Buck in velvet... 19 pics

[cedar N sandy]

###I checked my Camtrakker today and it was showing that 19 pics had been taken. I wasn't overly excited because the last roll I had developed was full of crow pics eating the corn from around the mineral lick. I made a mineral lick from bradleydale's recipe minus the di-calcium phosphate (nobody has heard of it around here???) and I added some "Block Topper Candy Mix". Well when I picked up my developed pics from the 1 hr photo I got a suprise......all 19 pics were of the same Buck in velvet. I have posted only 3 pics to show time intervals and different views of his growing rack. I had the timer set at 1.5 min. intervals. I also made an interesting discovery on this setup as to how often a single deer will visit a mineral lick (or it was just a fluke...after all it was a Full Moon the last few nights). I set the cam up on Sunday afternoon 6/3/01. I will list below the times of each pic.
6/5 ### 5:10 am ### ### ### ### ### ### ### 1 pic
6/5 ### 8:32 - 9:01 pm ### ### 6 pics
6/5 ### 9:22 pm ### ### ### ### ### ### ### 1 pic
6/5 ### 11:01 - 11:10 pm ###3 pics
6/6 ### 1:28 - 1:36 am ### ### ###4 pics
6/6 ### 3:23 - 3:45 am ### ### ###4 pics
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1600338&a=12196687&p=49956306
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1600338&a=12196687&p=49956304
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1600338&a=12196687&p=49956303
###Thanks for the recipe bradleydale. Maybe I will be able to watch his rack mature over the next few months.
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[spectr17]

I'd say that boy is addicted to your block cedar and he's not a bit bashful either. Kewl pics. So, how big do you think he'll get by looking at his starter antlers? He looks like a younger buck.

[d91]

I'll take a copy of that recipe.... care to post it?

[gizz]

Nice Pics Cedar, that's a good recipe. How long did it take for the deer to find it?

[jayber]

d91,

Check page 2 - Mineral Licks

[cedar N sandy]

Thanks for the replies fellas!
spectr17,
###I think he is young also and will probably have a small 8 pt. rack....most of the second year racks are small 8 pt. on our club.

d91,
###I used 25lbs. of loose red trace mineral in the bag, 1 full box of ice cream Rock Salt and mixed it together in a 5 gallon bucket. I got the recipe from bradleydale's post but was unable to find the di-calcium phosphate he mentioned. I dug out a bowl shaped hole in red clay/sandy soil mix about 3 ft across and about 6 inches deep in the center. Red clay works best because it holds the mineral longer. If anybody needs any Red clay come to Ga. and get all you want :)and whatever you do dont get it on your clothes because it won't come out. I then topped it off by pouring the 2 part "Block Topper" mollasses/candy mix all over the mineral. This stuffs activates causing a thick frothy foam about 4 inches deep. It gives off a strong mollasses/sweet smell.

gizz,
### It took him about 4 days to find and that is just an educated guess. I am doing an experiment on lick sites and made 4 the same day. 2 with this recipe and 2 with Deer Caine. I only have 2 cams and did not have it set up on this site until 5 days later when I changed setups. 2 days passed before I got his first pic.

p.s......in one of the pics he is running off but returns 2 hrs. later.....so much for the flash spooking them very much. ### ### ###
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[Tinhorn]

Cedar

You better set up some "Lip Balm", bet that deer's got chapped lips from all the salt ###:)

Tinhorn

[cedar N sandy]

Tinhorn you 'bout made me ruin my keyboard with spewed milk & cornflakes.....bustin a gut right now laughin'.....Hey I got an idea....when bowseason comes in I'll hunt over a 5 gallon bucket of water within 100 yds of the lick 'cause he will surley be thirsty....but then the Game Warden will write me up for huntin' over bait ;).

[Richard Webb]

Nice pictures....has anyone out west tried one of those mineral licks?

[stanman]

Excellent pics hope to see more in the future
Stanman