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Title: Skeeters run me out of my stand!
Post by: always89 on October 26, 2007, 10:39:00 AM
Anybody else getting chewed on? Got up the tree this morning, and low and behold, my Thermocell is slap out of fuel. So, I suck it up like the big tough guy that I am and endured about 25 minutes of the little blood suckers wearin me out. I couldnt stand it anymore, so I climbed down, snuck out of the woods (as sneaky as you can be wilst swattin yourself with a bow, quiver, treestand, and a canoe paddle). The part that really sucks...is all of the effort to get to the stand. 1.5 mile canoe ride, wait for the right wind, and tide..........all for not.
Title: Re: Skeeters run me out of my stand!
Post by: Don Batten on October 26, 2007, 11:05:00 AM
Now that you mentioned it, I have seen two or three this season. Especially when hunting around the marsh and swamps. Good thing we had a dry summer. DB
Title: Re: Skeeters run me out of my stand!
Post by: beaver#1 on October 26, 2007, 11:07:00 AM
i hunt in east texas in a creek bottom and i have been chewed every evening,  sometimes my thermocell does not even phase them.  they can make a good hunt horrible
Title: Re: Skeeters run me out of my stand!
Post by: stumpsniper on October 26, 2007, 12:00:00 PM
Last weekend I got ate alive, it has just been too warm.  Temperature dropped the past couple days, so hopefully it will be better.
Title: Re: Skeeters run me out of my stand!
Post by: WindWalker-AK on October 26, 2007, 12:16:00 PM
Mr. always89,
Nope, no problem here.  It was +8 degrees (F) with a warm easterly breeze blowing.  Should be a few more months before we encounter them again.
Best Wishes
Title: Re: Skeeters run me out of my stand!
Post by: madness522 on October 26, 2007, 02:03:00 PM
My thermacell holster will hold another can of fuel and several additional patches.  If you don't have a holster it is $10 well spent!  Just don't forget to keep the pockets filled with fuel and patches.
Title: Re: Skeeters run me out of my stand!
Post by: GingivitisKahn on October 26, 2007, 04:49:00 PM
Yep - we were being eaten pretty soundly again this morning.  Come ooooooon cold weather.
Title: Re: Skeeters run me out of my stand!
Post by: Papa on October 26, 2007, 05:11:00 PM
Thermacell is the only to hunt river bottoms in Arkansas!!