Skeeters!!!
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From: Bloodtrail
28-Aug-16
I cannot remember skeeters as bad as they are this year. Maybe a Canada trip years ago was worse, but this is NUTZ!
Standing water everywhere has masses of airborne pests clouding about every bear bait!
Early bow hunters - your on the menu as well -
I don't know what anyone else has been experiencing...but this is crazy bad!
From: TrapperJack2
29-Aug-16
Was out yesterday baiting bears in Portage Co. and hardly had any buzzing me plus was camping all weekend and none could be found.
From: Jeff in MN
29-Aug-16
Hardly any in the Hayward area for weeks now. Maybe a couple of them bother me in the 5 hours it takes me to bait. I even started a new bait on Saturday so I was in one spot for a long time and still not much. I still spray my pants with permithryn and hat and face with deet tho. I also wear a sweatshirt with long sleves which helps. It makes me sweat a lot but so what, I drink almost a half gallon of water to compensate. You would have to pay to get this kind of workout at a gym.
From: skookumjt
29-Aug-16
I haven't had to wear bug spray for months in Rusk County. I was even sitting outside talking on the phone after 9 wearing shorts and a tee shirt. Never seen anything like it.
From: smokey
29-Aug-16
I checked cams Sunday and had maybe two mosquitos when in the woods. Not many around my house near Seeley at this time either. A few weeks ago though they were thick everywhere I went.
Last week they were still thick along the Birkie trail and prior to an event at CO. OO near the trail the organizers had the area sprayed on Wed. Mosquitos were back two days later. some areas nothing while others have a bunch.
From: RutnStrut
29-Aug-16
I was going to say they haven't been bad here in Chippewa county while baiting, and that's true. But last night while out in the yard shooting my bow, they hammered me. That is until I went in and got the thermacell. The little black gnats were terrible last night as well.
From: Drop Tine
29-Aug-16
Out running bear yesterday in Licoln and Langlade counties and they were not bad at all. A few around but not clouds of them.
From: Bloodtrail
29-Aug-16
Well Christ - they all moved to my area!
Damn it!
From: Willert88
29-Aug-16
Skeeters are bad at my place in Chippewa County, I live in town and normally don't have a problem, since the rain storm a couple weeks ago are yard flooded and they are everywhere. Can't even take the dog out in the afternoon without being chased back inside!
From: Jeff in MN
29-Aug-16
Just got back from the first half of my baiting route. Not a single skeeter and it is WET, rain stopped but 99% humidity.
From: Tweed
29-Aug-16
Maybe they'are all drowned?
Wouldn't that be nice.
From: dc-archer
29-Aug-16
Thermacells work real well.
From: Swampy
29-Aug-16
Well buddy looks like your on your own on this one . LOL
From: stagetek
29-Aug-16
I was in S.W. Shawano County for three days last week, and was surprised how few there were. I was expecting it to be much worse.
From: Jeff in MN
29-Aug-16
I was in the woods from about 4:30 till 6:00 and they started to come out but still not terrible.
From: Reggiezpop
29-Aug-16
A month ago in Fremont they almost carried me away. Last week, I didn't get a single bite. This could be the calm before the storm...
From: Jeff in MN
30-Aug-16
Calm before the storm, could be. I plan to have the thermocell in my pack when bear hunting next week just in case.
From: stagetek
30-Aug-16
I agree. Keep the Thermacell handy. It's been too wet to get off this easy.
From: Bloodtrail
30-Aug-16
They are HELL here boys!
From: razorhead
30-Aug-16
almost bought another thermacell today at Cabelas, but they were reduced from 39 to 29 dollars.....I went to fleet farm same thermacell for 19.00 with 5 dollar rebate,,,, cover for 9.00 bucks so I saved some money, bought one for my bear hunting friend.......
From: Tweed
30-Aug-16
Razor- the FF in the Falls?
From: Mike F
30-Aug-16
Was out tonight at dusk. The little ones are back. The thermacell will be welcomed in the stand next week. Take note.....
From: Drop Tine
31-Aug-16
I baited today and there was not a skeeter out.
From: smokey
31-Aug-16
I worked on the Birkie trail north Tuesday and they were annoying. Not the worst I have seen them but bad enough to be a pest if I would have been trying to hunt.
From: Redclub
31-Aug-16
Very few skeeters or flies for that matter,but pretty dry.
From: RutnStrut
31-Aug-16
Skeeters were once again terrible in my yard. Anywhere in the woods they aren't bad. But they are terrible thick around the house.
From: Bloodtrail
01-Sep-16
I about died again baiting - I carry a IV with extra blood just so I can make it out if it gets any worse!!!
From: RutnStrut
01-Sep-16
They weren't bad at all today in the swamps while baiting. Since I had the day off I tried to work in the garden after baiting. They were terrible, even with the thermacell going.
From: smokey
02-Sep-16
They opened more roads today in the National Forest so I got to put out more cams. Skeeters were not bad at all. Still, I will have the Thermocell in my pack when I hunt early season for a few days.
From: Bloodtrail
02-Sep-16
I personally have never ever seen it so bad - excluding Canada...
From: Tweed
02-Sep-16
This is crazy and just some dumb luck....Ive never seen it so clear, especially with the rain. I rarely have felt the need for OFF this year.
From: Steve White
03-Sep-16
Non existent here right now. No flies, or gnats either. Its very nice!
From: Reggiezpop
06-Sep-16
Cutting wood and slinging arrows in Shawano County yesterday. Covered in sweat, and not 1 skeeter in sight. We are going to get slaughtered in a week!
From: rick allison
06-Sep-16
Nary a skeeter all summer. Now...you dare not step outside.
Sauk county.
From: Jeff in MN
06-Sep-16
I encountered a few while baiting one bear site. Rest, nothing.
My theory, it was so wet this spring and then all summer that there is a bumper crop of frogs and toads. Serious predators to skeeters. And there are lots of frogs and toads in my yard and everywhere I have been. Bound to drive over a couple when going in or out after dark.
From: RutnStrut
06-Sep-16
Jeff, I have frogs and toads a plenty here. But the damn skeeters are really bad right now. You can hardly stand to be outside in my yard. Just before dark is unbearable. But anytime during the day is pretty darn bad.
From: Jeff in MN
07-Sep-16
Jeff in MN's Link
Someone told me a skeeter spray mix earlier this summer that supposedly works. Don't know if it killed them or kept them away. She got it at the Hayward DNR office. The ingredients started with the cheapest mouthwash you could find. Then two other common things but darn I can't remember it and can't find the piece of paper I wrote it on. Anyone else know what it might be?
The link is to a DNR article with some common sense things to do around your house to help.
From: Tweed
17-Sep-16
I havent had a problem all summer until this morming hunting. Go figure
From: Tweed
17-Sep-16
I havent had a problem all summer until this morming hunting. Go figure
From: Tweed
17-Sep-16
Well after 3 hours of being an all you can eat buffet I went back in. Spooked a doe when I accidently swatted at a skeeter.
Othere than thermacells does anyone have advice for dealung with early season bugs?
From: RutnStrut
17-Sep-16
Why other than thermacell? It really works the best.
From: skookumjt
17-Sep-16
I just spent a few hours in a tag alder swamp getting a piece of equipment unstuck. Never saw a bug.
From: Reggiezpop
17-Sep-16
Hatchlings were out super early. Not too bad otherwise in Waupaca County.
From: Mike F
18-Sep-16
Spent the afternoon on stand with a 12 yr old bear hunter. Skeeters were bad. Thanks to the headnets we both survived.
She jumped when a whippoorwill called just before close. We both laughed pretty hard....
From: CaptMike
19-Sep-16
Thermacell works wonders!
From: Tweed
19-Sep-16
Menards has them for $20. Ill pick one up after work.
From: South Farm
20-Sep-16
Shot a buck Sunday night with the Thermacell going right next to me and if he smelled it he didn't care. Thermacell's are awesome!
From: Jeff in MN
20-Sep-16
I pulled my bear hunting stands out of the woods yesterday and no skeeters yet. But in the evening I had a tick buried into the upper part of my leg. Naturally the head broke off inside so I had to do minor surgery to dig down far enough to get it. There was some pain in the process but it sure felt better after I was done. Used plenty of rubbing alchohol in the process and triple antibiotic after I was done.
From: Tweed
20-Sep-16
Well ill be darned. This thermacell works great. Took a good 10-15 minutes to get going but now its wonderful
From: brewcrewmike
26-Sep-16
The mosquitos in Washington County have been terrible for about the last 5 or so days.
From: bfisherman11
26-Sep-16
Had the Thermocell with me Saturday expecting to use it. just had a couple skeeters so did not bother. I like mine. It saved me a few times pig hunting in FL.
Bill
