Mosquitoes Damper Hunt

[JimH]

I just came in from a squirrel hunt...mostly turned into a hike in the woods.  I couldn't stop for 2 seconds without my face and hands being swarmed with mosquitoes.  This is dry land too.  The same thing happened to my wife and I on a hike last weekend.  Both times it's been dry and very windy.  I've noticed an unusually high number of the little buggers in the past couple of weeks.  It really puts a damper on any sort of outdoor activity.  I'm in Central NY and I'm wondering if there's some strange bloom of mosquitoes happening.  Bottom line, no nutters.  I may consider waiting another month  or until a cold snap before planning any more outings. It's much more comfortable shooting from my 2nd floor bathroom.  More productive too.   

[only1harry]

I 've noticed the same thing Jim.  I 'm in Southern NY about an hour north of NYC.  Too many dang mosquitoes.  Nothing wrong with the 2nd floor bthrm window.  It's one of my favorite spots to shoot from! 

Actually I thought a windy day is good.  Mosquitoes usually get blown away or hide when it's windy out.  It's not that good for squirrel hunting though or for straight-flying pellets.  They tend to stay out less because they think a storm is coming.

[Atchman2]

I wear full camo for hunting coyotes including a facemask.  I still had to put on some 100% DEET near my eyes to keep them from flooding in.  I was hunting near a swamp though; just thousands of mosquitos!

[JimH]

next time I go out I will wear my net.

[Atchman2]

The bad thing is when they are so thick the air hums!  I've had that happen a couple of times in my life!  Even in Kansas!

[oldpink]

Slight tangent here, but by far the worst mosquitos I ever saw were when I was but a wee lad of five on vacation with my folks in Gunnison, Colorado.
The air was actually nearly opaque with them, and the buzzing of those thousands of wings beating in unison is still etched in my mind, 37 years hence.
I like the old joke about mosquitos, saying that Gunnison has only two kinds of mosquitos: those small enough to fly through your mosquito netting and those big enough to rip it open and come in.