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Post by tenring on Feb 23, 2012 18:58:18 GMT -5
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Post by tenring on Feb 23, 2012 19:04:19 GMT -5
Kirsey and Pike [1962] concluded that "the stress of pregnancy produces a relative deficiency of sodium."
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Post by tenring on Feb 23, 2012 19:10:52 GMT -5
Pletscher [1987] likewise notes that reproductively mature female white-tailed deer fail to achieve sodium balance apart from the consumption of aquatic vegetation, comparatively sodium rich, and the use of sodium residues deposited as a result of deicing efforts.
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Post by tenring on Feb 23, 2012 19:23:32 GMT -5
Pletscher [1987] estimated that lactation consumed fifty percent of the annual sodium budget of female white-tailed deer.
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Post by tenring on Feb 23, 2012 19:33:01 GMT -5
Adult female white-tailed deer predominated at lick sites in Indiana with peak use during May-August [Weeks 1978, Wiles and Weeks 1986].
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Post by steiny on Feb 23, 2012 19:34:20 GMT -5
They may not "need" it, but they sure "like" it. I throw out one of those brick sized brown livestock mineral blocks every now and then and they work it pretty hard till it's gone. They don't last long.
If you like watching deer out the back window, set a mineral block somewhere within view, on a woods edge, or similar.
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Post by tenring on Feb 23, 2012 20:03:30 GMT -5
The essential role of sodium in reproduction is emphasized by the considerable difference between maternal and neonatal-fetal sodium concentration. This difference in part explains the increase in sodium seeking behaviors observed during the reproductive cycle [McCreedy 1989].
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2012 7:55:13 GMT -5
There are no studys that show salt or mineral will help with deer weights or antlers but if you want to use them, hes a good read on doing so.
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