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Bug Repellent?
ricktrojanowski:
During a really bad black fly season in NH, I gave up on everything you could buy. I smeared a thick coat of mud on my skin and it worked better than anything.
paganwannbe:
i think that the bugs don't like getting the wings oily or grease coated that's why must bug repellent have the oily feel to them i may not get to hunt yet but i have a ditch the the bugs love and breed all summer long near my house so we wear natural colors like brown-green or just brown not a lot of the white or bright colors
Fingers:
Swamp Mud, the real black kind on hands and face ( dries without any sheen too) it works, and cedar and spruce crushed and rubbed on you, the cedar and spruce mix helps but isn't the greatest, but these are whats available in my area and I like to use whats local, seems in a large woods sometimes odd scents throw the bucks into a bit of an alert.. (Bucks only even for archery up here)
I tried Off for Sportsmen which is supposed to have no scent, I might again , but I had a couple times when I am sure they smelled something after about 30 yards out... not saying it was the "Off" just made me wonder.
okiecountryboy:
--- Quote from: leapingbare on June 24, 2010, 04:35:38 pm ---Wild onions.. yep your stink but the bugs don't like the smell of it :)
--- End quote ---
Yep
Wild onions. Not a joke. I thought every country boy knew that!
Ron
woodsroamer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSl_nBRVMRQ
Lippia and Croton was used in South Texas for mosquito repellent.
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