12 / Pk Deerfly Patches/TredNot Deer Fly Patch Odorless Repellent

I have been using these deerfly patches for about 25 years and I swear by them. I walk most mornings. During deerfly season I put these patches on my hat and they really DO land on the patch instead of my neck. Those welts are so uncomfortable. If you've been bitten by one you know what I mean. One package should be enough to last you the entire season. They are sticky. If you have long hair and it's windy, tuck your hair up.

We live near a swampy area in the Adirondack Mountains and have a nearby creek on the property where deer flies are located in abundance. Putting our boat in the creek each year subjects us to deer fly bites. Since they swarm around your head, this sticky tape placed on the back of a ball cap grabs them before they get to you. My husband had 24 deer flies trapped on his tape after launching our boat on the creek three weeks ago. He does not go outside without a ball cap or his tape on it when working outside for neighbors or on our property. We are waiting for our second order now and have nothing but praise for this item. It allows you to go outdoors on hikes, gardening, on picnics and able to enjoy the summer outside! We even give them to our neighbors!The only drawback is if you have long hair and aren’t careful taking the cap off you might have some strands caught. That tape is SO sticky and when taking it off the cap to apply a new one it sometimes leaves a bit of sticky residue. However, that’s so worth it for the service it performs.

Growing up in Michigan I am not a stranger to deer and horse flies. The areas where I have been hiking lately (very wet and swampy) have been producing a ridiculous amount of deer flies that seem to really like something about me. I cannot tell what it is however I was tired of trying to figure it out. The bug spray worked well enough to keep me from getting bitten, but the annoyance factor of having them swarm around my eyes and ears was horrible.I finally stuck one of these on an old hat I had and went for a 7-mile hike yesterday in fairly dense Michigan woods after a 2-day rain. From the first 10 minutes, I could already tell this product was working. While I could not keep the flies from hitting my face, I noted instantly they did not make a second rotation. While I still used bug spray on my exposed skin, the deer flies were absolutely eliminated. They were no longer a nuisance flying around my face and head. I have included a photo with this review. This is the photo after the first 3.4 miles. I changed it out after and added a new strip however as I was mostly in meadows it was very effective but had significantly fewer flies due to the area. Anyway... I would highly recommend this product. One thing I thought would be an issue given the location of the strip was a buzzing sound from the strip itself on my head as the flies were stuck on it, but this was not an issue.

Puzzling how this has received some poor reviews because it did not help with yellow flies. It is designed and marketed as being for the deer fly, and for that purpose I can attest to its effectiveness. I have been a runner for many years but until this year I have always taken the months of June and July off since the heat is not much fun for us members of the big-boned brotherhood. However, this summer I started training for an ultra marathon and have been getting a lot of quality time in the woods. About every 1 to 2 miles I would start being pestered by a deer fly. After getting bit a few times I tried wearing a hat and that helped a little but they still would get my neck.I read that deer flies like the highest point and were attracted to movement, so when a deer fly would start buzzing around my head I would stop and thrust my fist into the air and move it around in a manner that made it look like I was mad at the world. Shortly thereafter the deer fly would indeed land on my fist and I would attempt to smack it. This achieved marginal results but it really slowed me down and made me look like I was crazy. After seeing the videos on the Deerfly patch web site showing hundreds of deer flies swarming one person I realized how lucky I was to only be encountering 4 or 5 of these pests on my morning runs.I ordered the patches and obtained instant relief. I put my hat on backward hoping that the bill would further obstruct my neck and make the deer fly more likely to land on the patch and not my skin. The deer fly would buzz in front of me and then disappear, only to be discovered later stuck to the patch. I hate running with a hat on but I hate deer flies even more so these patches are a must for my summer workouts. After two weeks of slogging through 9 and 10 mile runs at near 100% humidity my hat was getting pretty funky and I guess the combination of all that heat and sweat made the deer fly patches leave a gunky duct-tape-like residue (it basically is duct tape covered in sticky stuff).I intend to continue ordering this product for years to come. It works for deer flies. If whatever is pestering you is not trying to land on the back of your head, then it likely may not be a deer fly.