Bug Repellent?

[Diligence]

lol - too true Eddie.

I have some old school 99.9% deet in my bag for bad days.....the weak 28% deet they sell now just isn't good enough when you "really" need bug spray.

Plus, if you need some varnish stripping done, the 100% stuff works great..... 

[mullet]

 I've got some of that "pure" stuff, too. I splled some on the dashboard of my old Jeep and it melted a hole through the plastic.

[Postman]

No way I'm taking that bet, Mullet!   I wouldn't hunt that season without a headnet, DEET, a thermacell, a wetsuit, and a viking hat....

[dan catalyst]

 doesnt neem oil work pretty well?

[Postman]

I've used Neem in the garden, haven't tried it topically

[ricktrojanowski]

During a really bad black fly season in NH, I gave up on everything you could buy.   I smeared a thick coat of mud on my skin and it worked better than anything. 

[paganwannbe]

i think that the bugs don't like getting the wings oily or grease coated that's why must bug repellent have the oily feel to them i may not get to hunt yet but i have a ditch the the bugs love and breed all summer long near my house so we wear natural colors like brown-green or just brown not a lot of the white or bright colors

[Fingers]

Swamp Mud, the real black kind on hands and face ( dries without any sheen too) it works,  and cedar and spruce crushed and rubbed on you, the cedar and spruce mix helps but isn't the greatest, but these are whats available in my area and I like to use whats local, seems in a large woods sometimes odd scents throw the bucks into a bit of an alert.. (Bucks only even for archery up here)
I tried Off for Sportsmen which is supposed to have no scent, I might again , but I had a couple times when I am sure they smelled something after about 30 yards out... not saying it was the "Off" just made me wonder.

[okiecountryboy]

Wild onions.. yep your stink but the bugs don't like the smell of it

Yep
Wild onions. Not a joke. I thought every country boy knew that!
Ron

[woodsroamer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSl_nBRVMRQ


Lippia and Croton was used in South Texas for mosquito repellent.

[crooketarrow]

    O'sage saw dust works pertty well.

[mullet]

 I'll keep using my two Thermal-Cells.

[jbnizzle]

I agree with ya Mullet, as soon as the sun comes up your surrounded by a WW2 dogfight. I once talked to  an Miccassuki man
and he said you can't be a SISSY. I say WHATEVA fess up with the secret YO. Anyway some people will say don't do it
but i've used elderberry leaves with a little spittle bare ass naked and the skeeters won't touch you for an hour or two
  Can't advise the saftey of it though.
                                                                           J.B.