Thermicell for Meat
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From: TurkeyBowMaster
05-Aug-14
Anybody used thermicells to keep the flys off of your meat.
From: cliff
05-Aug-14
Yes. I used it on a bear that I harvested in the spring in Canada. Put meat in back of truck in game bags. Covered in minutes with flys. Turned on thermacell and placed it in bed of truck. 5 minutes later no flys.
From: moosenelson
05-Aug-14
Not me. Interesting idea tho.
From: Norseman
05-Aug-14
I use my thermocell to keep meat cool during the day
From: The Old Sarge
05-Aug-14
I tried a Thermocell to deter flies in a wall tent. Didn't work worth a damn. As the temp dropped, the flies actually sat right on the Thermocell to stay warm.
From: MNRazorhead
05-Aug-14
Sarge, Sounds like your repellant pad may have needed to be replaced? I can't imagine them sitting on the unit while it was operating properly.
From: SoDakSooner
05-Aug-14
citric acid...
From: Rick M
05-Aug-14
You could always try game bags?
From: The Old Sarge
05-Aug-14
Nope. The pad was brand new and I replaced it just to make sure. The unit repelled mosquitoes just fine ... but not the flies.
From: wilhille
05-Aug-14
I've had the same results as Sarge had. Works awesome on mosquitoes, but flies? Nope. Or any other flying insects, for that matter. Just doesn't repel them.
From: Topgun 30-06
05-Aug-14
The thermacell IS NOT designed to repel flies. It's for mosquitoes and does a fantastic job like nothing else available!
From: BowCrossSkin
06-Aug-14
4 game bags $15 bucks, when your done put them in oxy clean and cold water. repeat until clean, Use again.
From: loprofile
06-Aug-14
I lik the flize on the meet. Heps brake it donw.
From: elkmtngear
06-Aug-14
lmao loprofile
From: boothill
06-Aug-14
Laid a thermocell on a hog I had shot last summer down in Oklahoma. In typical fashion the flies were all over the arrow hole and I had a couple hours till pick up time. It did a pretty good job of keeping all the flying insects off the carcass. Would it work for a elk or moose kill site, probably not.
From: Tracker
06-Aug-14
Chili powder will keep the fly's away and won't contaminate the meat. Helps with the yellow jackets also. I never leave without it on a Western Hunt.
From: MQ1
06-Aug-14
Black Pepper
Been useing it for years.
From: drycreek
06-Aug-14
A thermacell will piss off all the wasps in your bow blind. Ask me how I know.
From: Elkaddict
07-Aug-14
drycreek, how do you know? :)
