The best fly dope (insect repellent) I have used

[NoCams]

THANX StumpKiller !!!

Wayde,

Scroll up to Stumpliller's post and the store locator link is posted.

[Terry Green]

What Ray said...both times.

Also, the thermacell keeps away black flies, no-seeums, and those pesky deer flies.

[RC]

Come down and hunt with me a couple days in early bow season. By the end of the first day I would be able to sell you a thermacell for 50 bucks...maybe a hundred on day 2.lol.RC

[NOMAD88]

Thermacells are great but they dont keep the chiggers away. You definately have to treat your clothes if you plan on stalking in SC.So with thermacell you will spend quite a bit of money on  insect control and the cost of refills for thermacell add up quick if you hunt alot.

[dragonheart]

CHIGGERS!  Just to speak of them makes me itch!

[Dave Worden]

The Thermacell holder has a couple of straps with a plastic clip that looks like it should wrap around your leg or arm or some such way.  As Thermacells are said to work best when horizontal,I just clip the straps through a belt loop and let it hang (mostly horizontally) and it works great.  Yup, it can get expensive, but personally, I think it's worth it.  You just forget there are mosquitos around when you have one. And I second what Ray says about walking around.  If you walk fast you probably don't need one anyhow.  If you walk slowly/stalk/stop often they work just fine.

[swamprooter]

I am a died in the wool thermacell user, although I have been hunting down in GA and am eat up with seed ticks right now. But that's what I get for being too lazy to change into my treated pants. Chris

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by NOMAD88:
Thermacells are great but they dont keep the chiggers away. You definately have to treat your clothes if you plan on stalking in SC.So with thermacell you will spend quite a bit of money on  insect control and the cost of refills for thermacell add up quick if you hunt alot.

Yes....you still have to treat for chiggers...but the treatment for chiggers wont repel skeeters....

And is does cost....but it sure makes for a MUCH more pleasurable hunt on some occasions.

[PaddyMac]

So what you're saying is that case of military surplus 100% DEET I bought back in the 80s and still have is what is making me eccentric?

[Roadkill]

We don't see many skeeter or chiggers out near the great American desert. If you hunt a river bottom, the skeeters seem to come all the way from California to nibble