Mosquitos in FL Swamps
08-25-2007, 11:17 AM
#21
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 10
RE: Mosquitos in FL Swamps
ORIGINAL: Chuck7
I use repellent..I buy the kind with a screw off lid. .this way there is no spray sound..I just put some in my hand and apply it on me.
I use repellent..I buy the kind with a screw off lid. .this way there is no spray sound..I just put some in my hand and apply it on me.
Also with this technique you will not make the mistake I made a few years back!
I had a small spray bottle of repellent in my shirt pocket. The skeeters were starting to get around my ears and face. So in my sloth/stealth like slow movement I slid my hand up into my pocket and removed a spray bottle (while watching an area like a hawk). I eased it up toward my face, closed my eyes and sprayed at point blank range!
Instantly I remembered that I also had a spray bottle the exact same size and shape that contained coon piss in it in one of my pockets! There are a bunch of things in your life that you can lie to yourself about.....
Coon piss sprayed on your face does not stink or burn is not one of these! [:'(]
Oh and btw.... you should rinse it off before it dries! It seems to have something in it that will cause your skin to turn red.
08-25-2007, 03:32 PM
#22
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 25,116
RE: Mosquitos in FL Swamps
LOL That would be bad..
After pricing the thermo cells..I think I'll stick with the screw off bug spray. It has always worked for me and I'm one of the first at the gate.{ So weare talking 2 hours in the dark.} The spray is only about $3.00 and last the entire season..I don't hear much buzzing after they check out the repellant.
After pricing the thermo cells..I think I'll stick with the screw off bug spray. It has always worked for me and I'm one of the first at the gate.{ So weare talking 2 hours in the dark.} The spray is only about $3.00 and last the entire season..I don't hear much buzzing after they check out the repellant.
08-25-2007, 04:27 PM
#23
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Southport,Florida
Posts: 441
RE: Mosquitos in FL Swamps
Yea they are pricy--we caught ours on sale at a winn-dixie store!!! But they work great!!!
NC Wildman--sorry but that made me about roll in the floor--If i tried that stunt where i hunt i would have company in the tree!!
NC Wildman--sorry but that made me about roll in the floor--If i tried that stunt where i hunt i would have company in the tree!!
08-31-2007, 08:25 PM
#24
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Posts: 10
RE: Mosquitos in FL Swamps
The cell works providing there is no wind but the bug suit is best when the suit is extra-extra largeso when you bend your arms and legs and all over body it does not strech tight on your body parts. When I bow hunt in SJRMA head waters I wear only the bug suit,darkunderwear and boots so I don't suffer heat stroke. The buzzing is a bit of a bother but I have learned to or at least try to ingnore it.
08-31-2007, 09:09 PM
#25
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 25,116
RE: Mosquitos in FL Swamps
I simply walk to my stand...Climb the tree. I have a skinny pump type bottle in my shirt pocket. I'm real careful not to drop it. I unscrew the lid..put some mosquito repellent in my hand in apply it. After it's on..I don't hear buzzing or nothing.Be careful not to put it in your eyes or mouth. I screw the lid back on and carefully slide it back in my pocket..Cost..abpout 3.00 Walmart sells it in the camping assessories.
09-01-2007, 11:10 AM
#26
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 25,116
RE: Mosquitos in FL Swamps
Just bought some odorless bug rellent today at Walmart, 3.59. Pump style bottle .Fits nicely in the front pocket...I smelled it..smells like earth.
I think its called DEET .It's in my truck..I didn't wantto forget it.
Nothing like forgetting bug spray or flashlight in a swamp.[X(]
I think its called DEET .It's in my truck..I didn't wantto forget it.
Nothing like forgetting bug spray or flashlight in a swamp.[X(]
09-01-2007, 11:35 AM
#27
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: Mosquitos in FL Swamps
ORIGINAL: Chuck7
I think its called DEET .It's in my truck..I didn't wantto forget it.
I think its called DEET .It's in my truck..I didn't wantto forget it.
09-01-2007, 06:42 PM
#28
Join Date: Aug 2007
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RE: Mosquitos in FL Swamps
I am a born and bred Floridian and have fought mosquitoes all my life. I don't know how we ever hunted or camped without a thermacell. I hope the guy that invented them is a billionaire! I have killed multiple deer, hogs and turkeys with one burning beside me and have not had an animal spook from one yet. Forget about the deet, the sprays, lotions and the mess. Get a thermacell! It also works pretty good as a body warmer in cold weather without the pad installed. The only folks that won't recomend one are the people who don't ownone.
