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Poll
Question: Which one would put a $25 Bass Pro card toward.
Option 1: Claw gun sling votes: 15
Option 2: Thermacell votes: 26
Title: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Gooserbat on March 06, 2012, 12:04:59 PM
I judged a calling contest a few days back and I recieved a $25 gift card from Bass Pro.  what do you guys think I should do get either a Claw sling for the ol' Black 870 or pick up a Thermacell.  

I might add I don't have either.
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: mr meat on March 06, 2012, 12:42:46 PM
for me i would rather go in the bush without my sling then my thermacell so i vote thermacell
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: sugarray on March 06, 2012, 12:44:39 PM
Where do you hunt?
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Crappiepro on March 06, 2012, 12:47:57 PM
I'd go with the thermacell. Reason being even after turkey season you can use it in the boat or while camping. The sling would only used during hunting season. I would get more use the Thermacell.
Good Luck, Crappiepro
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Gooserbat on March 06, 2012, 02:11:40 PM
Quote from: sugarray on March 06, 2012, 12:44:39 PM
Where do you hunt?

Oklahoma and Missouri
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: turkey slayer on March 06, 2012, 02:19:05 PM
Quote from: mr meat on March 06, 2012, 12:42:46 PM
for me i would rather go in the bush without my sling then my thermacell so i vote thermacell
:agreed: 100% never go with out a thermocell.
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Wingbone on March 06, 2012, 02:30:29 PM
It's hard for me to imagine heading into the woods without my gunsling, but it's even harder to imagine going in without my Thermocell. However, if you you do more walking than skeeter swatting(in Mo and Ok), then you may be better off with the sling.
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: sugarray on March 06, 2012, 02:32:28 PM
I say sling.  In WV I have a thermacell, but the bugs are minimal during my season April 23 is opening and lasts 4 weeks.  Tics, now that is a different story.
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: MOStrutter on March 06, 2012, 02:44:58 PM
 The claw slings are a staple on every hunting gun i own.  Thermacells always seemed like a waste of money. I use permanone on my clothes before season and it one less thing i have to worry about packing in my vest
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: CASH on March 06, 2012, 02:47:19 PM
Quote from: sugarray on March 06, 2012, 02:32:28 PM
I say sling.  In WV I have a thermacell, but the bugs are minimal during my season April 23 is opening and lasts 4 weeks.  Tics, now that is a different story.

But he's not in WV.  :whip2:

Thermocell
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Gooserbat on March 06, 2012, 02:49:44 PM
Well it's like this I already have a sling it's just a Claw is a better one.  I don't have a thermacell so I don't know what I'm missing. 
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Half fast on March 06, 2012, 05:44:37 PM
i would buy a box of winchester xtended #6 shot and send in the coupon for a free thermacell........... just sayin  :OGani:
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: joshb311 on March 06, 2012, 06:35:38 PM
Quote from: Half fast on March 06, 2012, 05:44:37 PM
i would buy a box of winchester xtended #6 shot and send in the coupon for a free thermacell........... just sayin  :OGani:

x2
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: nstrut on March 06, 2012, 06:43:58 PM
i say buy both  one will b free
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: sugarray on March 06, 2012, 06:52:58 PM
Quote from: CASH on March 06, 2012, 02:47:19 PM
Quote from: sugarray on March 06, 2012, 02:32:28 PM
I say sling.  In WV I have a thermacell, but the bugs are minimal during my season April 23 is opening and lasts 4 weeks.  Tics, now that is a different story.

But he's not in WV.  :whip2:

Thermocell


We are on a fairly close Latitude, so I was figuring a similar climate, he just doesn't have mtns

:whip2: :whip2:
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Lunchbox on March 06, 2012, 07:00:44 PM
Quote from: sugarray on March 06, 2012, 06:52:58 PM
Quote from: CASH on March 06, 2012, 02:47:19 PM
Quote from: sugarray on March 06, 2012, 02:32:28 PM
I say sling.  In WV I have a thermacell, but the bugs are minimal during my season April 23 is opening and lasts 4 weeks.  Tics, now that is a different story.

But he's not in WV.  :whip2:

Thermocell


We are on a fairly close Latitude, so I was figuring a similar climate, he just doesn't have mtns

:whip2: :whip2:

Utah is also on the same longitudinal line.
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: cannonball on March 06, 2012, 07:21:39 PM
Buy the claw.
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: MCase on March 06, 2012, 07:24:53 PM
ThermaCell....u already have a sling!
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Gooserbat on March 06, 2012, 11:45:11 PM
Quote from: Half fast on March 06, 2012, 05:44:37 PM
i would buy a box of winchester xtended #6 shot and send in the coupon for a free thermacell........... just sayin  :OGani:
good idea
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Basser69 on March 07, 2012, 09:50:39 AM
Dryer sheet works almost as good as a thermacell and Permethrin works for the ticks....So buy the claw
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: jblackburn on March 07, 2012, 03:46:11 PM
Quote from: Basser69 on March 07, 2012, 09:50:39 AM
Dryer sheet works almost as good as a thermacell and Permethrin works for the ticks....So buy the claw

Explain this dryer sheet idea to me. Have not heard that before . . .
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Tuttle on March 07, 2012, 10:10:37 PM
I live in KY, I'd go with the sling, no doubt.  I have both, barely use the thermacell during turkey season.  I use it a lot during our early bow deer season though.
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Roostem33 on March 07, 2012, 10:14:01 PM
Where I hunt in Ga. I would not go in the woods without my Thermacell.
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: deadhead870 on March 07, 2012, 10:19:46 PM
If it was me i would go with the thermacell.
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: runngun on March 07, 2012, 10:55:50 PM
Buy the sling, I have eight turkey guns and I ain't packing nary a one without a sling. Skeeter dope is cheap, swipe your wife/girlfriends skin so soft and use that or swipe her dryer sheets
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Neill_Prater on March 07, 2012, 10:56:54 PM
A friend of mine gave me a Thermacell a few years ago, and I have yet to take it out of the box. When I hunt in the South, it is early in the season, and skeeters are not a big problem yet. When I hunt here, they normally just aren't that bad, so I just rely on some 100% deet from Walmart.
Title: Re: Bass Pro Gift Card
Post by: Lunchbox on March 07, 2012, 11:12:09 PM
Quote from: jblackburn on March 07, 2012, 03:46:11 PM
Quote from: Basser69 on March 07, 2012, 09:50:39 AM
Dryer sheet works almost as good as a thermacell and Permethrin works for the ticks....So buy the claw

Explain this dryer sheet idea to me. Have not heard that before . . .

Rub it on your skin, then place one in your back pocket. I think it confuses them by making not be able to recognize your CO2(which is how skeeters find you).