Dingo Man
Silver Member
I am not sure if anyone has heard of this but it works. I am also not sure if Deer flies are called deer flies everywhere else but in Maine we call them deer flies. If anyone has ever been bitten by them or even worse a moose fly which is bigger, it feels like the neighborhood drug dealer's pitbull just took a chunk out of your flesh. I got this this remedy from my uncle and his wife who have it down to a science.
Instructions: Save up a few gallon milk jugs, 2. Purchase a can of royal blue spray paint (same color as a kerosene can), 3. Paint the milk jugs with the paint, 4. Go to your local feed store and buy a product called "Tangle Foot", 5. Smear the tangle foot onto the milk jug. 6. Mount the jug on any piece of equipment that will be moving (tractor, lawnmower, ATV, or even walking. Then head out for a days work and you are almost gauranteed not to be bitten by the deer flies.
For some reason deer and moose flies are attracted to that color blue as well as the movement. They will approach the jug and eventually land on it becoming stuck. The attached photos was a light day, but my wife caught 19 flies in about an hour of mowing. My uncle's wife has caught so many at times that she has had to switch out to a new jug because there was no room left on the jug she started out with. If she knows she will be working outside in a particular area on her property she will mount the jug on a pole on the four wheeler and take a couple laps. She then stakes the jug nearby and goes to work. All of the flies make a B line for the jug and leave her alone. Enjoy and let me know how it works for you.
Oh, I know that is a John Deere riding mower, but my real tractor is a Kioti :thumbsup:
Instructions: Save up a few gallon milk jugs, 2. Purchase a can of royal blue spray paint (same color as a kerosene can), 3. Paint the milk jugs with the paint, 4. Go to your local feed store and buy a product called "Tangle Foot", 5. Smear the tangle foot onto the milk jug. 6. Mount the jug on any piece of equipment that will be moving (tractor, lawnmower, ATV, or even walking. Then head out for a days work and you are almost gauranteed not to be bitten by the deer flies.
For some reason deer and moose flies are attracted to that color blue as well as the movement. They will approach the jug and eventually land on it becoming stuck. The attached photos was a light day, but my wife caught 19 flies in about an hour of mowing. My uncle's wife has caught so many at times that she has had to switch out to a new jug because there was no room left on the jug she started out with. If she knows she will be working outside in a particular area on her property she will mount the jug on a pole on the four wheeler and take a couple laps. She then stakes the jug nearby and goes to work. All of the flies make a B line for the jug and leave her alone. Enjoy and let me know how it works for you.
Oh, I know that is a John Deere riding mower, but my real tractor is a Kioti :thumbsup:
