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What about a cattle mineral tub for deer?

Posted By: Nathan at Fork

What about a cattle mineral tub for deer? - 12/30/14 05:45 AM

Im just wondering about this. I keep 200 lbs hard baked protein tubs out for my cows and the protein for them makes a HUGE difference. So, what about the idea of putting one of the tubs out for the deer? Would they use it?
Posted By: Sneaky

Re: What about a cattle mineral tub for deer? - 12/30/14 06:34 AM

I've seen pigs in them before, but not deer.
Posted By: C3 guide

Re: What about a cattle mineral tub for deer? - 12/30/14 09:38 AM

From what I've seen is axis,aoudad love them... Whitetail will lick them but not as heavily as the others I mentioned. We put some out for heifers north of Del Rio. So there was plenty of deer there and they did hit it just not to heavily.
Posted By: stxranchman

Re: What about a cattle mineral tub for deer? - 12/30/14 11:59 AM

Depends on the protein source in the tub whether it would be good for deer or not.
Posted By: Curtis

Re: What about a cattle mineral tub for deer? - 12/30/14 12:39 PM

If it's a molasses tub or similar and does not contain urethra then yes.

We feed all natural cake, molasses, and combination mineral to deer for over a decade.
Posted By: Western

Re: What about a cattle mineral tub for deer? - 12/30/14 01:39 PM

I have had deer lick on a molasses tub, but not much and I only saw the young and curious.. The mineral tub and where I fed range cubes much more activity.
Posted By: Stompy

Re: What about a cattle mineral tub for deer? - 12/30/14 07:17 PM

Originally Posted By: Sneaky
I've seen pigs in them before, but not deer.


Yep, I had to quit putting them out due to pigs.
Posted By: dogcatcher

Re: What about a cattle mineral tub for deer? - 12/30/14 08:09 PM

Originally Posted By: Curtis
If it's a molasses tub or similar and does not contain urethra then yes.

We feed all natural cake, molasses, and combination mineral to deer for over a decade.


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Posted By: QuitShootinYoungBucks

Re: What about a cattle mineral tub for deer? - 01/01/15 12:35 AM

We have tubs out for our cows and sheep, but we also have salt/mineral troughs as well. The deer are welcome to use them.
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