Help with getting rid of Deer flys

[LMan1967]

Thanks for posting your links and info, UG. I am intrigued by the deer fly data on your blog, interesting reading! :thumbsup:

 

[deezler]

Haha, yeah I got the email that this thread had been updated and it ended with "umbrella guy", thought someone was just being cute in reference to umbrella girl. but no, it was just the code for the smiley guy.

:bumblebee::bumblebee::umbrella-guy::bumblebee::bumblebee::bumblebee:

 

[UmbrellaGirl]

:bumblebee::bumblebee::umbrella-guy::bumblebee::bumblebee::bumblebee:

Wow, this icon just keeps getting better and better!!

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[UmbrellaGirl]

:bumblebee::bumblebee::umbrella-guy::bumblebee::bumblebee::bumblebee:

Wow, this icon just keeps getting better and better!!

:applause:

 

[deezler]

Good news from Washtenaw County, MI. Flies have subsided and diminished greatly. Was able to work outside for hours on Saturday with no protection at all. Should probably refrain from stating this so overtly until I head back to the ranch another time, but oh well. Too excited about my aerial freedom not to share the news!

Anyone else seeing them let up already?

 

[cschulz]

Gave this a try this weekend and worked great.

Chris

 

[UmbrellaGirl]

Indeed, the deer flies are almost completely gone here in Livingston County, Michigan! I skipped 3 days of trapping and then went out Saturday morning and caught a mere 87. I didn't go trapping this morning, but will go back out tomorrow morning for what will probably be the last deer fly trapping I do this season. Hooray!! Which means I'll be updating my blog later this week with the final and total data for the season. This season has definitely ended a good 3 weeks early (which makes sense, since it started 3 weeks early). Congratulations to all of us for surviving yet another Michigan Deer Fly Season!!

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[lockhaven]

I used to trap deer flys but now i am old and cannot set those little tiny leg hold traps

 

[PILOON]

Think I'll try the Umbrellagirl method but using a cap instead of an umbrella. Attach the top of a cup to the hat with 4 twist ties. Use that cup as an anchor then put another cup (inside a plastic bag) on top of the anchor cup. That way it should be easier and less messy to reload without undoing the twist ties? :confused3:

Ever hear of VELCRO?

 

[rekees4300]

Ever hear of VELCRO?

Have some Velcro and blue cups, need to order some Tanglefoot. The demons are getting stronger everyday. :bumblebee:

 

[UmbrellaGirl]

Have some Velcro and blue cups, need to order some Tanglefoot. The demons are getting stronger everyday. :bumblebee:

Oh man, you mean the deer fly season in Indiana has already started? Yikes! If we're on schedule here in Michigan, we won't see any until the beginning of July. Would love to hear how many flies you're catching.

:umbrella-guy:

 

[rekees4300]

:bumblebee:

Oh man, you mean the deer fly season in Indiana has already started? Yikes! If we're on schedule here in Michigan, we won't see any until the beginning of July. Would love to hear how many flies you're catching.

:umbrella-guy:

Hey UmbrellaGirl good to hear from you again. Put the first deerfly patch on the back of my cap this morning. The KIA body count for today is 21! :bumblebee:

 

[deezler]

Oh man, you mean the deer fly season in Indiana has already started? Yikes! If we're on schedule here in Michigan, we won't see any until the beginning of July. Would love to hear how many flies you're catching.

:umbrella-guy:

Wait, I thought your blog post from last year said the average season is mid-June to mid-August? Ok, only a couple weeks difference, but, just curious.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Funny we called them ear flies because they would eat up the ears on our mule and then there were no deer in these parts. I would break off a bushy limb and stick it in Jim's bridle so he could swipe his ears and brush of the 'ear' flies. They would go for the tractor but it never complained.

 

[UmbrellaGirl]

Wait, I thought your blog post from last year said the average season is mid-June to mid-August? Ok, only a couple weeks difference, but, just curious.

You are right, deezler. On my blog I state "mid-late June to mid-late August". I don't usually think of them as a problem until about July 1. And I don't usually consider ourselves utterly and completely free of them until September 1. That's for a "normal" year. But, of course, it varies ever so slightly from year to year (with the 2012 season having been very, very unusually early). So, while we might get some in the 3rd or 4th week of June, I'm hoping we won't really be complaining about them until July 1. In any case, I'll be ready for them whenever they show up!!

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