Best homemade musquito repellent

[Wildthang]

I have skinned out more than my fair share of alligators and the only gland you'll find like that is by the jaw. Its a musk gland.

Well they call them glands, but they are more like pores. Never the less, you would not see them when you skinned the gator! It's kind of like the way our armpits smell worse than our fore arm when we sweat a lot. The same thing happens to gators! There is something in the pores of their armpits that repel insects. The human nose cannot smell it, only insects!

[crashdive123]

Since none of us that live in gator country have never heard of this, do you have a source? Is it something you, or somebody you know have tried?

[Rick]

Since no one can smell it I'd like to know which insect spilled the beans. I'll bet it was a skeeter. You can't trust a skeeter for nothin'.

[Wildthang]

Since none of us that live in gator country have never heard of this, do you have a source? Is it something you, or somebody you know have tried?

I will send you some, and you can rub it all over you and get out in the woods! Stay away from female gators though

[Rick]

Better than that, just post the video of you collecting it.

[Wildthang]

Better than that, just post the video of you collecting it.

Only if you help Rick. We'll find you a small female gator to milk!

[RangerXanatos]

In the yard, I've had good luck with burning pine cones. I have never tried it, but I've heard that some have had success with Skin-So-Soft.

[crashdive123]

Rick - I suspect the same camera that shot the "ghosts" was used.

[crashdive123]

RX - skin-so-soft is a proven method for the no-see-ums. It doesn't repel them. It drowns them.

[randyt]

skin so soft works good in my experience. The best is a glaze built up from a few days staying out in the bush, those darn skeeters get a bent snout from the glaze. A little bear grease rubbed in helps get the glaze built up.

[Rick]

Only if you help Rick.

Not me, brother. I don't mess with anything that has me on the menu. Besides, it's not my story. If Batch says they have horns and go jogging in purple tennis shoes that's good enough for me.

[Wildthang]

Now I have also heard that buffalo sweat works pretty good, but they are pretty mean critters in their own right, I got drunk on tequilla and trid to ride a big bull buffalo one time in Oklahoma, and he was dead set on killing me. Needless to say I didn't stay on him long, you cant beleive how high a buffalo can jump!

[Rick]

Or how deep they can pile the bull ......... a shovel. I need a shovel.

[Wildthang]

I have also heard that badger musk works well if you can find it!

[wtrfwlr]

A mixture of 50% Honey Badger urine and 50% Komodo Dragon saliva is supposedly the ultimate mosquito repellent.


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[hunter63]

Well after a week in deer camp in warm weather, not much of anything will bite....I suspect that and wood smoke historically was the most used 'repellent"as well as just smearing your self with thick gooey mud.

Spent a week turkey hunting, real primitive conditions....buddy insisted on wearing "foo-foo juice" (our term).....and never dawned on him that he was wearing his full head net, all the time, because of the swarm of bugs around his head.

Morel to this story...leave foo-foo juice at home, and if you decide to go honky tonkin, go to the truck stop for a shower.....LOL.

[peter]

In Australia termite mounds work smoke them on the fire. In the past i have used mud, never want to spend a night like that again.

[Rick]

That's probably what all the bigfoot pictures are. Just you guys covered in mud.

[Allen Currie Author]

Yep, bug stainless steel screen is very high on my priority list

Allen

[Wildthang]

Thai lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus) is a natural and effective mosquito repellent. It contains the natural oil, citronella, which is safe and effective; in fact, lemon grass citronella is considered more effective than true citronella as an insect repellent.


You can buy Thai lemon grass at garden centers and supermarkets, and it grows readily into a clump about 15" across and about 2ft tall. To use as a mosquito repellent, break a stalk off from the clump, peel off the outer leaves, until you find the scallion-like stem at the base. Bend the stem between your fingers, loosening it, then rub it vigorously between your palms - it
will soon become a pulpy, juicy mass. Rub this over all exposed skin, covering thoroughly at least once. You can also make a tincture using alcohol, for spray applications.

Planting marigolds around your yard works as a natural bug repellent because the flowers give off a fragrance bugs and flying insects do not like.
Plantings around the patio will also help repel mosquitoes.

Neem oil is a natural vegetable oil extracted from the Neem tree in India. The leaves, seeds and seed oil of the Neem tree contain sallanin, a compound which has effective mosquito repelling properties. Neem oil is a natural product and is safe to use.

Lavender Rub a lavender flower behind your ears, wrists and neck.
Not only will you smell great but mosquitoes will leave you alone.