The mosquitos have been horrible here lately.  I think I have more mosquito bites on my body now than I have had in the last 10 years combined.  Granted, I've been in the woods more, but they were even talking on the news this morning about how bad they are.  Hot, damp weather, the little suckers are breeding healthy and they are loving me this year!  

So... is anyone else having trouble with them.  And what kind of home remedies do you use??  (I've used several different anti-itch sprays, gels, and even a sting scrub.  They help for maybe a few hours!)

Funny you should ask- I just heard a blurb on the TV about an I-pod app that generates a high frequency tone that kills them.

Ok I just received an E-mail on this.
Bounce dryer sheets, place on belt loop
or item of clothing when outside. Will
repel mosquitos and hornets. Also other
great uses..
I haven't tried this yet as just received
the E-mail..
Piglet, them mosquitos love us sweet gals.. kim

Toothpaste helps with the itch but doesn't repel them. I've used those "Off" fans that you clip to your hip with great success.

I find that drinking gin and tonics help keep them away- they don't like the quinine. Either that or I can't feel them anymore.

Get you a couple of cans of repell at wal-mart. Anywhere from 29% to 40% deet in it.
While your getting the bug off get a tube of Ivarest in the pharmacy. Anti-itch cream works on skeeter bites to poison ivy. Good Stuff!

Crush leaves from a citronella plant & rub them on you.
when I was about 23,( 33 years ago)  this guy & I were traveling around, Texas, La. Alabama, Florida,, picking up jobs,, & sometimes we'd have to sleep on the road.. It was just outside of Baton Rouge, 3 or 4 AM,, he was on the hood, no socks or shoes, shirt open,, sleepin like a baby.. I was in the back, under every possible thing I culd get under to try to keep the blasted blood suckers off,, I couldnt sl;eep,, they just kept buzzing & humming & biting,, absolutely Maddening,, So,, I woke my pahdnuh up & told h8im to get in the car.. If I cant sleep,, I mite as well drive..

He had nothing, no kind of skeeter repellant,, they just werent buggin him.. BUt, Down on Black Bayou in La, when we were working nites, overhaulin Rowan Rig 15..they ate Him UP.. Between us, we went thru a big can of off every nite & they still ate us alive..

Cutters is the best skeeter repellant I ever used.. & Ive used a bunch of them,. but I wont use any of them now,, no more pesticides for me.. no sun screen, either,,

Piglet, go to bass pro or cabelas and get one of the battery/butane  powered mosquito repellers. Cant remember the name of em now, you slide a sheet of stuff in them and turn em on. Lasts about 8 hours. I got friends down south swear by them.
Wont spook game, no smell and their made for hunters. Fairly sturdy and refillable.
Wal-mart sells a cheaper version youve probably seen advertised on TV by OFF.

Hunting in your stand you could use a centonella candle or bucket. Id just be sure to burn it a few times before season so they could get used to the smell. They smell it a few times in the area they wont associate it with danger if their not spooked by something.