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ronmexico

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thermacell
« on: February 05, 2010, 10:35:22 AM »
i need to go ahead and start stockpiling pads and butane.  if we have as many skeeters as we did last year, i'm gonna be running the thermacell every minute i am in the woods, especially on my middle georgia swamp hunts. 

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2010, 10:37:04 AM »
I've yet to buy one, but I'm thinking I should just do it.. 

Last few years, the skeeters haven't been too bad up here!

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2010, 10:39:29 AM »
I have never owned one. Do they work well?

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2010, 10:41:00 AM »

... I finally broke down & picked one up for last bowseason - seemed to help alot on some hunts; depending on where I could hang it, & which way the wind was blowin' ... :-\

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2010, 10:41:21 AM »
I've yet to buy one, but I'm thinking I should just do it.. 

Last few years, the skeeters haven't been too bad up here!

you are lucky.  we have them bad down here.  i will not leave for the woods without mine.  some folks use them for early season deer hunting, but it gives off way too much of a smell and i'm afraid that the deer would spook from it.  i can handle the gnats, but the skeeters are horribly.  

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2010, 10:41:54 AM »
I have never owned one. Do they work well?

i couldn't imagine not using one down here.  they are fantastic.

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2010, 10:43:24 AM »

... I finally broke down & picked one up for last bowseason - seemed to help alot on some hunts; depending on where I could hang it, & which way the wind was blowin' ... :-\



i've never used for deer hunting because i'm afraid of swirling winds and the odor it puts off, but for turkey, you can't beat it.  i clip it right to my vest and then place in between my legs while hunting.  if you leave it on your vest, you are liable to wind up with a pretty good headache if it keeps blowing in your face.

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2010, 10:52:59 AM »

... I finally broke down & picked one up for last bowseason - seemed to help alot on some hunts; depending on where I could hang it, & which way the wind was blowin' ... :-\



i've never used for deer hunting because i'm afraid of swirling winds and the odor it puts off, but for turkey, you can't beat it.  i clip it right to my vest and then place in between my legs while hunting.  if you leave it on your vest, you are liable to wind up with a pretty good headache if it keeps blowing in your face.

... I agree with the odor thing rm - I was amazed that a few times I had deer come in d/w of me, & not seem to pick it up - but, then again, who knows what "I didn't get to see" ... ::)

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2010, 10:55:16 AM »
Late season I wouldn't be in the woods without one. They are a neccesity.

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2010, 12:00:13 PM »
I bought one a couple of years ago and have used it for spring turkey.  They work very well IMO.  I still spray down in areas of high tick numbers.

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2010, 12:03:58 PM »
I have never owned one. Do they work well?

I will NEVER leave home without one. Works on skeeters as well as No See'ums
Romans 10:13

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2010, 12:40:23 PM »
I have two, one for the patio and one for my turkey pack.  They are great.

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2010, 01:01:24 PM »
I have never owned one. Do they work well?

i couldn't imagine not using one down here.  they are fantastic.
I'm with ya Blake! I hunt the Savannah Wildlife Refuge, and its a most have. I know some guys have found out how to refill the fuel cells, to cut down on the cost .

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2010, 01:48:28 PM »
I have never owned one. Do they work well?

i couldn't imagine not using one down here.  they are fantastic.
I know some guys have found out how to refill the fuel cells, to cut down on the cost .

there's a youtube video on how to do it, but i haven't tried it.

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Re: thermacell
« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2010, 04:22:28 PM »
They work great on skeeters but the no-see-ums are not affected by it. I always carry a cigar for them...... *peep* *peep* *peep* *cheers* RkLu RkLu

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