Several months ago, I got a discarded metal rack from a store, to use for a deer blind. I put it in place up near our pond, then used zip ties to put a camo tarp over the top. (Pic is just before I put the tarp on).
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I got a few more tarps earlier this week (cheapies from Harbor Freight), and today I went up there put them on. I stepped in, started unfolding a new tarp, then got swarmed by wasps. I hadn't seen the nest, up inside that camo tarp, but when I was flipping the new one around to unfold it I got some unwanted attention.

While I was trying to shoo them away with the empty tarp wrapper, one was stinging the back of my head and I couldn't get it off.  Every time I reached for it, I could feel it move a bit and then start stinging again.

I finally tossed my cutters and stuff over by the Rzr, and got out of there.

I think next time I go up there, I'll look inside first.  

True, but I don't want to torch the tarp, or the woods.

As a bonus, there will be fewer leaves to pick up.

My wife found a good way to deal with flying wasps
Spray them with hair spray.   Sticks up their wings and they drop to the ground

Even more fun if you light the spray.

Assholes of the insect world!!!!

Damn red wasp got me on the wrist last night while splitting wood!

I hate them things.

A bucket of hot water mixed with lots of dawn will do the trick. Maybe not so much out in the woods by your deer blind but around the house it'll work.

Temps were in the mid 40s earlier, so I went up to check on the blind. The wasp nest was about 2" across, with a bunch of wasps on it, so I knocked it down and stepped on them.

I haven't made a door yet, but the rest of the blind is ready for next month.

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Like a boss good stomps

New blind officially broken in this morning.

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