I have an active mineral site that deer use when coming and going to my makeshift feeder (a larger kitty litter pan secured by tent stakes). When I put the initial application of a mineral trace block out, I did nothing in preperation other than setting it in a place that can be somewhat seen from the back window for my wife and my soon-to-be 3 year-old future hunting buddy. I bought that mineral trace block and a Trophy Rock and laid both out at the same time. The mineral trace block is right along the wood line where the deer exit and enter back into. The Trophy Rock I placed not even a yard from the feeder. They come in, use the mineral trace block, eat my blend of sweet feed and shelled corn, and exit to the woods. The Trophy Rock has gotten little or no attention by the deer. I believe rain water has taken more of a toll on the Trophy Rock than wildlife itself.

In the almost 3 years that we have lived at this house we have never seen as much wildlife as we have in the past month or two. We have always had deer (some monster 11 to 15 pt. bucks down to tiny fawns), lots of squirrels, and birds, but until I put up my new trail camera I never knew that we had some nocturnal wildlife as well. We have a corn fed coon and something really cool that has just started coming in this past week, a red fox.

My question is kind of three part.

The first being that with the active mineral site can I add a Deer Cane time release block and ready-to-use lick to the mineral trace block or should I move the mineral trace block elsewhere?

The second since the deer have pretty much made a trail around and somewhat through the active site to the feeder, is the Deer Cane hopeful end result going to ruin the trail therefore ruin the deer traffic?

The third and final question is that will the Deer Cane spook off the coon and or the Red Fox from the feeder? I don't know much about foxes, but am willing to learn now.

Well, sorry about the lengthy post, but had a lot on my mind.

If this Deer Cane works here then it is going south with me to my hunting site next week.

I wonder if Wild Hogs like it?