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I’ve been to that park. “Lick” is apparently local for “crick”, and there are lots of bones found there. Still makes you wonder how many tourists from San Francisco make the trip east in eager anticipation, only to have their desires dashed.
No. A lick is a mineral deposit, often salt, that has come to the surface, attracting herbivores and other animals. These animals literally lick the earth to get needed minerals; like waterholes in Africa, however, predators stalk the licks to cull the weak, sick, and/or unlucky.
Same principle applies today when a hunter lays down a salt pan for deer.
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