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The only reason I hate this time of year is the cotton picking gnats! Those little dudes always get me when I don't expect it. Sunday morning I stopped in Samburg, TN to get a bag of ice and got bit on the way in the store.
To be so small they sure do leave a big mark!
rub vanilla flavoring over exposed skin. it doesn't take the more expensive extract. i keep a bottle in my truck, boats, turkey vest in the spring.
I keep a bottle of pure vanilla in my boat and it works. I just hate when they sneak one in on ya!
I don't like gnats either. Pesky little critters.
turtle will tell you to use ben gay or something like that maybe absorbine jr but it stinks. some say skin so soft. i've never used it. probably 50 years ago i came off the st. francis river from fishing and an old river rat was at the landing. i was swatting at the gnats and cussing them and he said, "vanilla flavoring." i asked again and he said it was the only thing he'd found to keep them off. with it's sweet smell you would think it would attract them. the ole river rat knew what he was talking bout.
Better watch where you use that Ben-Gay. Johnny Cash got the Ben-Gay and Preparation-H mixed up one time. That's how he wrote the song " Burning Ring of Fire". Hehehe
I know, I know, it's an oldie but a goodie. :)
I've heard too that other stuff works. My dad worked for a spice company for many years and I keep plenty of vanilla!!
Glad they don't bother me. Only annoying when you breathe one in every now and then.
Do they taste like chicken? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Slabyanker
I hate them like toilet paper hates a rear!!!!
Hey Kent I know the lake you were on and there is not a worse place for gnats.Last summer as I looked across the water of the 75-100 boats out there, every body was swatting them.
only one's I like are Donnie's !!
Havent tried those, but the knock-offs are pretty good.Quote:
Originally Posted by joekiller
Not sure on the flavor. Usually to busy choking on it.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine
which are worse? In and out gnats or the more common dog pecker gnats?
The best thing is long sleeves, gloves and a net head gear. Vanilla works but must keep reapplying from my experince.
I hate them things...ran me and a partbner off the lake at beaverfork one time. never again cause I got me some vneller.
i never had to put it on more than once. turtle said the same thing and that's why he uses absorbine jr. that stuff stinks
LmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by $hane Ghent
I never have to reapply it either. The thing I don't like us I can't use the vanilla and sun screen at the same time. I'm workin on a mix.
Those little buggers can be a big pain and allot of aggregation , make big weps on you when they bite