Went out scouting this morning and got eaten alive by them. Season opens tomorrow and they are a real distraction and make you move too much. is Deet repellant okay for this, can the deer smell it?

Thermacell...it's all  you'll ever need and the odor, which is negligible does not bother deer or bear. We use them all the time in the early Fall season.

Where can you get the themacell?

Lowe's or Academy.  I used one for the first time a few weeks back and not a bug!  I turned it off the last 10 minutes of the hunt and sure enough the bugs started buzzin.  Great product.

How much is it? Is this the thing that is like a cartridge type thing?

They cost about $22-25 for the base unit and $10 for refills. You can buy a carrying case too.

I use a Shannons bug suit. Tried the Thermacell but doesnt work with a breeze of any kind.

jmar- try walmart best 20bucks you will ever spend!

Can of beans in the morning and cheese for lunch

Yup, Thermacell...you won't be sorry!!

I can not use any spray with deet it makes me sick. The best spray I have used is avon skin-so-soft bug guard plus unscented. The mosquitoes are very bad in Ga. this year. The first day of bow season I did not have on any spray when I went hunting. When I got home I looked like I had been shot with a 12ga. with a load of #8 shot. Now I spray down real good before I leave home.

Mr. jmar595,
For us, we have found nothing works better than some form of deet.  Next best is "Badger Anti-bug Balm" which does not have any deet in the mix.  It just seems to require a little more frequent application.  Otherwise, can't fault the "Original Bug Shirt" (& pants if necessary) for excellent protection; bugs can't bite through it but is a tad bit on the warm side if moving about.
Best Wishes

Skeeters are bad but I hate chiggers with a purple passion and where I hunt there are both. I also sweat and I haven't found any "scent killers" that take care of that so I spray on the repellant and hunt into the wind. When you're scrathing those places you can't scratch in public it don't matter what you smell like they're going to see you moving anyway. I still hunt and "snoop" so I don't imagine the thermacell would work but don't know. Guess if I was slow enough like I ought to be, it would.

I keep my face to the wind and smoke a corncob pipe with dunhil evening pipe in it.

200 mg of Thiamine [vitamin B1]. Hap

Swat them!

Too Short

Yesterday during the evening hunt, I went in and set up under a beech tree. The mosquitoes were swarming me like crazy. I couldn't hardly get set up for the things. I pulled out the thermacell and as the pad started heating up they started leaving. Before long they were gone. Now I won't go out early season without one.  

Went and bought a thermacell yesterday. Tried it out this evening while shooting in the backyard. Great product.

THERMACELL for sure........Eating garlic , Vitamin K or Thiamine works well.
Grandaddy swore a rolled up sassafrass leaf tucked behind your ear works.
I tried it a couple of times but you have to keep the leaves fresh.
Bug suits work great and you can wear shorts underneath when the weather is warm enough for skeeters.

Deet works, but I don't feel well later. Thermocell works great, I mean great. Follow the instructions. For those who say it doesn't work in a wind, neither do the bugs.