Today in the woods.........UGLY!!!!!!!

bswiv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SmR571RqxI&feature=youtu.be

The clip speaks for itself.

ANUMBER1

They are bad, I serviced 2 feeders yesterday in Otter Creek and went thru a can of spray.

PalmettoKid

Yikes!

binellishtr

wow, thats the worse i've ever seen

flydown

I've never seen him this bad either. I went out Saturday to move a stand and do some clearing, and they were unbelievable.

Stillbroke

That's out of control. You guys are better than me. No chance I would get out and deal with that, just not worth it. I like to enjoy the woods. That would make me flip out!

huntmstr

Looks like you might do well to rent a fogger and drive your roads a few times to knock back you deer fly problem.

flydown

Interesting solution here..
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1507866/pg1

Definitely going to buy a few blue solo's and some tanglefoot and see if this theory holds water, er, yellow flies.
My welts have welts from this weekend!

LiveLine

I have them that bad where i currently live. I paint beach balls blue, hang them in the trees and coat them with tanglefoot. It doesn't kill them all, but I take pleasure in seeing the ones that do get stuck

Bite 1

Yes, I call them deer flies also. I remember taking my new bride for a romantic canoe ride on the river and were attacked so bad we had to abandon ship. stood in shoulder deep water with towels over our heads and watched as they attacked our canoe for about and hour. Thirty years later still can't get her in a canoe in july.

binellishtr

As an FYI I have developed a bad reaction to being bite by them to the point where my wife wants me to carry an epipen. Dr said after so many bites your body can't fight the sting any longer. Seen my hand blow up 3x its size and hurt like it was broken

bswiv

binellishtr wrote: »

As an FYI I have developed a bad reaction to being bite by them to the point where my wife wants me to carry an epipen. Dr said after so many bites your body can't fight the sting any longer. Seen my hand blow up 3x its size and hurt like it was broken

That sounds like anaphylactic shock in the waiting, which can kill. Only thing to do is take up golf and stay out of the woods. Of course this will mean you'll have to get rid of a lot of nice equipment......cheep:wink

sknight88

I did a quick hunt Sun eve, had so many going around me, I could not hear! I don't know how they weren't crashing into each other it was nuts. Love my bug tamer though, did its job.

Angler_2600

Do these flies exist only in central and north Florida? I don t think I've ever seen them in south Florida. Thoughts?

kc hunter

Ain't no way I'd get out the truck