How To Get Rid of Deer Flies!! This Really Works!

Because of all the deer flies this year due to a very wet spring, I thought I would repost this again. I really hate deer flies. You might look like an idiot using this method, but it really works. Deer flies appear to be highly attracted to the color bright Royal blue. Get a plastic Solo drinking cup that is bright Royal Blue in color. Coat the outside of the cup with something called Tanglefoot. Make sure the Tanglefoot is clear in color, not the brown kind. Walk (or drive around your property on a 4 wheeler or lawn mower)with the cup attached to a pole or antenna, and the flies will attract themselves to the cup and get stuck. Hundreds of them will come. Why? Nobody knows. The deer flies will be completely wiped out for around two weeks.

Some other helpful tidbits when using this method:

1. The flies seem to like a moving target. If the blue cup is attached to something moving, the flies are attracted to it quicker. Hanging a blue cup in a stationary position is not as good as attaching the cup to a moving target.

2. I always attach my blue cup to the FRONT grill of the lawnmower or 4 wheeler. I can then see all of the flies chasing the cup and getting stuck on it. They make a beeline straight for the cup. I have never been bitten by a deer or horse fly when using the blue cup. They always go after the Royal Blue cup and leave me entirely alone. I cut a hole in the bottom of the Blue Solo cup and hang it upside down over the tip or an old ski pole after I have coated the cup with the clear Tanglefoot. The clear Tanglefoot allows the Royal Blue color to really stand out in the sunlight. I then bungie cord the ski pole to my 4- wheeler or riding lawn mower.

3.Deer flies and horse flies are territorial. That means basically that the same flies attack you over and over at the same spots every day. Once you kill the flies from a certain sector, you will be totally deerfly free for about two weeks until new ones hatch and claim the territory again. I suggest trolling or riding a moving vehicle with the cup attached around areas where the flies are known to congregate. I suggest trolling along areas where the woods meet the fields, or around any bodies of water. You can even attach a cup to the antenna of your car and drive slowly around your property.

I have had such great luck, so I would really like to hear of your experiences also.

Last Edited by prichard072885 on 07/12/2013 10:10 AM