Good old canoetripping.net, you might arrive here with money, but you will leave with none, lol. I can't remember how many semi-useful things I have rushed to buy after reading one of these threads.
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Bugs in Tent: How to keep them out, kill, or tolerate them?
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Good old canoetripping.net, you might arrive here with money, but you will leave with none, lol. I can't remember how many semi-useful things I have rushed to buy after reading one of these threads.
I burn my coils in one these Coghlan's doohickeys:
Same, got a million of them lying around, they can also serve as a pretty good ash tray in a pinch.
I am with you - I am really trying to stop buying those semi-useful things that catch my eye. In fact, now I am trying to sell off or donate things I bought and rarely or never used. I am especially proud of myself for having attended the last few Canoecopia events and having bought nothing other than a few fund raising raffle tickets.
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Case in point: scrathy's doohickey in the very next post. My first reaction was "ooo... I like that..." (might still buy one but my trowel works fine)
A dear now passed camping companion of mine and I knew each other for more than 30 years as we shared experiences as permanent National Camping School staff insturctors for BSA high adventure Adirondack wilderness guide trek leaders as well as on many personal wilderness hikes, canoe trips, and campouts together. Some practical jokes of various kinds followed us on both sides along the way. Sadly, Keith passed away quite unexpectedly just over two years ago while on an easy trail hike near his home with wife and dog.
Keith and I would often banter back and forth, frequently about some new piece of outdoor gear or gadget we may have seen online or at some outdoor outlet. It was easy to get him to experiment with oddball kinds of stuff. I would tell him: “Hey Keith, the next time I see you I want to know what you thought of this or that widget I found for you, bring it on our next outing and we’ll evaluate it in the field.” That is at least partially the reason that at a very small group of friends memorial gathreing with his wife, she counted 31 bivy sacks he had accumulated, most never having been used, almost as many sleeping bags, tents, several kinds of snowshoes, and various other smaller amounts of what most might consider as nearly useless widgets never to be seriously used. I ended up with a bunch of it gifted to me, including two canoes, a 12’ Hornbeck and a Wenonah Kevlar Prospector, along with a partial bag of Keith’s ashes. The gear that no one needed or wanted was donated to the local BSA council.
In the end Keith may have had the last laugh. Since we each had had Subarus, he teased me, “Hey P, when you going to get that new Subaru Wilderness edition being advertised? Six months after he passed, I had one. Thanks for that, my friend.
Keith and I would often banter back and forth, frequently about some new piece of outdoor gear or gadget we may have seen online or at some outdoor outlet. It was easy to get him to experiment with oddball kinds of stuff. I would tell him: “Hey Keith, the next time I see you I want to know what you thought of this or that widget I found for you, bring it on our next outing and we’ll evaluate it in the field.” That is at least partially the reason that at a very small group of friends memorial gathreing with his wife, she counted 31 bivy sacks he had accumulated, most never having been used, almost as many sleeping bags, tents, several kinds of snowshoes, and various other smaller amounts of what most might consider as nearly useless widgets never to be seriously used. I ended up with a bunch of it gifted to me, including two canoes, a 12’ Hornbeck and a Wenonah Kevlar Prospector, along with a partial bag of Keith’s ashes. The gear that no one needed or wanted was donated to the local BSA council.
In the end Keith may have had the last laugh. Since we each had had Subarus, he teased me, “Hey P, when you going to get that new Subaru Wilderness edition being advertised? Six months after he passed, I had one. Thanks for that, my friend.
I simply put a small piece in a metal ashtray or jar lid in the tent about 20 minutes to 1/2 hour before going to bed and leave the door screen uncovered, I find it's enough to kill them off in both the tent and vestibule, giving you enough time to enter before they can swarm again, and enough time for the smoke to dissipate. I even always keep all the broken bits from previous trips in a baggie with a stand, jar lid, and lighter in my tent pocket just for this
I too use the butane canister-powered Thermacell. The great thing about the butane canister-powered Thermacell is that a butane canister this is no longer of any use with a stove can 'power' the Thermacell for many, many hours.
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I kept waiting for some one else to mention electronic racket swatters. On my last August trip, I was sitting in a bug shelter and the owner was merry waving the unit around and zapping mossies and anything else flying. They are basically a hand held electric bug zapper ... surprisingly effective and strangely satisfying to use.
This is just an example off Amazon to show what I am talking about: https://www.amazon.ca/Pack-Bug-Zapp...64e532f6d05e2f6735&qid=1759323787&sr=8-7&th=1
This is just an example off Amazon to show what I am talking about: https://www.amazon.ca/Pack-Bug-Zapp...64e532f6d05e2f6735&qid=1759323787&sr=8-7&th=1
At my lake cottage, I and several of my neighbors like to hike the paved road onto the neary dirt roads. From late May through July we wave at each other with those electronic swatters. I also have the kind that plugs into AC with its longwave UV light as it sits upright in a stand in my house at home. Sometimes in the middle of the night it awakens me to the satiisfying loud 'ZAP" sound, signaling the of death of yet another flying bug.
Did you know that Adirondack residents and visitors are known as among the friendliest people in the world? In springtime especially, whenever one person encounters another, the tradition is that each greets the other with a welcoming wave of the hands about their head.
Did you know that Adirondack residents and visitors are known as among the friendliest people in the world? In springtime especially, whenever one person encounters another, the tradition is that each greets the other with a welcoming wave of the hands about their head.
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Someone did (see post #15).
Wow, $30.86 +T for a pair at Amazon!!! Harbor Freight has the same yellow raquettes for Less than $5.00 each, often found on sale there with a $1-2.00 off coupon.
I use a handheld Thermacell that has no battery. When the bugs are thick, I warm it up and slip it in my tent for 15 minutes or so before I get in. It seems to prevent the bugs from entering the tent until I can get the mosquito netting zipped up. Works well for me.
I use permethrin on my clothes and for my last trip I sprayed my tent body, too. I had very few issues with bugs in the tent in the Everglades.
Before Luci lights I carried candle lanterns. You could buy citronella coils for them and hang it in your tent for a while. I was never sure how well that worked. I haven't tried the coils, and I hear marijuana is also effective.
I used a butane thermacell amidst the most intense mosquito attack of my life, on Lobster Lake. It worked, but we really would have needed a couple of them to create a comfort zone. With one thermacell, it was hard to stay in the bubble, which drifts around with the breeze. Our primary defense was headnets, leather gloves and permethrin treated pants and long sleeve shirts. The thermacell bubble can provide a space to remove the gloves and raise the headnet while you eat.
Before Luci lights I carried candle lanterns. You could buy citronella coils for them and hang it in your tent for a while. I was never sure how well that worked. I haven't tried the coils, and I hear marijuana is also effective.
I used a butane thermacell amidst the most intense mosquito attack of my life, on Lobster Lake. It worked, but we really would have needed a couple of them to create a comfort zone. With one thermacell, it was hard to stay in the bubble, which drifts around with the breeze. Our primary defense was headnets, leather gloves and permethrin treated pants and long sleeve shirts. The thermacell bubble can provide a space to remove the gloves and raise the headnet while you eat.
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These creatures must be fought with everything at our disposal. No prisoners, no mercy.
