Posted By: KOP
mosquitos in your deer blind - 03/31/10 03:16 PM
Does any one have any ideas on a good scentless way to help with mosquitos while hunting? I have been shooting coons off of my feeders and I am getting ate up my mosquitos. I dont like to spray repelants on me because I am allergic to something in them and they cause me to break out in a burning painfull rash. ( I geuss I should take some mydol with it and be sure I have extra pads with me ) But seriously I hate the dang thangs and am open to suggestions.
Posted By: pokerj2
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 03/31/10 03:18 PM
At the house we hung ziploc freezer bags and write a large red x in sharpie marker. Will keep the skeeters occupied and flys away. Lee and Tiffany on tv endorse one that seems to work pretty well
Posted By: Rustler
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 03/31/10 03:26 PM
The Thermacell is what works the best for me.
You can buy one for around $30, best money Ive spent on a hunting related product.
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Posted By: westtexaswatkins
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 03/31/10 03:33 PM
another vote for thermacell, they work great
Posted By: AGray
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 03/31/10 05:49 PM
During some warm weather duck hunts this year I used a thermacell for the first time. You will not find me without it now.
Posted By: txvarminter
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 03/31/10 06:05 PM
What they said.... Thermocell all the way
Posted By: BackWoodsBarbie
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 03/31/10 06:57 PM
Mosquitos love me, so I use Avon Skin so soft. Mosquitos hate it. Also you can rub a scent free/dye free fabric softner sheet on your exposed parts. It works!
Thermo cell one of the great hunting aides of all time
Posted By: Plano Cooter
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 03/31/10 07:54 PM
Another vote for the Avon Skin so soft. I was amazed. Also will keep the gnats away, when Off won't.
Posted By: devildog28
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 03/31/10 09:50 PM
I'll make sure the thermacell is in my blind bag before the shells!
Posted By: erniejs
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 03/31/10 09:57 PM
Thought the fabric softener sheet was BS, tried it and it works
Posted By: B-Ran
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 03/31/10 10:06 PM
Thermacells are nice. I took one to a spot I hunt where it's not uncommon to wipe your arm once and kill a few hundred biting mosquitoes in the process. The thermacell cut down on the number of them that would try to bite, but there were still some that persisted. I definitely recommend them though, I can't stand using the sprays. Some say the smell is too strong but I've had it going when hunting hogs and had no issues, even outside of the blind.
Posted By: Big Orn
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 03/31/10 10:10 PM
Same here B-Ran. If it doesn't bother the senses of a hog, it sure won't bother anything else.
Posted By: bearman
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 04/01/10 01:38 AM
Thermocell the only way to go
Posted By: JJH
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 04/01/10 01:39 AM
man, that thermocell must be like magic!
Posted By: Omaney
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 04/01/10 02:57 PM
man, that thermocell must be like magic!
They're seriously benevolent voodoo. I even put one under the poker table when we play our weekly game out in the garage.
Posted By: BP1
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 04/01/10 07:32 PM
Question. Where are these gagets sold? Academy maybe?
BP...
Posted By: WTGuide
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 04/02/10 09:07 AM
I find that lettin out lil church house creepers after eating a few conveinence store gut shot burritos works pretty well...however; what your there looking for may not come around either.....
Posted By: PrimitiveHunter
Re: mosquitos in your deer blind - 04/02/10 12:45 PM
Personally, I use a Thermacell but one of our contractors was talking about a device he has that sounds fun. I've never seen one but apparently, it's about the size of a ping pong paddle with wire mesh in it that zaps a bug when you swat it. He was saying it works great on smaller bugs but he swatted a red wasp with it once and the wasp got hung up in it. It was frying him and he was trying to sting it. After several seconds, the guy tapped him out onto the ground. After about 5 minutes, it flew off.