The buffalo gnats are so bad that we can't stand to be outside. Any suggestions besides using vanilla extract to help keep them

[jay]

The buffalo gnats are so bad that we can't stand to be outside. Any suggestions besides using vanilla extract to help keep them at bay?

[FirstBubba]

Three choices that I'm aware of! (successful anyway!)
1. soak your clothing in kerosene
2. soak your clothing in diesel
3. stay inside!

[FirstBubba]

p.s. - I would suggest giving up smoking while your clothing is soaked in any petroleum based fuels! LOL!!

[Happy Myles]

Can you move the buffalo while you drink the vanilla extract? Seriously, the only things I know slow Black flies down only a little are DEET on skin and Permetherin on clothes. Head nets and cotton gloves treated with Permetheran give them something to figure out.

[FirstBubba]

I hate buffalo ga-nats!
A buddy and I got into them several years back during spring turkey season.
My face mask had one large eye hole. In desperation, I turned my mask backwards. A couple of minutes later, it dawned on me I had trapped several of the little vermin INSIDE the mask!
When we got home, we looked like we had been robbing bee hives! LOL!
We did eventually kill a 23# double beard(9"/5")!

[Happy Myles]

Permethrin. Forgive the goofy spelling

[seth trudeau]

A Thermacell???

[RockySquirrel]

Cheap cigars always worked for me for skeeters. Would that work for gnats?

[allegnmtn]

The only thing that really allows you to keep your sanity if you're sitting still is a headnet. If I'm walking, working in the garden, etc., I've found keeping a hat with a bill sprayed with Deep Woods Off works fairly well. Spray the underside of the bill too. That's the key.

[habben97]

DEET is the way to go.