Anybody need a few? They are usually bad here but now with all the rain and the warm weather they are downright making life miserable.
I can deal with skeets but these guys take a chunk out of you when they get a grip.

Zim

Just as bad here.

Deer fly are not as bad as normal here this year, but I still get bit almost every time I am outside. I just don't get a lot of bites.

Keith

They are just starting ,here. Got him before he got me. old243

yup

Yes.

I had a friend who did a lot of research on them a few years ago and he found an article where a guy in either Maine or Canada found the flies were attracted by a medium blue color and he rigged up a plastic flower pot he spray painted blue on a piece of pvc pipe. He then sprayed the plastic flower pot with tanglefoot. He attached the rig to his bike and could ride at a leisurely pace without getting mugged by the deer flies.
He could then enjoy riding his bike in the afternoons without getting attacked because the flies went after the blue flower pot and got stuck in the tanglefoot adhesive.
I had not seen any use for going to Maine or Canada if I had to do all that stuff, I have the state bird called the saltwater mosquito here anyway.

They are making it fun trying to trouble trap beaver. Them and the ticks.

good thing they don't get any bigger than they do or you'd need stitches to close the bite marks.

The poor dogs face was all swollen yesterday from those things. She hates them as bad as I do.

Deer fly patches help some. At least till they get full or you stick your hand to it.

When we first moved to where we are now the deer Flys were really bad. I tried Avon skin so soft on my hat and head and that kept them from bitting. I put it on my dogs ears and nose and it kept them off the dog. Don't know if Avon still sells it.

They like to get you in the hole in the back of your ball cap. Don,t feel them till the blood starts to flow. I have wore my bee suit , in the bush , that fools them. old 243

Zim I can tell you that deer flies speak French too along with their bigger and better toothed horse fly cousins. Im still scratching welts from cutting the hay two weeks ago.

God's creatures great and small.

Pete

Deer fly bite cured my severe tendonitis. But, back to hating the dirty scoundrels.

Tanglefoot is the real deal, as is the color blue

Instead of deer fly patches, buy tanglefoot and some blue plastic beer cups. Deer flies always land on the highest point first. If you are in the garden, etc, wear a hard hat, or other hat, and tape a beer cup to the top of it. Slather it with some tanglefoot, and it is like a deer fly target. Throw it away after. Cheaper than deer fly patches...you just look kind of stupid.

oh,i don't want em to go away.i believe years of me waivin my hat and talkin to them have kept quite a few people away providing myself with much deserved peace and quiet.

see,they ain't all bad.

the smallmouth bass of the insect world.

Cover up with heavy loose clothing(flannel) and they cant bite you.

Bosco is right, heavy loose fitting shirt/jacket and pants and you won't feel any bites. Because you'll be passed out from heat exhaustion!