Swamp donkey mineral attractant

[twoSevenO]

Anyone use this before? I tried it out last year on a couple of salt licks and it worked very well. In both cases I had deer on the lick within an hour of me leaving the area, as shown on the camera time stamps. And they continued to come back to the lick regularly.

It has a very strong scent of cinnamon that I thought was too strong but I guess not. It seemed to work. Both times they were on it within an hour.

I bought a couple bags from Wholesale sports but now I'm out. Cabelas doesn't have this particular one. Anyone know if bass pro has it?

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[Husky7mm]

Loose colbat for me, works great and for a long long time too. $10 for 25kg at the feed stores.

[twoSevenO]

That wasn't my question though ....

I use salt too, this is an attractant in ADDITION to the salt.

[GROOTSKY]

I believe some Canadian Tire stores stock it, easy to check your local CT stores inventory online.

[Harvest the Land]

The Red Spot mineral stuff from Primos is by far the best deer attractant I've ever used! I've stocked up on the 4lb blocks as well as the 4.5lb bags, but it looks like they're no longer making it. I've searched for months all over the place and was able to order the last 3 red spot blocks from Westside Stores in Salmon Arm and get them shipped to the lower wasteland (it was worth the hefty shipping fee).

So it looks like they replaced the Red Spot stuff with similar looking stuff called Take Out Red Zone. I ordered a few bags of it and put it out in front of one of my trail cams a couple weeks ago, so we will see if it works just as good as the Red Spot did. It smelled and looked the same so I'm guessing there isn't much difference.

If you happen to find somewhere that still sells the Red Spot please let me know.

Happy Hunting man!

[twoSevenO]

Ok. Will try take out. Thanks for the advice. ..... should be good if it smells the same. I have a feeling the smell is what really worked to bring them in initially then they would continue to come back for the salt.

But yeah, worked like a charm both times. If I didn't have trail cam proof I wouldn't be making the claim.

[Husky7mm]

That wasn't my question though ....

I use salt too, this is an attractant in ADDITION to the salt.

I realized that, was just sharing. I find all the attractents sold at the hunting stores to be totally over priced. Some work great some don’t. Tried donkey butter, corn hole, wildlife blocks... all crap in my experience. Primos red spot worked great but its 100 times as much money as cobalt loose. Deer cain worked alright iirc. Again all huge bucks for just a tiny bag. They dont make all these things to help us, they make it to help them, get rich.... Never tried the one you suggested, the proof will be in the pics. Prolly lots of bucks though, right?

[Sitkaspruce]

Just use range salt, $10 for 25 kg, one or two cobalt salt blocks (the small ones) and add grape or fruit punch non sweetened Kool-Aid to your bait site. I have tried may different flavours of attractant (not Swamp donkey) and these two work better than anything else I have tried.

I believe Backcountry FSJ carries Primos line of attractants, just not sure which ones.

Cheers

SS

[twoSevenO]

Just use range salt, $10 for 25 kg, one or two cobalt salt blocks (the small ones) and add grape or fruit punch non sweetened Kool-Aid to your bait site. I have tried may different flavours of attractant (not Swamp donkey) and these two work better than anything else I have tried.

I believe Backcountry FSJ carries Primos line of attractants, just not sure which ones.

Cheers

SS

Interesting. Got more details on the ratio that you use? Like do you dump the entire contents of the kool aid pouch onto one salt lick? (I assume it's in a pouch. I don't know. I dont drink the stuff)

[twoSevenO]

I realized that, was just sharing. I find all the attractents sold at the hunting stores to be totally over priced. Some work great some don’t. Tried donkey butter, corn hole, wildlife blocks... all crap in my experience. Primos red spot worked great but its 100 times as much money as cobalt loose. Deer cain worked alright iirc. Again all huge bucks for just a tiny bag. They dont make all these things to help us, they make it to help them, get rich.... Never tried the one you suggested, the proof will be in the pics. Prolly lots of bucks though, right?

Yes, it is overpriced. The contents are essentially just table salt .... NaCl. It's just the smell ... whatever it is, that seemed to bring them in. It smelled like cinnamon to me. Very strong.

As usual, mostly does. And a few bucks. But the interesting thing was how quick the deer were on the stuff. My dad did shoot one of the bucks 30 yards from the salt lick a month later.

[Husky7mm]

Some of the attractants I mentioned also attacked bears, bears usually equalled camera damage. Something to consider. Bear dont hang around the minerals long.

[Ferenc]

Just might work on them Blacktails ...... : )

[Sitkaspruce]

Interesting. Got more details on the ratio that you use? Like do you dump the entire contents of the kool aid pouch onto one salt lick? (I assume it's in a pouch. I don't know. I dont drink the stuff)

No ratio, just sprinkle some (maybe half a pouch....) in with the salt mixture. I don't drink it either, but some how the ungulates are attracted to it.


Some of the attractants I mentioned also attacked bears, bears usually equalled camera damage. Something to consider. Bear dont hang around the minerals long.

That is why the unsweetened stuff seems to work. Tried the regular stuff and had the bears really hitting it.....the elk likes it, but the moose and deer no so much. The unsweetened seems to be preferred and the bears seems to roll on it, lick it a bit and yes they will hit the camera sometimes, but it does not have them stick around. My cameras are all shielded with bear proof shells and lag bolted to trees.

Cheers

SS