Thermacell
 

What do you guys think about using these? I have bought one, but have only used it for camping, bonfires, etc. My worry is if it truly does not admit an odor? I mean to see it let off some smoke, etc. it makes me weary to use it during still hunting....

Give me the 411 on your experiences with it....

RE: Thermacell
 

I've had mine for 3 years, it's strapped to my climber...Where you live, it's essential (I'm from Gates County, down in NC)...

I don't worry about the odor, just hunt down wind...

RE: Thermacell
 

My opinion is that if they will smell the thermacell, they will smell you anyway.

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you can smell it, but as to if the deer do I dunno. I took mine with my lil girl oneday since I didnt want her first treestand hunt to be ruined by skeeters. We had 3 doe walk within 40 yards, but i was downwind though. It kept every bug away I do know;)

The only time I will use mine is if bugs are eating me alive. Ill put up with a few bites, but when they are about to carry me to the moon I'll use the thermacell.

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i don't go without it.......tony

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To add on to this one, Does the Thermacell Compact work just as good as the regular model? I just picked one up last week and haven't tried it out yet.

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Termacell says that it protects for about a 15 foot circle (I believe) - so if you're 15 to 18 feet up a tree it ought to be pretty well dispersed by the time it gets out to where it would reach a deer at 60 feet from your tree.

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I sell them, and it's about the only thing I sell that will give a personal endorsement. We sell half of them to people that use them on their patios, gazebos, etc and the other half to hunters. They work!

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I was a bit leery about these. But from the sounds of it, this may be a great thing to have on spring bear hunts too.

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I wouldn't be hunting early archery if I didn't have one.