I have picked up a couple of cobalt salt licks for the numerous deer that frequent our back yard. They don't usually come to close to the house and I would like them to. Will the salt licks draw them closer and what is the best way to present the salt to them...should I use a table or large log or just on the ground. What do they prefer???
I am not going to feed them because so many of our neighbours do but no one offers them salt.
2007-01-17 03:46:19 · 15 answers · asked by twistedkitty15 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Oh yeah...We live in N. Ontario canada where we get a lot of snow.
It is NOT illegal to feed deer here and almost everyone does. Even people in the city do it.
2007-01-17 03:55:50 · update #1
The reason that I want to offer the deer salt is to keep them off of the roads and highways. This time of year the deer hit the roads to lick the road salt used for de-icing. If more of us offered salt licks in a safer environment then pehaps there would be less deer hit and less human injury.
2007-01-17 04:17:38 · update #2
I would think that a large log would do fine.
Caveat emptor: If you get deer accustomed to coming close to your house, you can pretty much give up on ever having a garden or nice shrubbery. Just know that it's a trade-off...
2007-01-17 04:01:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would put in a fence, we have deer reach over the fences we have our apple trees encased in, and the deer eat the trees down to the ground. I would get about a 4ft high fence, and wrap it in a square about 20ft around the feeder in a box formation.
2016-05-24 00:11:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A salt lick on the ground is fine.scatter a little rock salt on the ground around it too.
2007-01-21 03:20:30 · answer #3 · answered by boatworker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deer have lived on their own instincts for thousands of years...I don't think feeding them is a good idea because it changes their natural instincts and makes them dependent on "man" to survive!
It goes against nature!
If you want to provide salt, take it way out into the woods, salt is one thing most animals have a difficult time finding, but they always seem to find natural salt...in clay or mineral rock deposits!
2007-01-17 04:07:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Put it on a log so they would have to bend down just a little...leave it there for a few days a then move a little closer...maybe 1 to 2 feet at a time every few days or so...Good Luck!
2007-01-17 03:49:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't tell anyone you are doing that. I do believe it is illegal. Stupid as it is, I'm pretty sure I heard that. They say your supposed to let nature take it's course. No help from humans. Just plain dumb. Then why does everyone have bird feeders?! Anyways, have fun watching the deer!
2007-01-17 03:53:28 · answer #6 · answered by Shari 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CWD
In some areas it has become illegal to feed deer for the fear of this disease spreading through the saliva left on uneaten feed. Check it out, then make your decision.
If you want to see the effects, type in CWD on an image search in Yahoo or Google. It ain't pretty!
2007-01-17 04:25:44 · answer #7 · answered by Aaron 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Beware of Lyme Disease. Deer Ticks are common carriers for this disease, and they will be found on the ground in anyplace deer frquent. Check yourself and your clothes thoroughly after entering this area. Keep the deer away from the house.
2007-01-17 04:00:38 · answer #8 · answered by crossbones668 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
on the ground preferably attached to a stump or fallen log. if you have an old rotten stump you want removed buy a drum of molasses and pour on it. The deer will devour it stump and all.
2007-01-17 03:51:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Set it on the ground away from the house. Be careful this does not cause problems like them eating your shrubs...
2007-01-17 03:50:59 · answer #10 · answered by fire16 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋