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Ways to make mosquitos go away - for real - my ideas - and your's?
1/14/2012 8:39:58 AM
I stake my life on these two, vanilla extract (real or fake) and listerine - either seperate or together.
I fish in Mississippi - which I consider mosquito hell (I know there are other places where they are big enough to fly by and hand you a beer, but they are horrible in Southern Mississippi). I tried 100% Deet, but the mosquitos just land on you and die. Yuck.
The vanilla and the Listerine, when sprayed on or rubbed on, it works great. Also, if fishing, you do not get deet on your tackle. NOTHING WILL HIT ON ANY LURE THAT HAS COME CLOSE TO DEET. I would wash my hands before baiting a hook with vanilla or listerine.
Any body else have home grown anti - mosquito/gnat or other insect repellant?
I fish in Mississippi - which I consider mosquito hell (I know there are other places where they are big enough to fly by and hand you a beer, but they are horrible in Southern Mississippi). I tried 100% Deet, but the mosquitos just land on you and die. Yuck.
The vanilla and the Listerine, when sprayed on or rubbed on, it works great. Also, if fishing, you do not get deet on your tackle. NOTHING WILL HIT ON ANY LURE THAT HAS COME CLOSE TO DEET. I would wash my hands before baiting a hook with vanilla or listerine.
Any body else have home grown anti - mosquito/gnat or other insect repellant?
1/14/2012 9:06:01 AM
Not homegrown, but nothing I have found beats a thermacell.
1/14/2012 9:09:20 AM
Originally Posted By Harvest123:
I stake my life on these two, vanilla extract (real or fake) and listerine - either seperate or together.
I fish in Mississippi - which I consider mosquito hell (I know there are other places where they are big enough to fly by and hand you a beer, but they are horrible in Southern Mississippi). I tried 100% Deet, but the mosquitos just land on you and die. Yuck.
The vanilla and the Listerine, when sprayed on or rubbed on, it works great. Also, if fishing, you do not get deet on your tackle. NOTHING WILL HIT ON ANY LURE THAT HAS COME CLOSE TO DEET. I would wash my hands before baiting a hook with vanilla or listerine.
Any body else have home grown anti - mosquito/gnat or other insect repellant?
I stake my life on these two, vanilla extract (real or fake) and listerine - either seperate or together.
I fish in Mississippi - which I consider mosquito hell (I know there are other places where they are big enough to fly by and hand you a beer, but they are horrible in Southern Mississippi). I tried 100% Deet, but the mosquitos just land on you and die. Yuck.
The vanilla and the Listerine, when sprayed on or rubbed on, it works great. Also, if fishing, you do not get deet on your tackle. NOTHING WILL HIT ON ANY LURE THAT HAS COME CLOSE TO DEET. I would wash my hands before baiting a hook with vanilla or listerine.
Any body else have home grown anti - mosquito/gnat or other insect repellant?
Come on up here for a week's vacation in the summer. Anywhere above the Brook's range. Great fishing, wildlife abounds, and enough mosquitos to drain you of blood in a matter of days without protection.
Once you do that, I'll believe whatever homegrown mosquito elixer protects you is the greatest thing since sliced bread. 
1/14/2012 10:54:22 AM
You all got shit against my AO (south america) mosquito wise
AO, picture, LOTS of mosquitos in this area.
. I dunno about you guys and allergies, but this stuff works wonders.
Best of luck.
HTR.
AO, picture, LOTS of mosquitos in this area.
. I dunno about you guys and allergies, but this stuff works wonders.
Best of luck.
HTR.
1/15/2012 8:53:12 AM
Got a Thermacell and you are right, they work great - just cost a little to run.
1/15/2012 10:00:49 AM
Tag for updates on this, I have the blood that blood suckers just love and they bite the crap out of me....
1/16/2012 11:38:31 PM
Vinegar. Drink a cup a day for five days. The bugs will leave you alone.
1/17/2012 12:24:11 PM
Originally Posted By 4v50:
Vinegar. Drink a cup a day for five days. The bugs will leave you alone.
Vinegar. Drink a cup a day for five days. The bugs will leave you alone.
Any particular type (white, apple cider vinegar, etc)?
1/18/2012 1:31:47 PM
Originally Posted By 50-140:
Come on up here for a week's vacation in the summer. Anywhere above the Brook's range. Great fishing, wildlife abounds, and enough mosquitos to drain you of blood in a matter of days without protection.
Originally Posted By Harvest123:
I stake my life on these two, vanilla extract (real or fake) and listerine - either seperate or together.
I fish in Mississippi - which I consider mosquito hell (I know there are other places where they are big enough to fly by and hand you a beer, but they are horrible in Southern Mississippi). I tried 100% Deet, but the mosquitos just land on you and die. Yuck.
The vanilla and the Listerine, when sprayed on or rubbed on, it works great. Also, if fishing, you do not get deet on your tackle. NOTHING WILL HIT ON ANY LURE THAT HAS COME CLOSE TO DEET. I would wash my hands before baiting a hook with vanilla or listerine.
Any body else have home grown anti - mosquito/gnat or other insect repellant?
I stake my life on these two, vanilla extract (real or fake) and listerine - either seperate or together.
I fish in Mississippi - which I consider mosquito hell (I know there are other places where they are big enough to fly by and hand you a beer, but they are horrible in Southern Mississippi). I tried 100% Deet, but the mosquitos just land on you and die. Yuck.
The vanilla and the Listerine, when sprayed on or rubbed on, it works great. Also, if fishing, you do not get deet on your tackle. NOTHING WILL HIT ON ANY LURE THAT HAS COME CLOSE TO DEET. I would wash my hands before baiting a hook with vanilla or listerine.
Any body else have home grown anti - mosquito/gnat or other insect repellant?
Come on up here for a week's vacation in the summer. Anywhere above the Brook's range. Great fishing, wildlife abounds, and enough mosquitos to drain you of blood in a matter of days without protection.
Once you do that, I'll believe whatever homegrown mosquito elixer protects you is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Everglades National Park, Flamingo, Fl. June, July, August, and September. I have not tried the thermocell, but nothing works except head to toe clothing. Sure bug sprays help a bit when you have enough of it on to drown the bugs before biting your skin, but they do little to no repelling. And it's not just the mosquitoes; sand fleas, noseeums, deer flies, and horse flies will also do a number on you.
1/19/2012 10:06:15 PM
dryer sheets worked for me when i played football in college.just stuffed them in my socks and rubbed my clothes down. also bug spray of course. savannah, Ga has some fucking kamikaze gnats! and sand gnats too!! ahhhggg.
1/19/2012 10:23:39 PM
Sulfur FTW! Throw some match heads in your food and when you sweat the sulfur comes out and repels the bugs.
1/20/2012 11:14:29 AM
SULFUR! IN FOOD! Hell, if that works, I am going to start scraping match heads.
Thanks for that.
Thanks for that.
1/20/2012 11:15:55 AM
Vinegar - how do you do it?!!
1/20/2012 1:06:41 PM
Originally Posted By Recon_by_Fire:
Sulfur FTW! Throw some match heads in your food and when you sweat the sulfur comes out and repels the bugs.
Sulfur FTW! Throw some match heads in your food and when you sweat the sulfur comes out and repels the bugs.
I guess we should ask some of the locals in Central Florida on a sulfur well if they ever wear bug spray.
1/20/2012 4:07:13 PM
1/20/2012 6:47:56 PM
Essential Oil, you will smell like a hippy - but it works
1/20/2012 9:19:52 PM
Originally Posted By bowhuntr09:
Not homegrown, but nothing I have found beats a thermacell.
Not homegrown, but nothing I have found beats a thermacell.
+1, the thermacell works great.
1/21/2012 7:00:03 AM
In Central Florida you have to use a shotgun to get rid of misquitos! After all, they are the national bird of this state!
1/21/2012 11:56:05 PM
three bean salad
Or a bag of chocolate covered raisins.
Or a bag of chocolate covered raisins.
1/22/2012 12:17:29 PM
Originally Posted By FNFalGuy:
In Central Florida you have to use a shotgun to get rid of misquitos! After all, they are the national bird of this state!
In Central Florida you have to use a shotgun to get rid of misquitos! After all, they are the national bird of this state!
When i grew up in central fl, i was one of the only ones that would drink the artisian wells straight from the pipe. Many were sulphur water. I never had to use nearly as much spray or ever recall getting a tick except once. I practically lived outdoors growing up.
1/25/2012 8:22:03 PM
I use Mugwort when I'm hiking and camping. I pick a handful of fresh green leaves and roll them into a ball. Keep rolling and rolling really hard until the juices start coming out. Then, just rub the juice on your exposed areas. This works great for about two hours, then repeat.
Lots of aromatic plants work, some better than others.
All the Sage plants work
Bay
Laural Sumac
Lots of aromatic plants work, some better than others.
All the Sage plants work
Bay
Laural Sumac
1/26/2012 4:23:17 AM
Oil of Pennyroyal.
1/26/2012 2:28:14 PM
Worked for a while in the Sawtooth Wilderness, talk about tough mosquitoes. Freezes there 350 days a year on average and they're still thick.
Dark clothing tends to attract them. One person would be in a light colored shirt, the other in black and the person in black would be swarmed with them. Ate lots of garlic and onions, seemed to help as well. Also I wore long sleeves all the time, the only things exposed were my hands, face, and neck. The long sleeves were more protection from the horse flies. They would tear a chunk of your hide off. Smoke works wonderfully if you can stand it. Mosquitoes won't hang out in a smokey area.
Dark clothing tends to attract them. One person would be in a light colored shirt, the other in black and the person in black would be swarmed with them. Ate lots of garlic and onions, seemed to help as well. Also I wore long sleeves all the time, the only things exposed were my hands, face, and neck. The long sleeves were more protection from the horse flies. They would tear a chunk of your hide off. Smoke works wonderfully if you can stand it. Mosquitoes won't hang out in a smokey area.
1/26/2012 2:55:15 PM
1/28/2012 3:58:48 PM
Skin-so-Soft.
1/30/2012 1:24:46 PM
Maxi-Deet... It's like 99.9% deet and works on the worst skeeters out there. Just don't rub your lips after you put it on. I'm not kidding...it'll make them go numb!
2/1/2012 5:12:47 PM
Thermacell works. A caked on layer of mud or hippie grunge probably does too. I usually just use Off!
2/20/2012 4:23:54 PM
O.P.,
Curious about the concentration of listerine to vanilla.
Curious about the concentration of listerine to vanilla.
2/20/2012 5:48:23 PM
What I would give for a 55 gal drum of ddt...
