trail cam help

so i usaully only have my trail cam in deer areas but seein how i drew elk this year its intended for elk this time. i was wondering what sort of attractants you guys use if any. i tried a grain type mix but nothin touched it i was thinking apples possibly? and also ive heard deer cane works for elk as well? any help would be greatly apreciated. i have my cam set on a trail that opens into a grassy meadow but there are quite a few trails the elk have been using to get in there and i want them to use my trail lol
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MuleyMadness
Check this thread out...

http://www.muleymadness.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1108

cheap salt from IFA

I've tried it one time and did have success. Should work if you mix it into the ground and then pour water onto it.
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Tree Killer
I get trace mineral blocks from the local feed store. It comes in 50# block and can be busted in half or thirds with a heavy ax or splitting mall. Once they find it, you can dig a little hole to put it in so the elk don't push it all over the place. You can also buy the stuff in a 50# bag, and mix it in the dirt. The blocks will last longer.
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6x6 bull
To start a trail cam spot here in the midwest I use a liquid attractant called PigOut. It has a sweet and salty smell to the animals. You can go to Bass Pro Shop and type it in. It comes in gallon jug and is easy to carry in a long way. If you get any pics that you want to keep the camera in that same spot for a long time then I buy the trace mineral block at MFA and pack it in.
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a_bow_nut
Personaly I like to use rock salt. It's easy to pack cheap to buy and everybody has it. When I get to a spot that I want to set up at I just grab a stick and loosen up the dirt a bit then mix the salt in. That way nobody can take off with it (which I have had happen when I used to put out blocks.) and the animals can't kick it around and move the salt out of the cameras feild of view.

There are some spots where the animals have chased the salt a couple of feet down into the ground licking out every bit of it with their tounges. I've also had them work a spot for years after just one good deposit of salt.

One thing that I have noticed with salt licks is that the animals will hit them hard and heavy from the time they get back in the spring through most of the summer. Around here they slow way down on the salt intake at around the first of August So it doesn't do much for hunting but I think that it makes a great scouting tool.
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Nothing! They are illegal in Colorado. Just takes a lot of scouting to figure out their patterns.
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