ThermaCELL
 

What is your take on this insect repellent? I used it twice so far and seen no deer. It says it is undetectable to animals. But I can sure smell it.

I've used mine from Texas to Canada. From whitetail to audad to bear. Saw 22 bears in 2 days in Canada. Is it foolproof? No. Have I seen a deer react to smelling it, again no. But that doesn't men they don't. But I don't hunt without it til the frost kills the skeeters.

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Are there different pads you can put in there? Or are they all the same?

There are different pads. I have never tried anything but the skeeter repellent.

Dang, do we need to make a sticky on Thermacell???

Undetectable? Not a chance, if you smell it, they smell it. If they really thought that was true, why would they market a dirt scentedone? That being said, its not a smell that disturbs them that I can tell.

Why do people worry about if the deer can smell a thermacell?

Remember that the faint scent of the thermacell is being blown to exactly the same place that your human scent is being blown to.

If they can smell the thermacell then they can dang sure smell you.


BTW, I don't go hunting with out one.

My concern is not necessarily the smell as you can get earth scent mats. I have not purchased one yet as it seems to me that it could get expensive to run it for a full day on the stand. Aprox $25 for the unit and $7 for 12 hrs fuel and three 4-hr mats. I am retired and hunt several days per week and haven't purchased on for this reason alone.

I used it last year love it always have it with me even in the dead of winter. Though i saw deer twice when hunting. SO who knows. I doubt it was the thermacell. But i am sure they properly smell it.

Just man up and hunt without it!! Im with Trex on this,I can't afford the fuel or the replacement pads,i hunt way to much to waste money on that,just wear long sleeve shirts, and a face mask and some mesh gloves and just suck it up! Same for you people who use all that scent eliminateing crap and scent blocker,scent joker is more like it! LMAO,what a joke! I don't use that crap and I kill deer just fine every year,its all a hype! If your up a tree,99% of the time your scent is being blown over the deer.

We have many clients that use them. I personally have 2 of them. They do repel the skeeters. Do the deer smell them, Probably! And they smell my Bow or Gun, my pack, my lunch, my clothes, my breath, farts, etc. I still see plenty of deer. When I go out to the woods to hunt, I want to enjoy my time and the sights to be seen. If I am fighting skeeters away from my face, it is more likely deer are going to see movement from me swatting, than if I didn't have something to repel them. And it wouldn't be an enjoyable time, unless you get a thrill out of being bitten. I have seen clients that wear headnets come back with skeeter bites all in the opening of their headnet. I primarily got my Thermacell for spring turkey hunting, but use it in the fall bow season if I get a chance to go hunt as well. To each his own, some folks use sprays, and there are scented and unscented. Some folks prefer mosquito wear, that they can't bite through. And then you have some young folks who maybe can't afford anything and have been hunting a few years compared to some of the older folks. They may put down anything they don't use, maybe because they can't afford it in the 1st place, and maybe because their daddy or granpa didn't use it. Well we live in a world of technology. That's not to say that there aren't gimmicks out there just to get your $$ away from you. There are plenty of them. But if there is something on the market that gives me a little creature comfort, and still allows me to accomplish my goal of enjoyment in the woods, I am going to use it as long as I can afford it. Of course there are also herbs and vitamins that can be consumed to repel the critters as well.