Looking for some Hillbilly info

[airborneranger]

When I live in Kentucky a few years ago I tired to repel the bugs as well. After a while I just invited them in for coffee. The spiders were nice enough and polite but the wood roaches had bad BO and couldn't take a hint. The. They wanted to borrow everything. I also had a pet slug named Frank, I miss frank.

I am from KY and I will tell you that I do not miss the bugs nor the humidity.

[bogie]

Bug lights are actually the best suggestion so far but I don't think it will work with spiders or ticks. They are fun to listen to at night along with the crickets and watching fireflies. How many of you have never seen fireflies???

I noticed you didn't mention mosquitoes. Spraying/spreading larvacide is one of the most common ways to control the mosquitoes. There are some environmentally friendly varieties out there. The mosquitoes should be pretty bad since you have a pond. Also, building bat houses can be very effective. Those little buggers eat an amazing quantity of mosquitoes in a night.

Ticks and spiders be damned. Don't know a way to help with that other than chemical poisons. Check the local county extension office. I'm sure they could help you.

[GilpinGuy]

How many of you have never seen fireflies???

LOL, we used to capture them, put them in mason jars and use them for lanterns when we were kids in NY.

[patrick0685]

where did you manage to find some land? the ticks do suck in east tn, i do not miss the bugs or humidity

[sniper7]

which state and general location and about how much land if you don't mind telling?

Most of it you won't be able to do much with. just check for ticks after you have been out, try to keep the 100% deet around at all times and be prepared to feel like you are always just getting out of the shower with your clothes on during the summer months. some places are downright miserable.

depending on the state, the hunting can be awesome, the bag limits can be really nice and a ton of the neighbors will be into the same thing!

[birddog]

Wont get rid of the bugs but check out a thermacell for your own use. Everyone that I know that hunts in that shit swears by them.

[SA Friday]

Set up a bat house on the property. It will help with the flying ones. Spiders and ticks, forget it. It's part of the ecosystem of that area and only mother nature can change it.

[sniper7]

asked a couple buddies of mine who live out that way. one is in VA and the other is in SC.

Bug zappers.
Bat house
bleach in the water depending on the size and what it is like which will help kill off the larva. but if you have fish he said he wouldn't recommend it.
lots of the highest concentration of DEET you can find.

they both said the other bugs just come with the territory and you will get good and searching for, finding and killing ticks!

[ChadAmberg]

One thing I hated... the Japanese beetles. They were everywhere. Wouldn't harm you, but ate all the leaves off your trees.

[mx'r]

which state and general location and about how much land if you don't mind telling?

Most of it you won't be able to do much with. just check for ticks after you have been out, try to keep the 100% deet around at all times and be prepared to feel like you are always just getting out of the shower with your clothes on during the summer months. some places are downright miserable.

depending on the state, the hunting can be awesome, the bag limits can be really nice and a ton of the neighbors will be into the same thing!

85 acres in southern WV. I grew up there as a kid, so I know all about the hunting and shitty humidity. The bag limit is still 4 deer/year! I dont ever remember the ammount of bugs though. I grew up on a dairy farm that had been there for years, I was thinking the bugs might be bad because the land is all wooded and no people activity for a long time. The pond is FULL of crappie and large mouth though The bat house is a great idea, never heard of that before. There are lots of bats around already, so maybe bringing more in will help with the flying bugs.