Had an early afternoon dentist appt yesterday and tried to sneak in an afternoon hunt. It was raining when I pulled in but quit while I was getting dressed. The skeeters were pretty bad walking to my stand, but when I got to the tree and set my bow and pack down an emormous cloud of them rose from the ground. I tried to get the Thermacell started right awaythinking I could stand them for a bit - didn't happen. They were so thick I was inhaling them [:@]and starting to sweat from whacking them with both hands. I retreated back to the truck and called it a day.

This was river bottom ground and there's standing water all over the place from all the rain and last flood. I don't think I'll be going back to that land until after a frost.