John Bender - Pennsylvania
We’ve been very fortunate with our hunting club. We are seeing some really nice deer and are looking forward to a great upcoming year. Both 30-06 and 30-06 Plus Protein have been a big key to our operation. We know both products help us have healthier deer and they are bringing more deer on our property.

We started using 30-06 Mineral about nine years ago when it was first introduced. I’ve been involved in the outdoors for more than 40 years and I’ve seen some trends come and go. I think the first thing we started using was salt blocks. Then that changed and everybody started using mineral blocks. The 30-06 Mineral was a whole different ballgame. The deer just devour it. We started using it in areas where we weren’t using mineral blocks. We came to know that the mineral blocks were a waste of time. The deer were pawing the ground to get more of the 30-06 Mineral and ignoring the mineral blocks we were using.

We know it helps the bone structure of our deer. It has also increased fawn reproduction on our land. Instead of does having just one fawn, they now often have twins or even triplets. Our deer weigh much more than they used to as well.  As you can imagine, these products have also made our members happy too.

We don’t hunt near the sites. We have our property mapped and put our hunters in set positions. Everybody in the club selects where they’re going to hunt, but we don’t put them close to the lick sites.

My son shot a 12-point buck that had a 24-inch inside spread and scored 163 gross points. My son has a wall of trophy bucks. We used to shoot small bucks, but not anymore. We’ve got lots of deer, and bigger deer. Our club members are very happy.