DEER FLIES!!!!
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07/17/19 10:12 AM
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8117 Steve R
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I grew up in the UP where flying insects are king, but I have never seen deer flies this bad as they are this year here in NW Wisconsin.
Steve WTA NRA
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Re: DEER FLIES!!!!
[Re: 8117 Steve R]
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07/17/19 10:31 AM
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Unusually bad in southeast PA this year too. Maybe because of the extreme wetness we've experienced over the last 18 months or so.
Eh...wot?
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[Re: 8117 Steve R]
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07/17/19 10:33 AM
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They are insane this year. The poor dogs face gets chewed on and her eyes almost swell shut each day just being outside.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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[Re: 160user]
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07/17/19 10:38 AM
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My dogs had the same thing happening to them. I covered their eyes and sprayed their heads with Adams Tick Spray. Worked like a charm.
I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
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[Re: AnthonyT]
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07/17/19 11:07 AM
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Bad in Southern Ontario this year too. Drive in a field and there is10 on the window waiting for a victim.
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Re: DEER FLIES!!!!
[Re: 8117 Steve R]
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07/17/19 11:10 AM
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I grew up in the UP where flying insects are king, but I have never seen deer flies this bad as they are this year here in NW Wisconsin. They are so bad here they are eating the paint off my truck hood. Couple of them took a bite out of my side view mirror too. Zim
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[Re: 8117 Steve R]
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07/17/19 01:21 PM
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Bronco spray for horses and dogs. Repels flies and skeeters.
“The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined” B. Disraeli
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[Re: cmcf]
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07/17/19 03:13 PM
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Bronco spray for horses and dogs. Repels flies and skeeters. Do they sell it by the 55 gallon barrel?
I have nothing clever to put here.
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[Re: 8117 Steve R]
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07/17/19 03:18 PM
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LOL! No I bought it in a spray bottle about 24oz? Main reason it’s hard to find bug spray specifically recommended for dogs.
“The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined” B. Disraeli
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[Re: 8117 Steve R]
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07/17/19 03:45 PM
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Deer flies bite, but are more annoying than anything. Horse flies are the real deal, though. When those babies bite, they really leave a big time welt.
I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
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[Re: Trapper7]
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07/17/19 04:40 PM
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Deer flies bite, but are more annoying than anything. Horse flies are the real deal, though. When those babies bite, they really leave a big time welt. A guy I was working with was from the West coast and I was swatting at a horse fly and asked what I was doing. He thought it was a joke, he'd never heard of horse flies. Couple of minutes later he let out a scream like a little girl, one nailed him in the middle of the back. Figured out they were no joke.
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[Re: Trapper7]
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07/17/19 05:41 PM
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Deer flies bite, but are more annoying than anything. Horse flies are the real deal, though. When those babies bite, they really leave a big time welt. The deer flies here have overcome annoying. I wear the patchs on the back of my hat, just walked out to the mail box. about 400 feet and have about 30 stuck to it. A guy at least can have fun with horse flies and a .410 Zim
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[Re: 8117 Steve R]
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07/17/19 06:52 PM
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Deer flies and mosquitoes are both terrible around here this year. Glad I'm not running bait for bears!
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