Who uses a Thermo Cell in the bush?

I wish they would repel ticks, but they worlk amazing for skeeters

I never go turkey hunting without it. It also was a life saver sitting in the stand in early September hunting bear. I was worried too that it was a gimmick when I bought it, but it works exactly like it is supposed to.

I have used it a few times now, I have found to be most effective when in a blind as mentioned. I remember one late season day last year, the wind was blowing but not enough to keep the bugs away. It was blowing just enough to keep my Thermocell from working. I had to pack it in as I felt like a docked battleship at Pearl Harbor in '41. If you hunt in the woods the bugs are definitely going to be bad late season, my one spot is in a grazing meadow that holds some moisture along with cow patties scattered all over from the fall before. The bugs get bad to say the least. I will however try the Thermocell out again this season!

Getting excited!

W

My son purchased one last year for hunting in the ground blind, huge difference, I'd be concerned about the earth scent though, apparently the standard has no smell, I find that hard enough to believe but generating a fake, man made smell on purpose would make me pass.

LOL ..........I never leave home with out mine heading into the bush they just work

Joe

I use a Thermacell for spring turkey hunting and it works great. As others have said it, it is less effective on windy days but it is still useful even then.

I'm practically convinced bears are on to the thermacell scent and they know it means trouble. Mind you hunting in full camo in warm August weather, I probably let off a bit of scent myself but after a few days seeing nothing, then leaving the TC at camp, he came out in the open. Perhaps coincidence or after the three days I was sufficiently "scented in" but I'm hopefully gonna try that experiment again this August, and leave the TC at camp the first few days if I can stand the blood loss. In any event, works great for turkey season, and I'm gonna bring it for the earlier bow seasons this fall just in case as well.

Yesterday was my 2nd trip for Turkey (never hunted Turkey before). Based on this thread, I decided to carry along a Thermacell. I'm mostly certainly glad that I did otherwise the mosquitoes would've eaten us alive. Simple 15 minute walk through the green bush in order to reach the blind was sheer torture and I've never been bitten so badly since I had left the tropics.

Once the device was fully functional (took aprox 10 minutes), cleared out the inside of the blind quickly and we sat absolutely undisturbed for about 6 hrs......otherwise would've been impossible to sit that long. Wish I had this thing in my younger days while hunting big game in the Himalayan foothills. :)

Was out this morning and fired up the themacell before even leaving the car @ 4:00am. Who knew the mosquito's would be so bad at that time. Got to the first spot for a sit and could see the swarm outside the invisible barrier with a few stragglers breaking through. After a few hours I decided to move to another spot. Came out into a field and busted by 2 birds. Did the immediate retreat and bushwhack around to get to the spot for the sit. Upon arriving it was evident that the Theracell was no longer with me. I had clipped it to the vest pocket and never noticed it gone until the swarm. sat it out for a while but was soon overtaken and left. I retraced my path twice and found the unit right at the field edge where I hit the ground to retreat upon seeing the turkeys in the field. Won't leave home without one at this time of the year. I have a coupla these units.

outback

Funny, was sitting in the bush all weekend and got eaten alive. I remmeber thinking about the therma-cell I bought for when I take the GF camping and wishing I had it. Always figured it was a gimmick but at that point I was ready to try anything. I was drenched in deet but still got eaten alive by mosquitos and also brought home a few ticks :S