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Yes, that's me 20+ years ago.

Natural Insect Repellents

By on May 12, 2014 in Fieldcraft, Flora, Master Woodsman, Nature & Conservation, Primitive Skills, Wilderness Survival

I was in my early twenties the last time I used manmade insect repellent. I hated what DEET did to my gear, especially plastic. And one can’t help wonder what it was doing to me! At that time in the eighties, I was really into hunting and fishing. Luckily those bug jackets that hold the netting […]

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Beauty Berry; Herbal Bug Repellent by Darryl Patton

By on February 25, 2013 in Master Woodsman

DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) is a wonderful product! On several trips to the jungles of the Amazon as well as countless hikes here in the Deep South, I have found this bug repellent to be just the thing to keep biting insects at a safe distance. DEET was introduced by the U.S. Army as an insecticide back in […]

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