If you build it – They will come…
and You WILL Get One!!!!
A Buck Magnet Deer Feeder in the wild - Camouflaged
Free Deer Lick - Salt Lick Recipe is below.
Deer hunters know that exceptional antler development depends on a readily available source of nutrition throughout the growing season. Now, with inexpensive and easy to build Buck Magnet Deer Feeder, you can attract and grow your own Trophy Buck. You'll be able to easily scout the Trophy Bucks because you'll know exactly where they're going to congregate – at your deer feeder, and you'll be providing the proper nutrition to facilitate the rapid development of Trophy Quality Antlers. You'll attract deer from all over with any of these economical and easy to build Buck Magnet Deer Feeders.
You will receive Buck Magnet Deer Feeder plans that allow you to build the inexpensive and durable Buck Magnet Deer Feeders of varying capacities that are easily refilled. There are two basic designs with variations of feed delivery and feed capacity for a total of six different deer feeders which are easily constructed, tree mounted (hanging or pole mounting is possible) and permit free feeding by the deer. I prefer a few small capacity deer feeders around the perimeter of my large capacity Buck Magnet Deer Feeder. They are so inexpensive and quick to make that several deer feeders are easy to build. Putting a variety of feed in them assures wide appeal among the deer population and a proper nutritional balance to promote massive and rapid antler development .
The materials needed to make these feeders are readily available from the local hardware store (you probably have some of the materials around now). I spent less than $20.00 to build the smallest feeder (about 30 lb. capacity) and less than $30.00 dollars to build the large feeder (about 300 lb. capacity). It took me more than a year to develop these designs. I have modified the original designs several times in order to optimize the mix of capacity and materials. The result is seven pages of plans (diagrams and instructions) for a variety of Buck Magnet Deer Feeders that are easily constructed out of readily available inexpensive materials which will hold up to the elements and relentless usage by the animals. These are deer feeders are designed to last. The simplest deer feeder plan can be built in about an hour. Along with your plans, I will also include some tips on placement of the Buck Magnet Deer Feeder, feeds to use, and other tips on attracting and growing deer that are worth hunting.
For your information:
In preparation for the 97 early bow season, I placed two feeders in the woods at a spot not regularly visited by
deer. The feeders sat there for weeks with no apparent usage. The animals just didn't know they were there and
the scent of the feed was not sufficient to draw them from their normal path. I began searching for something so
aromatic and so irresistible that it would draw them off their normal path to investigate. I found it. I covered
the bottom of the feeder with it and placed it on nearby trees to further disburse the aroma. Within just a few
days, the small feeder was empty and the large one had significant usage as well. Now I spread it around whenever
I return to refill the feeders. I was amazed that an area previously unvisited could become so heavily used in
such a short time. The ground is all torn up around both feeders, there are scrapes, rubs and droppings all over.
This location has become part of the routine of the local deer population - it wasn't before. I'm trying to create
"Pavlov's Deer". I want them to know that when they smell this --- It's Feeding Time! I'll include information
on this as well. 
The 1997/98 was the first year that I had the feeders up and filled
for the entire year -- it was the most successful hunting season in the seven years that I had hunted that property
and I still use them. I hunt a parcel of land that's about 60 acres. The owner of an adjacent parcel (about
80 acres) and I have become fairly close and so we hunt across each others boundary without paying much attention.
I continue to be the most successful hunter on the entire 140 acres. This year there were several deer taken, one
Doe and three Buck. Any trophy buck? Yes! There was a magnificent deer taken on the
adjacent parcel about 75 yards from the feeders. That animal had a beautiful rack - a wide spread with long tines
that swept back in to form a spinney basket. Sorry, no camera was available on that kill, but here's a medium sized
Buck that I took a few days later. Face it!-- Sometimes someone else will get the best
deer you've been feeding. Relax, there's always next year. Good things come to those with patience
(and persistence).
For the Plans to build your own Buck Magnet Deer Feeders, send your request to:
Keith Thompson
attn: Buck Magnet Deer Feeders
13414 Cavalier Woods Drive
Clifton, VA 20124
Please include your name, your email address (optional), the mailing address you'd like the plans sent to, a phone number (just in case there's a need to contact you) and a Check or Money order in the amount of $8.50 payable to: Keith Thompson
The small charge covers the cost of color printing & mailing. The current version has 4 pages of instructions and 3 pages of plans including plans for a redesigned - quick-hang - method.
Free Recipe for -
Deer Attractant
Deer Lure
Salt Lick
- Call it what you want -
It's my Homemade Deer Lick Recipe
Okay - Here's a deer lick brew that I use and it has worked great. I put several of these out - some near the feeder,
others on paths that lead to the feeder or cross my property elsewhere. The deer love these deer licks - although
technically I guess they're not licks since I pour the liquid directly on the ground, anyway here's my free Deer
Lick Recipe:
This makes 5 gallons-
5 Gallon bucket
Boil about 3 gallons of water - Boiling water will dissolve more of the ingredients
6 lbs Iodized salt
2 cups Baking Soda
1.5 Cups Baking Powder
18 oz. Molasses
Potassium Gluconate (20 - 500mg Tablets)
Magnesium (10 - 250mg Tablets)
Add more water to fill the bucket (about another 2 gallons)
Clear about a 2ft. patch of ground - minor dirt disturbance to aid absorption.
Slow Siphon the concoction into the disturbed earth (Air Line for Fish Aquariums works great!). Slow siphoning
allows deeper penetration and keeps the liquid more concentrated in the desired area. As the liquid cools some
of the ingredients may precipitate out of solution - not a problem - pour that stuff right on top of the wet soil.
I picked up most ingredients from Costco and where it's CHEAP and Plentiful! I only had to get the Molasses from
the grocery store. Gentlemen - start Brewing!
EMail can be sent to: email@buckmagnet.com
Take a look at some exceptional sites relating to Deer Hunting, Nutrition and Habitats.
The better you know your quarry, the better your chances of bagging the Big One!
Habitat Requirements - Published by North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service; Michael S. Mitchell, Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Edwin J. Jones, Specialist-in-Charge, Mark A. Megalos, Extension Forestry Specialist. It's a quick-read and insightful.
Landowner's Guide: White-tailed Deer - Go to PART VIII: Species Management: White-Tailed Deer
Lot's of info about habitat management. Downloadable & Printable chapters. Shows the Antler Growth cycle -
and demonstrates that you have to begin supplementing the diet early for best results.
Food Plots are a great way to bring them in and keep them.
Take a look at some other Deer Hunting sites dealing with supplies, hunt packages, and other link reference sites.
Blackpowder Shooters.com - Black Powder hunting is sweet -- One shot- make it count.
Internet
Shooting Directory
Hunting Links - Also an extensive listing
of hunting stuff including scheduled hunts. Also - they've got good information about Shooting in general.
Jessies
Hunting Page - This is a great hunting page. Gear reviews, Photos, lots of things. The BEST
comparison of Game Cameras
that I found was right here. I just bought the "Non Typical DeerCam" and ordered it over the internet.
It came malfunctioning but Non-Typical replaced it immediately. I'll add pictures later.
These are some of the places I go when I need to find things on the Internet!
Taoma - Rapidly moving ahead of AlltheWeb and Google in my book.
AlltheWeb - Was my favorite after InferenceFind died.
and of course--
Why anyone might want to plagiarize this is beyond me - but just in case -- Don't.
Copyright 1997-2003, Keith Thompson. All Rights Reserved.