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Post by tenring on May 17, 2011 21:00:05 GMT -5
I started a lick about 10 years ago by turning over a 3' area with a 5' digging shovel. Poured a 50lb. bag of mixing salt over it and let it go. I refresh it every year in the spring at mid-march, when the does are needing it the most, and again around the 4th of July with a bag of salt with the mineral in it, when it really starting to get hot and humid. Some farmers call it "salt and pepper". Trimmed up a Cedar tree that is next to it so one of my cousins could sit on his deck with a spotting scope and watch the activity from about 700 yards away. The "lick" is now about 6' wide and a foot deep. The best Cuz has seen was five bucks on the lick at one time, seems the deer love my little project, they should with a 1000lbs. of what they need over the years at their disposal. Each year in the spring, I always dig up a spoonful of the lick, and taste it to see how much salt is left, darn little if any. And I have a sign in front of it, warning anybody that my Cuz let's on there to hunt, that that area is off limits, go to another part of the farm, and that includes him. And I ask our CO about putting one in before I did, I got his permission to do so. And they quit using it long before gun season comes in. And the salt sticks I have in my back yard are being chewed to pieces by the local rabbits, and already have a litter of 4 hiding out in my front yard, with another nest under a Spuce tree in the back yard. Rabbit hunters should take note of placing salt sticks out.
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Post by drs on May 18, 2011 6:12:28 GMT -5
I have in my back yard are being chewed to pieces by the local rabbits, and already have a litter of 4 hiding out in my front yard, with another nest under a Spuce tree in the back yard. Rabbit hunters should take note of placing salt sticks out. Rabbits need salt/mineral supplements, as do Deer.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2011 8:39:53 GMT -5
The problem with hunting the area is not the lick itself, but the "area of influence". IF your CO ius having a bad hair day, so could you. Virtually any trail going close to the area with the lick 'could' be considered part of the are of influence and not huntable. There are no defined limits so beware.
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Post by Woody Williams on May 18, 2011 8:43:37 GMT -5
The problem with hunting the area is not the lick itself, but the "area of influence". IF your CO ius having a bad hair day, so could you. Virtually any trail going close to the area with the lick 'could' be considered part of the are of influence and not huntable. There are no defined limits so beware. Yep...
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Post by snikkelfritz on May 18, 2011 13:35:42 GMT -5
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Post by lugnutz on May 19, 2011 9:23:37 GMT -5
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Post by 76chevy on May 19, 2011 9:41:27 GMT -5
yes, better safe than sorry IMO there is lots of room for officer discretion in the enforcement of this law The problem with hunting the area is not the lick itself, but the "area of influence". IF your CO ius having a bad hair day, so could you. Virtually any trail going close to the area with the lick 'could' be considered part of the are of influence and not huntable. There are no defined limits so beware. Yep...
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