As anyone who spends time in the outdoors knows, this is deer fly season. They’re impossible to ignore because they are so persistent and their bites hurt – a lot.
My friend and I were hiking recently and they were so bad, we were considering heading back to the car. Then I remembered the deer fly strips in my pack, unused since last summer.
You peel off the paper from each side, leaving a sticky death trap facing out. Stick the back of the strip to your hat and wait for the flies to meet their makers.
We noticed after a few minutes there weren’t as many of them buzzing around, and when I looked at my friend’s strip, it was absolutely covered with dead and dying deer flies!
These strips are non-toxic, portable, and easy to use, and the adhesive doesn’t leave a residue on your hat. I ordered mine online. Great score.
Digging RI 
Wow, there are so many of them. And I didn’t realize they are so big! At least you had a solution. Without those fly strips, there’d be no choice but to head back to the car!
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What I love is the simplicity. It’s just a big sticky patch.
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zowie! i ran out of patches and got nailed by a deerfly this morning! gotta go order some more asap!
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I ordered more and I keep several in my pack.
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Your post title says it all, dn. Ewwwww.
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I know. And there was still some faint buzzing when I threw the strip into the trash.
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I bought about 50 of these last year, and they really do work! The blue hat helps too; for some reason they just adore that color!
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