RE: WA hunters...
Wayne, if my partner wouldn't be in such a hurry to shoot, there's no telling how close I could call them. If you and I can actually get together for a hunt, you can bring your favorite rock if you want, and I'll do my best to put him in your lap. As soon as I decide if I'm coming early or late season, we'll have to start talking seriously about it. Fred is always making other plans when I come that way to hunt turkeys too. I'm starting to get a complex. Ya'll got something against rednecks?
I've never had a problem with mosquitoes while turkey hunting over there on the east side. We do have a decent reference for BIG mosquitoes though. I don't think Alaska has a thing on the Mississippi Delta. Something about thousands of acres of flooded rice fields and Summer nighttime temps in the low 80s that really pack those skeeters in. If they don't tote you off, they'll suck every drop of blood out of you. They think DEET is a pheromone. Bldhound can back me up on this.