doemasters18
Fawn
Does anyone use a thermacell while hunting? I have one but it smells pretty bad and im a little scared to take it in the deer woods with me. afraid of spooking deer. any suggestions?
Thermacell?
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jblack1
12 pointer
Old School
6 pointer
They work, but they do smell. I think I had one spook a nice buck two years ago opening day...........I'm leaving mine at home this year........less is more....
matrobw
6 pointer
I never ever go into the woods early season without my thermacell. I am high enough in the tree that it doesnt really affect the deer. But I tell you what next to air conditioning and breast enhancement surgery the thermacell might be the best invention ever made!!
BowOnly
8 pointer
- Mar 6, 2008
- 867
If the deer is smelling the thermacell, he's smelling you too. Use it.
tyshe17
12 pointer
- May 4, 2007
- 2,598
Im a religious user of them early season as well...never once had it affect a deer that I knew of.
finelydeerhunting
8 pointer
This again. The search engine is your friend. LOL
Thermacell is the best thing since sliced bread. I will NOT hunt the early season without it. I forgot mine 1 time and, yeah, I won't do that again.
Thermacell is the best thing since sliced bread. I will NOT hunt the early season without it. I forgot mine 1 time and, yeah, I won't do that again.
KYHeadHunter02
8 pointer
Well I guess ill be the first to say I was unsatisfied. I had a mosquito actually land on mine while it was running and I still got bites. BUT I am the type person they will bite to death and may not even bother other people. And yes they do smell. I can smell it and im positive the deer can.
BurleyDog
10 pointer
- Jul 4, 2007
- 1,038
call me paranoid... but if you can smell the stuff doesn't that mean that your breathing it in?
Isn't that a little weird. I mean I use a ton of spray and obviously anything on your skin can soak in. but something about breathing it in keeps me from getting a thermacell.
In the backyard I have had good luck with spraying the yard with pyrethrum (sp?) and making sure all water containers aren't breeding them. In ponds you can put a Bt tube that will kill all your mosquitoes and nothing else. Worth it if you have a pond close to your house.
Isn't that a little weird. I mean I use a ton of spray and obviously anything on your skin can soak in. but something about breathing it in keeps me from getting a thermacell.
In the backyard I have had good luck with spraying the yard with pyrethrum (sp?) and making sure all water containers aren't breeding them. In ponds you can put a Bt tube that will kill all your mosquitoes and nothing else. Worth it if you have a pond close to your house.
doemasters18
Fawn
This again. The search engine is your friend. LOL
Thermacell is the best thing since sliced bread. I will NOT hunt the early season without it. I forgot mine 1 time and, yeah, I won't do that again.
Mybad....new to this
The synthetic duplicate of that is what is on the thermacell pad.
BurleyDog
10 pointer
- Jul 4, 2007
- 1,038
yeah I use the synthetic version too
just wondered about breathing it.
just wondered about breathing it.
Do you hold your breath while spraying the yard?
Supposedly it is low toxicity to humans and birds.
We probably breathe more toxic stuff in the air driving to work every morning than what a thermacell puts out that makes it into your lungs. Hosing down in bug juice worries me more than getting a wiff of the thermacell every so often.
Supposedly it is low toxicity to humans and birds.
We probably breathe more toxic stuff in the air driving to work every morning than what a thermacell puts out that makes it into your lungs. Hosing down in bug juice worries me more than getting a wiff of the thermacell every so often.
