KNZ Salt licks

Forty Watt

After some trouble I managed to get hold of three of the wild game KNZ blocks. Perhaps a bit late in year but hope to get them out this weekend. Have been using red rockie horse blocks but they do not seem to last too long.
Looking at mineral comparison the KNZ game version appears good and rated by stalkers.
Plan is not to shoot over them but use to increase the nutrition the deer get from what they eat.
Anyone else using them and if so how do you find them?

hiddenmongoose

Where did you get them by any chance? Iv never had too much results over licks until the weather turns hard

Forty Watt

I tried to buy them over the counter here but would have had to buy a pallet. I hear some agri suppliers sell the animal version at around 7e a block but tricky for me to find them. So got them on ebay from AJs group in Germany. Roughly 22e each for 3 blocks incl delivery. The courier was not pleased lugging 30kilos to my door.
I get what you mean about only being used when weather is hard but I feel its also a case of animals getting used to it. Hopefully these are large enough to last across a year. Anyway its all part of the learning experience.

welsummer

I was talking to an employee from byrne mineral supplies, Castlewarden Straffan Co Kildare. He said that once you had the ingredients for the deer mineral licks that could make then up for you, I never got back to them . Contact no 01 4580944 and 0872904557. I wouldn't mine getting in on the order fro a few if you are getting them.

zulu_dawn

KNZ licks


can be got here in County Down, http://www.josephmorton.co.uk/


good price too.

hiddenmongoose

zulu_dawn wrote: »

KNZ licks


can be got here in County Down, http://www.josephmorton.co.uk/


good price too.

Doesnt seem to have the wild game one though?Getting knz licks is no bother ,its getting the wild game one without having to order 2 pallet loads is the snag

Forty Watt

I came across the pallet issue also hence my resorting to ebay. Time will tell if I am wrong to search out the special game version. I believe that the minerals help deer absorb more nutrients from what they eat.
From the KNZ website
"The special recipe for wild game is developed by thorough lab analyses of liver samples of shot deer. The mineral and trace element deficiencies in the liver samples gave input for the ingredients of the special KNZ wild lick. The lick contains besides sodium chloride also magnesium, zinc, copper, iodine, selenium and iron. Besides a contribution to the mineral and trace element need, the KNZ lick also attracts animals to the feeding station.
Zinc and selenium are especially important for good bone and cartilage development resulting in optimal antler size for deer and moose. The lick is moisture resistant and has a stable shape".
Anyway I will track over the next few years. I have cameras set up to see reaction. Reaction to the rockies salt licks i used previously was not great.

ganmo

Trace elements in soils(and plants) is variable meaning that an animal in one area might be deficient in one mineral and animals in an other area could be deficient in other minerals. If you take a sample of a liver to one of the labs that do trace element testing it'll show you which minerals they need

Goin on a dept report on livestock cobalt and iodine are the main ones to look out for

Forty Watt

Good points ganmo. The blocks contain 50mg of iodine per kg so thats that covered. Also Selenium which improves the efficacy of iodine. No cobalt however. They will have to go to the local supervalu if they need that.
Lads in Sweden swear by them but the weather there is a bit different to here. Likewise Germans give them thumbs up but my understanding is that they feed some of their deer in the winter. Time will tell if its worth it. Still keeps me out of the pub out of season!