Saw an ad in Woods n Water for Deer Fly Patches. Wonder if they work as advertised? The video shows a kid walking through the woods. But how well do they work when you are sitting in a stand?
Check it out. http://www.deerflypatch.com/
I thought about giving it a shot. Couldn't be all that bad I guess...
I remember deer fly season up north in N.H.,ME,VT- didn't realize they had them down here.
I have 2 huge camphor trees on my 1/2 acre, and was told they help repel skeeters and from 03-08 hardly ever even saw a skeeter, been getting worse the last few years. no see ums at dusk for a little while no biggie. have yet to see a greenhead/horsefly, or deerfly since moving down here but have only started getting out in the woods last year.
I thought those little yellow things (sweat bees) were bad enough till the knats started biteing. I never really got bite by knats till I went to Green Swamp and they almost ate us up. Thermacell great on stand but 3M ultrathon great for scouting.
One old trick I read:
Deer/horse flies are attracted to movement and dark colors. Take a milk jug and spray paint it black or dark blue and hang it by a piece of fishing line, so it can move in the breeze. Then coat it with something real sticky, like spray adhesive, glue or whatever. The flies are attracted to it, then land on it and get stuck
