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Post by smsmith on Jul 11, 2017 14:00:28 GMT -6
Fuck deer flies! Had them thicker than snot on the Juneau sandpit. My dad would get bite and swell up like the size of a softball. You could hold your hand an inch off his skin and feel the heat coming from the welt. Good to see you Dale. Ya, those Juneau county deer flies were just as thick as they are here. I always assumed that moist ground/water was required to have them, but the only water around my folks' old place was the Little Yellow "ditch" east about a mile.
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Post by badbrad on Jul 11, 2017 14:12:46 GMT -6
Fuck deer flies! Had them thicker than snot on the Juneau sandpit. My dad would get bite and swell up like the size of a softball. You could hold your hand an inch off his skin and feel the heat coming from the welt. Good to see you Dale. Ya, those Juneau county deer flies were just as thick as they are here. I always assumed that moist ground/water was required to have them, but the only water around my folks' old place was the Little Yellow "ditch" east about a mile.
I don't know about you guys but once I get into the dense woods the deer flies leave you alone. its when you are out in the open where they can see you and the sun hits you is when they go crazy.
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Post by smsmith on Jul 11, 2017 14:16:26 GMT -6
Good to see you Dale. Ya, those Juneau county deer flies were just as thick as they are here. I always assumed that moist ground/water was required to have them, but the only water around my folks' old place was the Little Yellow "ditch" east about a mile.
I don't know about you guys but once I get into the dense woods the deer flies leave you alone. its when you are out in the open where they can see you and the sun hits you is when they go crazy.
When I am walking, the worst spots for them is in shady spots where the trees come in close to the road. Once I'm out in the sun, the problem diminishes greatly. There are more in my woods than there are in the open around the house. One good thing about not having much rain this year....the skeeters aren't bad at all.
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Post by badbrad on Jul 11, 2017 14:21:41 GMT -6
I don't know about you guys but once I get into the dense woods the deer flies leave you alone. its when you are out in the open where they can see you and the sun hits you is when they go crazy.
When I am walking, the worst spots for them is in shady spots where the trees come in close to the road. Once I'm out in the sun, the problem diminishes greatly. There are more in my woods than there are in the open around the house. One good thing about not having much rain this year....the skeeters aren't bad at all.
I put on the heavy deet bug spray when bear baiting and the skeeters are so thick is you inhale them while breathing this year.
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Post by smsmith on Jul 11, 2017 14:25:45 GMT -6
When I am walking, the worst spots for them is in shady spots where the trees come in close to the road. Once I'm out in the sun, the problem diminishes greatly. There are more in my woods than there are in the open around the house. One good thing about not having much rain this year....the skeeters aren't bad at all.
I put on the heavy deet bug spray when bear baiting and the skeeters are so thick is you inhale them while breathing this year.
I've never seen skeeters here like what I used to have at my old place or at my folks' old place...and that's a good thing. They can get bad here, but not dense clouds of them like I saw a number of times in WI.
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Post by badbrad on Jul 11, 2017 14:30:11 GMT -6
I put on the heavy deet bug spray when bear baiting and the skeeters are so thick is you inhale them while breathing this year.
I've never seen skeeters here like what I used to have at my old place or at my folks' old place...and that's a good thing. They can get bad here, but not dense clouds of them like I saw a number of times in WI.
If it would stop raining it wouldn't be so bad. This is just a terrible year for everything.
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Post by smsmith on Jul 11, 2017 14:32:54 GMT -6
I've never seen skeeters here like what I used to have at my old place or at my folks' old place...and that's a good thing. They can get bad here, but not dense clouds of them like I saw a number of times in WI.
If it would stop raining it wouldn't be so bad. This is just a terrible year for everything.
WI gets more annual precip than MN. Your part of WI gets more precip than either area of WI I owned/managed land.
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Post by badbrad on Jul 11, 2017 14:33:49 GMT -6
If it would stop raining it wouldn't be so bad. This is just a terrible year for everything.
WI gets more annual precip than MN. Your part of WI gets more precip than either area of WI I owned/managed land.
Why is that? Is it because I am in the snow belt?
I guess I never knew that was a historic difference between WI and MN. I just thought it was a recent trend.
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Post by smsmith on Jul 11, 2017 14:54:15 GMT -6
WI gets more annual precip than MN. Your part of WI gets more precip than either area of WI I owned/managed land.
Why is that? Is it because I am in the snow belt?
I guess I never knew that was a historic difference between WI and MN. I just thought it was a recent trend.
I don't know why, maybe proximity to two Great Lakes and something to do with the jet stream?
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Post by sd51555 on Jul 11, 2017 16:44:34 GMT -6
Life's been a fucking dumpster fire lately, but I'm still kicking! Dumpster fire. Great descriptor. Get instagram on your phone. When I need a minute to let the brain cool, I pull up instagram and there are always pictures of olympic gymnasts doing sexy things and smiling. "Oh Simone Biles, what will you get into next (while wearing a white bikini)?"
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Post by sd51555 on Jul 11, 2017 17:04:44 GMT -6
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Post by jbird on Jul 12, 2017 8:13:55 GMT -6
Deer flies in the woods means it's time to go fishing!
Nice to see Wisc around again.....It dawned on my that I had not seen him around much......and hoped everything was OK. Sounds like he is at least still alive.
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Post by smsmith on Jul 12, 2017 9:07:24 GMT -6
Deer flies in the woods means it's time to go fishing!Nice to see Wisc around again.....It dawned on my that I had not seen him around much......and hoped everything was OK. Sounds like he is at least still alive. Probably so. I haven't wet a line yet this year, maybe we'll head out the next couple days.
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Post by jbird on Jul 12, 2017 9:15:20 GMT -6
Deer flies in the woods means it's time to go fishing!Nice to see Wisc around again.....It dawned on my that I had not seen him around much......and hoped everything was OK. Sounds like he is at least still alive. Probably so. I haven't wet a line yet this year, maybe we'll head out the next couple days. The summer heat and the associated bugs in the woods puts a big dent in my habitat work. It tends to limit me to mowing and spraying and that's about it. Otherwise I head to the fishing hole and drink some beer and spend some time with the kids. This also buys me some points with the wife as she gets some peace and quiet of her own. I'll hang stands and stuff when I can get a rainy/cooler weekend and over seed my cereal grain/brassica mix the same weekend and then sit and wait for deer season to get here. My ventures into the woods are limited to checking cams and simply keeping tabs on things and I get in and get out.....damn skeeters and biting flies will carry you off!
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Post by smallchunk on Jul 12, 2017 9:18:01 GMT -6
I have noticed a couple of yards with these cage like things with big black balls hanging from them. Must be some sort of deer fly trap? I have tanglefree or whatever it's called. I might have to make something like that, sick of the damn things!
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