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has anyone got a deer with their bow while using the thermacell mosquito technology.

i am jus wonderin if the deer can smell it too?

I have quite succesfully. It does not seem to bother the deer and I feel it may help cover my scent

last saturday and sunday i had deer down wind a few yards away while using the thermocell with just the regular pads not the earth scent ones and i didnt get winded? seems to really work on the skeeters too

Same here. I filled all my tags last year using regular Thermocell. Shot my all time best within 14 yards with the Thermocall going.

I have not gotten anything while using mine, but I have had deer within 15 yards of me, and they dont seem to even notice it.

I would not use it if I thought it would hurt my chances. I honestly belive it covers my scent and definetly chases off the skeeters.

You bring up an interesting point though. I am going back out this weekend. I will set my Thermocell under my feeder and see what happens. should be interesting.

i havnt bought one yet, but i would love to hear what happens if ya can remember to put it out.

i cant wait to hear how it turns out! ive wanted one for a while.

thermocell
 

I use the thermocell every time I hunt in the early season when skitters are brutal here in Florida. I refresh my pads with a permithirin mixture which is bought at hardware stores here at 38 percent. I cut it in half to make it 19 percent. then I simply soak my old pads for a minute or two at most and then air dry. I have found out the pads don't last forever and I have always been scrounging for new discarded pads near hunting areas. People who throw the pads away are my friends. I pic them all up along with other trash I see. I then re-fresh them for about 6 times before they swell and are harder to get into the thermocell. I have been doing this for years and finally got my thinking hat on and came up with a idea which will catch on after this is read. I found on ebay where there were one inch wide lantern wicks for sale. They are usually 8 inches long. I have been testing them for a while and after soaking them and drying them as usual they work PERFECTLY in the THERMOCELL !!!!1 I have hunted and blogged and toiled for a replacement pad and this is the ANSWER we have been looking for. Pass this information to every one. You heard it from the ROWMIN GOAT!!! I am cheap and I refill my butane too. There is much out there already on how to do this but now no scrounging for old pads. I have kept my lantern wicks at 8 inches for now but you can cut them as you wish. They cost about 2 cents to refresh and the heat from the Thermocell does not burn the wick after 3 hours use in 90 degree weather here in Florida in the summer time. I bought my wicks for 99 cents each with free delivery so they are cheap. Hunting season starts here in Florida on September 15th and I will be ready. !!!!!!:lolabove:

I also had a point to make about scenting in the early archery season. As I relayed in the above post I am cheap and will go about a successfull solution after finding out a way to do it at a low cost. I keep the urine from the last years hunt in the freezer or buy after the season is over at Wally world in the discount bin. I found out along time ago that a buck will key on a scent which to him is not too old. I rinse out a soda can and cut a little access door in the side to put a tea candle in. I then put a cotton ball soaked in urine or scent over the top of the can. This can be done with a piece of copper wire or whatever you have or hang the cotten ball from a string as most people do. Just make sure the small amount of heat is under the cotton ball. I have shot deer with their nose in the can several times. The warming urine attracts the deer much quicker. This mimicks the THERMOSCENT at a near zero cost and is most effective. The tea candle should be plain wax and will burn for 6 hours. Rowmin Goat......

I can't believe some of you still don't have one. I've killed a few while the thermacell was going. The past two seasons have been really dry, so the mosqitoes weren't bad enough to use anything. Looks like it may be three in a row this season. When they are bad, I won't get up in a tree without my thermacell.

Yep, right on with everyone here. Got one this past spring before I went on a bear hunt. Had a bear at 13 yards while using my thermacell, no clue I was there. And black bears have arguably the best noses on Earth.

Yes it works great

Dont leave home without mine in the early season

Thanks for the tips and I'm definitely gonna give them a try. Instead of the can and candle I'm thinking of just using my other thermacell. Basically do the same thing you suggested in your first post except soak the lantern wick in the urine instead of bug repellent. If it doesn't work I can always go with the can. Thanks again.

1" flat lantern wicks at 19 cent per foot: http://www.wickstore.com/Products/1-...-fslsh-1F.aspx