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    The one true answer to all of mens problems.

    Duct Tape.

    Wrap it around suspension lines so that the sticky side is exposed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gargoyle View Post
    .... and one of the moms pulled out a pack of dryer sheets. The same ones you toss in the dryer. ..... Apparently, the bugs don't like the smell or chemicals in dryer sheets..
    Dryer sheets may be the duct tape of the "anti-insect" world. We use them to repel dirt dobbers. It works. Don't know why.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MichaelLomas View Post
    Does anyone know how to prevent ants from invading a hammock - coming up the tree and along the hammock rope?
    I always put honey around the tents in my area
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    yummmmm, bears like honey , too !! brat grease smeared on tents works nicely also.
    Ambulo tua ambulo.

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    Dryer sheets work wonders. You can even hike with one undere your hat to keep bugs away.

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    Thanks for the dryer sheet idea! Gotta try wiping around my ankles when I go out in the yard later; little critters have been eating me alive. I'm hoping for some more thunderstorms so I can play in the rain with my tarp.
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    Some of our local farmers that store seed corn also use the dryer sheets to keep the mice our of the seed corn. A few dryer sheets in the cab of the combine will also keep the mice our during stroage. So maybe they could be put in the food bag to keep the mice out.

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    Have you tried asking your uncle to keep them at home?


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    Quote Originally Posted by DiverDn View Post
    Have you tried asking your uncle to keep them at home?


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    Are all dryer sheets created equal, or do some work better than others?


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