misquitos
 

this is the first year i have hunted from the beginning of bow season. The misquitos werereally bad. one got me on the forehead. Isaw the dam thing fly away. It dropped about a foot when it took off LOL What is a good way to be rid of them??

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CHECK OUT THERMACELLS ON CABELAS OR SOME OTHER HUNTING WEBSITE. THEY SEEM TO WORK WONDERS

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Man get a thermacell. Those things are a god send. Turn that babty on and you wont see a mosquito. Im not completely sold on the scent free claim but I have yet had a deer wind me, so until they do mine will be burning.

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I don't know what a thermacell is ( I will check it out), but I use a bug suit. They are hot, but the misquitos can't bite you. It is the best investment I have ever had for hunting. You can see mine on this site under "My 2005 buck" It has leaves hanging off for extra camo. It was about $40 at bass pro for the top and $100 for the bottoms. I only have the top.

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garlic

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Garic will also keep those pesky vampires away. just kidding

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Shannon Bug Tamer Plus 3D Leaf. Cost what it cost. I hunt in the Big Cypress Preserve in South Florida. Mosquitos, biting flys, spiders the size of a childs hand, ants, you name it. Used to use Deet and get bit a lot. Got a cheapo bug suit from Bass Pro and it worked OK but still had to use bug spray and still got bit some. I haven't been bit in 2 years with the Bug Tamer suit, plus it is very good camo and has a scent control liner. Now I don't leave home without it.

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Thermacell under $30.00. Best $30.00 you'll ever spend!!!

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Therma-Cell
I have three of them,one for me and one for my wife,the third is a spare just in case one breaks.
want go in the woods without it.

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The best advice i could tell you would to go buy a Therma-cell. Like LA Swamper says I don't think it is scentfree, but it's damn close. You can smell a butane kinda smell when it's on. I've never had a deer smell it tho. Another thing I use is some bug spray called Maxi-Deet. It has low odor too. I've had deer all around me after spraying it on.

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Oh yea, you can buy both at Wal-Mart.

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Another vote for therma-cell ... probably the cheapest, but most effective hunting product I have bought!!!

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Another vote for therma-cell. I was getting tore up opening day and bought a therma-cell in anticipation of the warm weather. Had a W wind at 8mph turned it on and about three hours later had 5 bucks under my stand for about 30min and never got winded. P.S. they came right into the wind. Good product
S

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Im here in north Alabama and the skeeters are ALWAYS ruff at the beginning of the season ...the best we can hope for is about a 10 to 15 mph wind it seems to keep them away ... I killed one last year I had mounted ..he looked like a B52 ...seriously I wear a Bug Tammer suite ...sure helps ..

Roll Tide
DD

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Therma cell..it's not scent free since I can smell the fumes..but I'm not either. I'm too cold natured for bug suits..got a new top I've never wore..Therma cell came out the same yr. I got it.

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I may have to try one of those thermacells. Skeeters are bad right now.

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After the first 2 weekends of season, I got tore up by the skeeters, so I went to Bass Pro and got the compact Thermacell. Next day a cold front came through and its been cool ever since.... Oh well. Im sure Ill get to use it at some point.
Chris

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Thermacell! Great product! Used it for the first time this spring while turkey hunting, and it worked great on black flies and mosquitoes. I know it isnt totally scent free, but I read enough positive deer hunting stories that I gave it a shot here during the RI opener. Had 4 deer very close for about a half hour and I did not get winded.

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Garlic will also keep them pesty deer away too ;)Deer dont like garlic, dont listen to this guy lol.