prions from deer to deer. They are licking the same spot. Prions are extremely difficult to destroy. Perhaps plant saltbush / quailbush.

[@mikeengler2645]

I've used Trophy Rock ever since they came out...the deer lick them clear as you know then they eat the dirt... Suggestion though when putting out a T Rock in a high concentration of deer I put out two about 20yds from each other...if there is only one the bucks will fight or keep the others from enjoying it... It's fun to watch in the winter when a deer will come in lick & paw the dirt then on their merry way... Some deer use it everyday as part of their routine...

[@ralphgalbraith4142]

Deer really love rack up

[@myname7914]

Just recognize that this is considered baiting in many areas. I'm glad you warned people about this within the video... but then back peddled to say you can basically 'get away with it'. Not sure your CWD recommendation is correct either... our DWR says it's spread through saliva.

[@caseyjones6854]

I don't have a tree to cut down but my neighbor had a tree cut down and I'm going to get a chunk of the trunk and place a block of mineral salt on top of that. Sort of a portable stump, if you like. :-)

[@jesuscontreras8530]

00:26 that was funny

[@davesmith5425]

I put hay and alfalfa on the ground with an oats,barley and corn mix. Keeps the food off the ground and makes them work for the food. I also have the same ABS pipe feeder. Studies are indicating that CWD could be spread from the saliva because the deer are sharing the feeder. I use the stump and salt combo and the deer love it.