What do you people do about early season Mosquitoes?
06-09-2009, 03:43 AM
#21
Giant Nontypical
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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.
I've killed some very nice Trophies with Thermacell burning full blast. I was even able to sit perfectly still with No bugs bothering me
Dan
06-09-2009, 06:06 AM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: RI
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RE: What do you people do about early season Mosquitoes?
Thermacell!!! Yes, it has an odor. So do you. I believe a deer will spook from human odor before spooking from a thermacell. There are lots of smells in the woods and not all spell danger to a deer. Besides, I expect that since the thermacell is hot the scent it creates rises and probably dissapates quicker than human odor. Deer spooking from the motion of swatting mosquitoes is probably more prevalent than spooking due to the scent of a thermacell.
06-09-2009, 11:49 AM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: East Central, Ohio
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RE: What do you people do about early season Mosquitoes?
Skeeters don't usually cause me that much of a problem. I usually just deal with it if they do. Never really tried anything that repels them like Thermacell while out hunting. When I'm out in the summer putting up stands and checking cameras I usually just spray some deep woods off to try to keep the ticks off. I HATE those little creepers![:'(]
06-09-2009, 12:14 PM
#28
Site Bouncer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Illinois
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RE: What do you people do about early season Mosquitoes?
I have a thermacell and it works however I don't hunt with it.
I use it for around my patio and such. The mosquitoes aren't that bad by October when our season opens so I just deal with them for a few weeks and they're gone by November. I do notice that if the wind is just right, not too hard to blow the mosquitoes away but enough to push the thermacell repellent away, it doesn't work too good. I've used it a lot sitting outside on my patio and it's not full proof. But it, combined with some citronella candles, I can keep them little blood suckers at bay. Now if there is no wind, I find it works great, them little flying bastards stay away!
I use it for around my patio and such. The mosquitoes aren't that bad by October when our season opens so I just deal with them for a few weeks and they're gone by November. I do notice that if the wind is just right, not too hard to blow the mosquitoes away but enough to push the thermacell repellent away, it doesn't work too good. I've used it a lot sitting outside on my patio and it's not full proof. But it, combined with some citronella candles, I can keep them little blood suckers at bay. Now if there is no wind, I find it works great, them little flying bastards stay away!
06-10-2009, 07:00 AM
#30
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Liberty Center, OH
Posts: 369
RE: What do you people do about early season Mosquitoes?
So Thermacell really works, ya'll sound like a infomercial for it, I can imagine Billy Mays here, bringing you the Thermacell don't go out in the woods without it, Malaria, Lyme disease, not anymore.
That being said, as of now I don't do anything cover up and wait it out...maybe I'll buy a Thermacell though, when I'm out hanging stands or cameras...
That being said, as of now I don't do anything cover up and wait it out...maybe I'll buy a Thermacell though, when I'm out hanging stands or cameras...