Posted By: cameron00
MAXIMUM DRAW - Field test preliminary results. - 06/28/10 11:01 PM
I've gotten a number of requests to post my findings thus far, so I'm going to put up a preliminary assessment. In full disclosure, when I was sent the free sample, I was told that it could take as long as 6 weeks for the deer to find the mineral.
So far, the deer at my place seem to be on the "take up to 6 weeks to find it" path. I placed the stuff 4 weeks prior to this past Sunday (yesterday), and so far, the deer have not really paid much attention to it. I got a huge amount of rain 2 days after I placed it the first time, so I thought it might have packed the dirt in or something, but I re-dug and re-mixed the spot 2 weeks ago and still haven't noticed any real activity from the deer. I have pictures of them standing next to it, so I know they're easily within range of the scent. The stuff smells really good - sort of like berries.
I also have quite a few hogs that frequent my property, but they're very sporadic. They come about once a week or so, but will also take stretches where they don't show up on my camera for a couple of months. Judging from my other pictures, the local herd just starting hitting my property again about a week ago. Saturday night, the hogs found the Max Draw Earthquake. The pics:
First pic of animals on the site:
Then some more:
The bigger pigs also hit it:
They stayed at the site pretty consistently for a couple of hours (note time stamp):
I don't know why the deer haven't hit it yet - maybe they just haven't found it. But once the pigs did, they hit it hard. They rooted the dirt up and turned it over considerably.
I'm hoping the deer will do the same over the next couple of weeks. Unfortunately, I just swap out my camera cards when I go, so I didn't check the pictures until I got home. If I had known I was aiming high, I would have adjusted, but I'll do that the next time I'm out there.
At this point the results are inconclusive, at least in my opinion. I'll post again in another couple of weeks and will continue to do so until the site stops getting activity.
Let me know if you have any questions.
So far, the deer at my place seem to be on the "take up to 6 weeks to find it" path. I placed the stuff 4 weeks prior to this past Sunday (yesterday), and so far, the deer have not really paid much attention to it. I got a huge amount of rain 2 days after I placed it the first time, so I thought it might have packed the dirt in or something, but I re-dug and re-mixed the spot 2 weeks ago and still haven't noticed any real activity from the deer. I have pictures of them standing next to it, so I know they're easily within range of the scent. The stuff smells really good - sort of like berries.
I also have quite a few hogs that frequent my property, but they're very sporadic. They come about once a week or so, but will also take stretches where they don't show up on my camera for a couple of months. Judging from my other pictures, the local herd just starting hitting my property again about a week ago. Saturday night, the hogs found the Max Draw Earthquake. The pics:
First pic of animals on the site:
Then some more:
The bigger pigs also hit it:
They stayed at the site pretty consistently for a couple of hours (note time stamp):
I don't know why the deer haven't hit it yet - maybe they just haven't found it. But once the pigs did, they hit it hard. They rooted the dirt up and turned it over considerably.
I'm hoping the deer will do the same over the next couple of weeks. Unfortunately, I just swap out my camera cards when I go, so I didn't check the pictures until I got home. If I had known I was aiming high, I would have adjusted, but I'll do that the next time I'm out there.
At this point the results are inconclusive, at least in my opinion. I'll post again in another couple of weeks and will continue to do so until the site stops getting activity.
Let me know if you have any questions.