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lttllace Reg. Oct 2013	Posted 2017-07-12 9:33 AM Subject: Deer flies - What do use when you're riding?
Member Posts: 34	What do you use to keep the deer flies away when you are riding? Thanks!
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hannahbug Reg. Mar 2017	Posted 2017-07-12 9:37 AM Subject: RE: Deer flies - What do use when you're riding?
Veteran Posts: 233	Abosrbine black. Maybe 5 or 6 pumps. Sometimes I get a couple days out of it, depending on how brutal the temperatures are.
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Ohiobarrelracer Reg. Feb 2017	Posted 2017-07-12 9:39 AM Subject: RE: Deer flies - What do use when you're riding?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 534 Location: Ohio girl moved to PA	I havent been able to find a spray yet that works on them. So i just try to ride at different times. they seem to be out more by my hay fields and always the worst right before sun starts to go down. so i try to ride as the sun is setting or later. Someone said dryer sheets before but it didnt work for me.
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streakysox Reg. Jul 2008	Posted 2017-07-12 9:42 AM Subject: RE: Deer flies - What do use when you're riding?
Take a Picture Posts: 12842	Get some small tree branches and put them in your bridle ((browband bridle works best) and in your breast collar. We usually use pine but have used sweet gum. Anything leafy
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Lil_Pony35 Reg. Mar 2008	Posted 2017-07-12 9:49 AM Subject: RE: Deer flies - What do use when you're riding?
Elite Veteran Posts: 911 Location: Durango CO	I do not have many deer flies here in Colorado but i am curious if anyone has tried essential oils for them.
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redracinmo Reg. Sep 2007	Posted 2017-07-12 10:08 AM Subject: RE: Deer flies - What do use when you're riding?
The Comeback Kid Posts: 1564 Location: lost in missouri	EZALL Fly Spray. new out this year. it works. It is all natural all essential oils which made me go hmm at first if it would really work or if it was EZALL just getting in on the new all natural craze going on. Works for all flying critters we even apply it to ourselves for gnats and mosquitos. Only thing i have noticed is dont spray it on their face use a rag or your hand to apply it to their face. We have used pretty much every brand of spray out there and this one really works.
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Ohiobarrelracer Reg. Feb 2017	Posted 2017-07-12 2:48 PM Subject: RE: Deer flies - What do use when you're riding?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 534 Location: Ohio girl moved to PA	streakysox - 2017-07-12 10:42 AM Get some small tree branches and put them in your bridle ((browband bridle works best) and in your breast collar. We usually use pine but have used sweet gum. Anything leafy what does this do? lol ive never heard of this before.
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LabRat Reg. Nov 2009	Posted 2017-07-12 4:19 PM Subject: RE: Deer flies - What do use when you're riding?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 364	Nothing works. I ride at basically sunrise. By noon everyone's in the barn with fans blowing on them until dusk, then they get turned out in a dry lot.
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luvropin Reg. Jan 2011	Posted 2017-07-12 4:25 PM Subject: RE: Deer flies - What do use when you're riding?
Elite Veteran Posts: 1100 Location: Southeastern Idaho	We don't have many deer flies here but we do have HUGE HORSE FLIES! Riding after 9:30 am could get you bucked off. We ride early or late or on a really windy day....only way to survive. If someone knows of a repellent that a horse fly will respect please tell me! :)
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jake16 Reg. Apr 2006	Posted 2017-07-12 8:09 PM Subject: RE: Deer flies - What do use when you're riding?
Go Get Em! Posts: 13503 Location: OH. IO	luvropin - 2017-07-12 5:25 PM We don't have many deer flies here but we do have HUGE HORSE FLIES! Riding after 9:30 am could get you bucked off. We ride early or late or on a really windy day....only way to survive. If someone knows of a repellent that a horse fly will respect please tell me! :) Pyrahna.i find the aerosol works MUCH better than spray bottle.
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streakysox Reg. Jul 2008	Posted 2017-07-12 10:52 PM Subject: RE: Deer flies - What do use when you're riding?
Take a Picture Posts: 12842	Ohiobarrelracer - 2017-07-12 2:48 PM streakysox - 2017-07-12 10:42 AM Get some small tree branches and put them in your bridle ((browband bridle works best) and in your breast collar. We usually use pine but have used sweet gum. Anything leafy what does this do? lol ive never heard of this before. I think it confuses them but it works like a champ and is the cheapest thing going. My ex-husband's third ex-wife told me. I guess that is just as absurd.
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GLP Reg. Oct 2013	Posted 2017-07-13 8:34 AM Subject: RE: Deer flies - What do use when you're riding?
I just read the headlines Posts: 4483	streakysox - 2017-07-12 10:52 PM Ohiobarrelracer - 2017-07-12 2:48 PM streakysox - 2017-07-12 10:42 AM Get some small tree branches and put them in your bridle ((browband bridle works best) and in your breast collar. We usually use pine but have used sweet gum. Anything leafy what does this do? lol ive never heard of this before. I think it confuses them but it works like a champ and is the cheapest thing going. My ex-husband's third ex-wife told me. I guess that is just as absurd. Lol, it sounds like a great story or C/W song! Life's absurdities are the best stories, aren't they?
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