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Best midge repellant for hunting

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16-05-2024 5:02am

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dazza161989

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Hi lads,
Looking for advice on what midge repellant you use for hunting (especially foxing).
My land is alive with them this time of year and Im conscious of getting winded from hundreds of yards away smelling like a citronella candle!!!!
Any recommendations?

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#2 16-05-2024 8:57am
Gman2021

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been using smidge. Works well for me, only realised how well it was when one evening I forgot it and was destroyed by midges

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#3 16-05-2024 11:29am
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Autan has been the mainstay against midges for us Germans for generations.Or oddly Avon does a line called "Skin so soft"mosquieto repellant that is an excellent mosquito ,blackfly and horsefly repellant.Neither of those smell at all.
Newer idea is to get stuff and wash your clothes in the product.So you are wearing your protection straight away.I use some stuff called Mossgo from South Africa.Works well for an Irish season,although it washes out quicker in our rainy climate.Sawyer Europe makes an equivalent https://sawyereurope.com/insect-repellent/sawyer-sp649-permethrin-insect-repellent-treatment-spray-for-clothing-gear-and-tents-370ml-12oz If you don't want to wear chemicals there is a new product out called Rynoskin.it seems to be some kind of lightweight breathable frabic that insects can't bite thru

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#4 16-05-2024 12:45pm
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Smidge works well for me also.
Grizzly 45 - Is the Sawyer Permethrin spray (or similar) available to buy in Ireland

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#5 16-05-2024 2:23pm
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Try the above online site link.Should get you a dealer here or a direct buy option.

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#6 16-05-2024 7:15pm
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Avon skin so soft, only job

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#7 16-05-2024 8:26pm
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I use DEET insect repellant plus wear Craghoppers NosiLife shirts which have insect repellant incorporated into the material.

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#8 21-05-2024 7:33am
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This post reminded me of this video years ago
I have used Deet and also the Avon cream. however found it hard get the Avon stuff recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jwH2epHfwY

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#9 27-05-2024 6:26pm
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Tick repellent
Anyone find that Sawyer SP649 spray for sale anywhere this side of the Atlantic, EU or UK based.
Can't find anywhere in the US that will post to Ireland and the company I used to get it from on eBay UK is sold out.
Down to my last half bottle 😭

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#10 27-05-2024 8:46pm
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https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122190778#Comment_122190778

An post's addresspal or similar?

Never forget, the end goal is zero firearms of any type.
S.I. No. 187/1972 - Firearms (Temporary Custody) Order - Firearms seized
S.I. No. 21/2008 - Firearms (Restricted Firearms and Ammunition) Order 2008 - Firearm types restricted
Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 - Firearms banned & grandfathered
S.I. No. 420/2019 - Magazine ban, ammo storage & transport restricted
Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 - 2023 Firearm Ban (retroactive to 8 years prior)

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#11 27-05-2024 8:53pm
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https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122190778#Comment_122190778

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https://www.desertcart.ie/products/1215902-sawyer-products-sp-649-premium-permethrin-clothing-insect-repellent-trigger-spray-12-ounce

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#12 27-05-2024 8:59pm
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Swore by Avon wipes in the army, they had a spray as well.

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#13 27-05-2024 9:05pm
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This stuff… The only thing that works for me bar industrial strength DEET.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07S3LGVV6?psc=1&smid=A9X4JJH0UYEH7&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp
I gave a bottle to our vet one day and he rang me a week later to thank me so much as he is usually killed with bites this time of year.

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