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Natural/non-stinky bug repellents?

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Hawkdancer:
Check out BoeEd's post on "Birch bark oil"!
Hawkdancer

Hawkdancer:
Opps'  that's BowEd >:D (lol). FAT FINGER!
Hawkdancer

burchett.donald:
 Bayberry here...Boil the leaves and make a spray bottle full...It runs the hell out of the mosquitos and flies and is natural in my area...It will sweat off if it's hot...Just spray some more...Small smoldering fire works wonders, always wanted to try one of those big firecracker pumps that smolder...Always smell smoke during my hunts from various camp fires and chimneys and the deer are used to it...
                                               Don

WhistlingBadger:
Interesting stuff, guys!  I'm not looking for a mosquito repellent, but some sort of botanical I can incorporate into my quiver to keep moths and other fur- and leather-munching critters at bay.  I think I'll use a juniper twig with the bark on for the stiffener, throw a few sprigs of juniper and sagebrush into the bottom (replaced as they quit smelling), and maybe give it a good pine smoking at the end of every bowhunting season.  That should about do it.

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