BEST BUG REPELLANT PLEASE

They can damn near drive you insane eh?
Of course the traditional ones with DEET, higher % the better. Your call on the health risks. Crushed catnip leaves rubbed on the skin seem to work on mozzies. For deer flies they sell double sided tape, looks like carpet tape, you put on the back of your hat, very satisfying to catch the buggers alive.
Around the camp a smudge fire that makes smoke is effective on mozzies and black flies. When the black flies are really bad though nothing beats a mesh bug jacket with a hood or the headnet style hats, they still get you at the wrists so you have to cover up.
You can also try those tennis racket style bug zappers and watch em fry.
There's also the shotgun approach- http://www.bugasalt.com I just got one and it's damn good fun

They can damn near drive you insane eh?
Of course the traditional ones with DEET, higher % the better. Your call on the health risks. Crushed catnip leaves rubbed on the skin seem to work on mozzies. For deer flies they sell double sided tape, looks like carpet tape, you put on the back of your hat, very satisfying to catch the buggers alive.
Around the camp a smudge fire that makes smoke is effective on mozzies and black flies. When the black flies are really bad though nothing beats a mesh bug jacket with a hood or the headnet style hats, they still get you at the wrists so you have to cover up.
You can also try those tennis racket style bug zappers and watch em fry.
There's also the shotgun approach- http://www.bugasalt.com I just got one and it's damn good fun

That Bugasalt sounds like fun, I might buy one just for the heck of it 🙂

Thanks 🙂

For the last 10 years or so I have been using a product called "herbal armor" made by "All Terrain".It was available at health stores up until about'08 or'09 so I stocked up.For some reason it was disallowed by gov't.It is made from oils of citronella,soybean,peppermint,cedar,lemongrass and geranium.The only reason store owners could see this being banned is that maybe it worked too well.I diluted this by 50% with olive oil and it still worked better than 95% deet.It can still be ordered online from www.allterrainco.com for about $9 for a 4 fl. oz. bottle .I stayed an entire summer at my location and used less than a bottle.I will have to order some this year so I intend to stock up.Order for your friends and family too.You will not regret it.It sold for around $18 when I bought it last in Edm.Smells great too.

Just went to Allterrainco.com.They now have 8 oz. bottles.So if I used 4 oz of 50% diluted a year,one 8 oz bottle should last me 4 years,right? Their phone # is 1 800 246 7328.Great testimonials online and also products for children and other applications.I'm sold on this product.You will be too.

Wow,at 6ml/l that means you could make about 170 l of spray.How much do you use to spray your bubble? Sounds like a must have.Definitely will try it.Do you remember the price?

Old Army issued bug juice ! yes the one that gives you cancer but it is the only thing that works. The trick is put on your cloth not your skin and you can walk around the woods like a Nuclear Reactor

I've been giving the catnip a serious test and I'm pretty happy with the results. Grab a big handful of leaves and rub it on exposed skin and clothes.

We can endorse those fly bags, they do work and really well. We got one and it now looks like yours.
Of course there is a little story involved....we have been plagued, in our garage, with the flying black germ carriers and so we hung it in the garage. By day 3 we noticed that something had died in or near our garage and of course we thought that was the cause of the fly problem, so we sprayed and sprayed air freshener. We moved the freezers, looked behind the frig and sprayed some more. Finally, several days of gagging torture, we looked up and it was the fly catcher that smelled to high heaven. Holy wow did it stink. It got put outside near the clothesline so now I only gagged when hanging out clothes BUT it really does work exactly like Mrs W's pics. 😆

Here are a few suggestions, I found online and in wilderness survival books. A highly recommended insect repellent is "Sawyer's Premium Insect Repellent", it contains 0.5% permethrin which is supposed to be highly effective. Use on skin, but also spray on clothing and tent netting for extra protection, taking special care to spray around cuff on pant bottoms. It is also highly recommended to FIRST rub sunblock with a "bonding base" into skin, wait 10 minutes, then apply insect repellent. And if you are in the woods and have no insect repellent available, the inner bark of spruce rubbed on your skin can be helpful.

Therms cell boys........just stock up on the pads and fuel!

The best is to treat yr clothes with permethrin (sp?). I did that for a hunting tip in the northern part of Australia and the bugs just about ate my buddy but I got very few bites. Basically you soak the clothes in a solution of permethrin and water then let them dry, the military has been using it for years and it survives multiple washings. There are obviously some health hazards but I think its worth the risk.

my favorite bug repellent is facial net and glove
i hate smell like a candy on wilderness also on long term you should not use DEET product thats good only few days or u get sick but very efficient