Subj : Re: Wild turkeys
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon May 26 2025 09:29:00

> That said, I don't often cover myself with bug repellant which would
> help some.. That's mostly because, unless you bathe in the stuff, all
> it does is get them to find other areas to bite you, climbing up your
> pant legs or sleeves and finding gaps between shirts and pants..

I had never thought of it that way, but I bet you are right!

> It doesn't help that when you are cutting the lawn you are stirring
> the ones up that were hiding in the grass too..

Down here, the issue is 'skeeters.  I have a bad tendency to brush up
against bushes that they are resting in.  While they won't normally bite
during the daylight, if you distrub their sleeping places, they will.

Mike


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