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Post by badbrad on Jul 17, 2017 14:08:58 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Jul 17, 2017 14:18:18 GMT -6
Yep, my folks had a bunch of them. They work, just as long as you don't mind disposing of patches full of deer flies anyway. They don't repel any flies though, just to be clear
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Post by badbrad on Jul 17, 2017 14:19:50 GMT -6
Yep, my folks had a bunch of them. They work, just as long as you don't mind disposing of patches full of deer flies anyway. They don't repel any flies though, just to be clear
So does it actually help with being in the woods or do you just catch some but yet some are still biting you other places? Worth it or not?
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Post by smsmith on Jul 17, 2017 14:22:20 GMT -6
Yep, my folks had a bunch of them. They work, just as long as you don't mind disposing of patches full of deer flies anyway. They don't repel any flies though, just to be clear
So does it actually help with being in the woods or do you just catch some but yet some are still biting you other places? Worth it or not?
Oh, they'll be biting on any un-Deeted skin they can find. You catch those that dive bomb the back of your head, but that's it. "Worth it" if you take some joy out of killing as many of the fuckers as you catch on the patches
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Post by badbrad on Jul 17, 2017 14:25:32 GMT -6
So does it actually help with being in the woods or do you just catch some but yet some are still biting you other places? Worth it or not?
Oh, they'll be biting on any un-Deeted skin they can find. You catch those that dive bomb the back of your head, but that's it. "Worth it" if you take some joy out of killing as many of the fuckers as you catch on the patches
Well they are not cheap so I would want it to actually help. Not just kill some and more attack you anyway. They are bitches.
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Post by smsmith on Jul 17, 2017 14:28:46 GMT -6
Stick with the Deet then
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Post by sd51555 on Jul 17, 2017 15:33:23 GMT -6
I got a blue safety helmet in over the weekend. I'm gonna booger that up with tanglefoot and try it whenever I get up north next. Might try again this weekend.
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Post by nhmountains on Jul 17, 2017 19:55:14 GMT -6
Weird year again here in NH. I spent 8 hours in the woods Saturday. Sprayed twice with regular Off. Never was bothered by a mosquito, deer fly, or any ticks. It was sunny and in the 80s. The week before I had 10+ ticks on me in the same area.
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Post by Foggy on Jul 17, 2017 20:23:28 GMT -6
I have some of those patches. When they dive bomb you....they do get stuck without repeating their mission. Kinda fun to catch 'em and watch them try to get loose. Not sure how effective it is at reducing the numbers. I don't use mine anymore.
The golf courses put out blue plastic cups with tangle foot on them, in order to reduce the numbers of deer flies. They claim it helps.
I wore a blue shirt when playing golf the other day.....and got double the bites that other guys got. Lesson learnt. FORE!
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Post by buckvelvet on Jul 18, 2017 8:43:37 GMT -6
Is it just sandy ground they like to inhabit? I have tons of them behind my house and at the farm when your driving around on a golf cart or what not. They buzz the heck out of you, some people call them deer flies or horse flies. They are awful and leave big welts when they bite.
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Post by smsmith on Jul 18, 2017 8:45:38 GMT -6
My ground isn't sandy, so....no.
Deer flies and horse flies are different. Horse flies are larger and don't have white spots/areas on their wings. Horse flies generally attack you when you aren't moving....deer flies generally prefer moving targets. Both can leave some serious welts, especially on folks who are allergic
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Post by badbrad on Jul 18, 2017 8:57:22 GMT -6
Is it just sandy ground they like to inhabit? I have tons of them behind my house and at the farm when your driving around on a golf cart or what not. They buzz the heck out of you, some people call them deer flies or horse flies. They are awful and leave big welts when they bite.
No. I am the opposite of sand and they are around like crazy
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Post by buckvelvet on Jul 18, 2017 9:01:25 GMT -6
Yeah whatever they are they hurt like a mutha when they bite.
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Post by wildfire123 on Jul 18, 2017 9:14:48 GMT -6
Used a blue beer cup treated with tanglefoot, had layers of deer flies on it.
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Post by badbrad on Jul 18, 2017 9:47:44 GMT -6
How in the hell did this person have the patience to just let this deer fly feed? Has to hurt
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