Mosquitoes

Predator · May 30th, 2005, 10:50

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Originally Posted by Man Solo

I live in the deep wood and the bugs are a pain in the... well pretty much everywhere. My dad just bought this crazy contraption that catches them. It Makes smells that the bugs like, they fly twards it then get sucked in and just stay there until they die. After one day they was about 500-1000 dead mosquitos.

:grin:

nice!

Group order anyone? :grin:

Kwokwai · May 30th, 2005, 10:50

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Originally Posted by Lisa

Mosquitos will travel 40km to find their victims. Determined little bastards. They also seem to go after certain people leaving others alone...

No kidding. Didn't get a single bite at BOE but when I get home I get three bites standing in front of my garage talking to my neighbours. Go figure.

BloodSport · May 30th, 2005, 10:52

Some thing this crazy inventor I use to live by in Northern Ontario created, keeps Mosquitos and Black Flies at bay, and a single coating works all day (10+ hours). Not sure what he puts in it, but smells kinda like strawberries...

I think Canadian Tire is carrying it now, not sure whats its called exactely, but was being sold in a clear greenish bottle and goes on kinda oily at first.

firemachine69 · May 30th, 2005, 11:23

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Originally Posted by Greylocks

DEET and airsoft gun's ABS plastic and rubber dont mix. Same for goggle's plastic. DEET melts it all or severely destroys the finish.
Keep that in mind with your choices.

Definitely something to keep in mind. Personally, after ruining a few reels on fishing expeditions, I smartened up, and put latex gloves on first, applied the DEET, took the latex gloves off, then just usually dealt with my hands not being covered in mosquito repellant.

Pip · May 30th, 2005, 12:17

I find my trick, and they really love my blood for some reason, is to not shave or shower the day i play. The scent from deoderants and shampoo's and all that stuff attracts them like crazy. Now i don't know about you guys but i can put up with smelling for the day lol. But if it really comes down to it, deep woods...although my dad told me about some stuff he got and it smells like lemon, really strong smell, and they don't touch him (he swears by it now). PM me if your interested lol, i'll see if i can find out the name.

FOX_111 · May 30th, 2005, 13:43

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Originally Posted by Greylocks

DEET and airsoft gun's ABS plastic and rubber dont mix. Same for goggle's plastic. DEET melts it all or severely destroys the finish.
Keep that in mind with your choices.

I ruined my BB air rifle scope with that. The finish is ruined and a leaf somehow got stuck and melted inside the plastic. It's over 5 years now and the leaf is still visible under the melted plastic... Very strange!

I don't know if spraying silicone oil on your gun will repel DEET.

BruiseLeee · May 30th, 2005, 13:47

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Originally Posted by Pip

..although my dad told me about some stuff he got and it smells like lemon, really strong smell, and they don't touch him (he swears by it now). PM me if your interested lol, i'll see if i can find out the name.

Citronella? It doesn't last as long or work well as Deet but it doesn't dissolve plastic.

You could always put on your bug goop and let it evaporate before you put on all of your gear.

Pip · May 30th, 2005, 14:35

Yeah it's that stuff, well who knows may work better for some, anyway...plus i don't know if i really want to be smelled before i'm seen lol, i can see it now.....

*sneeky sneeky*

*sniff* "WTF is that!??!"

"Behind you!"
"DoH!"

Trader rating · May 30th, 2005, 16:23

Weird as it sounds, last time I was at my aunt's cottage, she told me and a buddy to just rub sheets of Bounce on our arms and legs, and then keep a few in our pockets. The cottage is right in the woods, on a lake, and it was the middle of summer, with mosquitoes everywhere, and neither of us got a bite. I don't expect it'd work as long as something with DEET in it, but it worked fine for us for 2-3 hours at a time.

FOX_111 · May 30th, 2005, 17:32

consuming a lot of vitamine E also help. You have to take a lot, so your body will excrete it in your sweat. Mosquito don't like the smell of vitamine E or something. It's not harmfull to you nor make you smell bad.

That's what I read in my biology books.

sniperbay · May 30th, 2005, 17:51

can you buy just vitamin e? like specific pills... \

I also agree that not showering or using deoderant when you play and put mud on yourself and your set...

Glock 18 · May 30th, 2005, 17:58

Mosquitos go for CO2 which as you know is what you breath out. The invention some one metioned before looks like a little light with a C02 tank connected to it , it releases the CO2 slowly to attract the Mosquitos in to a little dome that traps them in there..and they die. They sell for alot of money and have about a 25 foot radius.

Whozat · May 30th, 2005, 18:33

Catnip oil is said to be a good alternative to DEET. you can find at heathfood stores and through Naturalpaths. Of course there's always the internet.

Later,

Paul / Whozat

Oddjob · May 30th, 2005, 18:34

deep woods off.

Used it at a outdoor game up in Caledon awhile back and everyone was borrowing it cause thier bug spray didnt work. Didnt get bit once.

silent_lemon · May 30th, 2005, 19:05

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Originally Posted by made Man

We have them here?

no kidding, i was thinking the same thing.

north van field seems to be much worse than panther for mosqs for some reason...

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May 30th, 2005, 10:52	#18
BloodSport Traveling Man Trader rating Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan	Some thing this crazy inventor I use to live by in Northern Ontario created, keeps Mosquitos and Black Flies at bay, and a single coating works all day (10+ hours). Not sure what he puts in it, but smells kinda like strawberries... I think Canadian Tire is carrying it now, not sure whats its called exactely, but was being sold in a clear greenish bottle and goes on kinda oily at first. __________________ Saskatchewan Age Verifier! Contact for more Info.

May 30th, 2005, 17:32	#25
FOX_111 Le Roi des poissons d'avril Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Terrebonne, Québec	consuming a lot of vitamine E also help. You have to take a lot, so your body will excrete it in your sweat. Mosquito don't like the smell of vitamine E or something. It's not harmfull to you nor make you smell bad. That's what I read in my biology books. __________________ Vérificateur d'âge: Terrebonne

May 30th, 2005, 17:58	#27
Glock 18 Trader rating Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bradford, ONT	Mosquitos go for CO2 which as you know is what you breath out. The invention some one metioned before looks like a little light with a C02 tank connected to it , it releases the CO2 slowly to attract the Mosquitos in to a little dome that traps them in there..and they die. They sell for alot of money and have about a 25 foot radius. __________________ --------------------------------------------------

May 30th, 2005, 12:17	#20
Pip Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Montreal, QC	I find my trick, and they really love my blood for some reason, is to not shave or shower the day i play. The scent from deoderants and shampoo's and all that stuff attracts them like crazy. Now i don't know about you guys but i can put up with smelling for the day lol. But if it really comes down to it, deep woods...although my dad told me about some stuff he got and it smells like lemon, really strong smell, and they don't touch him (he swears by it now). PM me if your interested lol, i'll see if i can find out the name.

May 30th, 2005, 14:35	#23
Pip Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Montreal, QC	Yeah it's that stuff, well who knows may work better for some, anyway...plus i don't know if i really want to be smelled before i'm seen lol, i can see it now..... sneeky sneeky sniff "WTF is that!??!" "Behind you!" "DoH!"

May 30th, 2005, 16:23	#24
Disposable_Hero Guest Trader rating	Weird as it sounds, last time I was at my aunt's cottage, she told me and a buddy to just rub sheets of Bounce on our arms and legs, and then keep a few in our pockets. The cottage is right in the woods, on a lake, and it was the middle of summer, with mosquitoes everywhere, and neither of us got a bite. I don't expect it'd work as long as something with DEET in it, but it worked fine for us for 2-3 hours at a time.

May 30th, 2005, 18:33	#28
Whozat Trader rating Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Westminster, B.C.	Catnip oil is said to be a good alternative to DEET. you can find at heathfood stores and through Naturalpaths. Of course there's always the internet. Later, Paul / Whozat __________________ Paul / Whozat BCAC

May 30th, 2005, 18:34	#29
Oddjob Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oshawa, On	deep woods off. Used it at a outdoor game up in Caledon awhile back and everyone was borrowing it cause thier bug spray didnt work. Didnt get bit once.

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