What do you people do about early season Mosquitoes?
06-10-2009, 07:52 AM
#31
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2004
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RE: What do you people do about early season Mosquitoes?
ORIGINAL: camokenny
Therma Cell, yea theres a smell but no bugs. If you were worried about smell that much then you need to stay out of the woods. Nothing will stop human odor completely, use the wind to your advantage and just hunt with a therma cell.
Therma Cell, yea theres a smell but no bugs. If you were worried about smell that much then you need to stay out of the woods. Nothing will stop human odor completely, use the wind to your advantage and just hunt with a therma cell.
Every hunter should worry about the potential negative smell from something they can control. And not using a ThermaCell is something a hunter can control, by not purchasing one. And the thread is about a thermacell, not stopping human odor.
06-12-2009, 05:30 AM
#36
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: West Tennessee
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RE: What do you people do about early season Mosquitoes?
Y'all can keep your Termacells.
I guess I'm the only person who is more worried about chiggers in the early season than the mosquitos.Mosquitos are an annoyance. Chiggers are torture, and they are thick here. My solution takes care of both. Ipick up 5-6 cans of Permanone. It's not cheap, but it's fantastic. I take all of my hunting clothing, including socks and boots/shoes, lay it all out and spray it with the Permanone. Let it dry thoroughly and I'm good to go for a couple of weeks, even if I wash the stuff every day. It dries odor-free (at least to humans) and I've never picked up a tick or a chigger, and the skeeters leave that stuff alone. 5-6 cans will last me all season.
I guess I'm the only person who is more worried about chiggers in the early season than the mosquitos.Mosquitos are an annoyance. Chiggers are torture, and they are thick here. My solution takes care of both. Ipick up 5-6 cans of Permanone. It's not cheap, but it's fantastic. I take all of my hunting clothing, including socks and boots/shoes, lay it all out and spray it with the Permanone. Let it dry thoroughly and I'm good to go for a couple of weeks, even if I wash the stuff every day. It dries odor-free (at least to humans) and I've never picked up a tick or a chigger, and the skeeters leave that stuff alone. 5-6 cans will last me all season.
06-12-2009, 07:40 PM
#37
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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RE: What do you people do about early season Mosquitoes?
ORIGINAL: LittleChief
Y'all can keep your Termacells. I guess I'm the only person who is more worried about chiggers in the early season than the mosquitos.Mosquitos are an annoyance. Chiggers are torture, and they are thick here. My solution takes care of both. Ipick up 5-6 cans of Permanone. It's not cheap, but it's fantastic. I take all of my hunting clothing, including socks and boots/shoes, lay it all out and spray it with the Permanone. Let it dry thoroughly and I'm good to go for a couple of weeks, even if I wash the stuff every day. It dries odor-free (at least to humans) and I've never picked up a tick or a chigger, and the skeeters leave that stuff alone. 5-6 cans will last me all season.
Y'all can keep your Termacells.
I guess I'm the only person who is more worried about chiggers in the early season than the mosquitos.Mosquitos are an annoyance. Chiggers are torture, and they are thick here. My solution takes care of both. Ipick up 5-6 cans of Permanone. It's not cheap, but it's fantastic. I take all of my hunting clothing, including socks and boots/shoes, lay it all out and spray it with the Permanone. Let it dry thoroughly and I'm good to go for a couple of weeks, even if I wash the stuff every day. It dries odor-free (at least to humans) and I've never picked up a tick or a chigger, and the skeeters leave that stuff alone. 5-6 cans will last me all season.
06-14-2009, 10:54 PM
#40
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RE: What do you people do about early season Mosquitoes?
My view on the scent issue is, if the deer smells the device at your feet when you are up in the stand, he smells you already as well.
I can live with a slightly larger smell while on stand if it means the damn mosquitoes stay away.
I use the thermacell more for turkey hunting than deer hunting though, the bulk of my stand time is in November, when the mosquitos are long gone.
I can live with a slightly larger smell while on stand if it means the damn mosquitoes stay away.
I use the thermacell more for turkey hunting than deer hunting though, the bulk of my stand time is in November, when the mosquitos are long gone.