Mosquito proof shirt for HOT weather?

Mike Islander

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Walked the fields of our hunt club near Hollywood, SC a few nights ago. Southern coastal forest and farmland. Rife with mosquitoes.

Columbia vented shirts are great for our hot, humid weather, but too thin to protect us from mosquitoes. This was from about an hour of walking, and there were more on my back in the section where it's a single layer!
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Zion pants are just thick enough, but I need a shirt that will keep the beasts off of me.

Any experience with shirts that are protective but relatively cool? Not really interested in the expensive "original mosquito shirt", just an outdoors shirt that happens to work and won't kill me in our hellish summers.
 
I wear a khaki mesh hoodie from ExOfficio with Insect Shield. Breathes to let heat out, allows a breeze to flow through and cool you off, but keeps the mosquitoes away.

I bought two, new with tags, off Ebay a couple of years back. Still going strong.
 
Sitka Equinox maybe, but think only available in a hoody?


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Rynoskin now but the best I have used was the old Bugskinz Cabelas used to sell, watch ebay. It's why over 100 early Archery out here , that Bugshinz was the best.
 
I use the First Lite Wick Hoodie all summer while fly fishing and into archery elk season. Does a good job keeping the sun and bugs off of me, may be too hot for SC though.
 
Rynoskin and then whatever clothing. Spray all clothing, socks, hats with permetherin.
 
I wear a Simms sun hoody with their insect guard. You could also get any other brand and treat it yourself I suppose.
 
OP here: I think for our warm and humid weather a hoody or even my Columbia Silver Ridge shirts treated with permethrin is going to be the ticket. They say the spray on kind lasts for about 6 washes.

Thanks for all the great suggestions. Those who haven't experienced Southern summers might have a hard time imagining how hot and humid it gets (though I know other states up North can get that too). Here it's 4 months a year.
 
Mike Islander said:
OP here: I think for our warm and humid weather a hoody or even my Columbia Silver Ridge shirts treated with permethrin is going to be the ticket. They say the spray on kind lasts for about 6 washes.

Thanks for all the great suggestions. Those who haven't experienced Southern summers might have a hard time imagining how hot and humid it gets (though I know other states up North can get that too). Here it's 4 months a year.
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Dilute the permethrin and soak in water. I think that does a longer lasting job than the spray on kind!


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Zevo on body is you friend...I slather that shit on like Hai Karate on 80s Friday night and spray my shirt, hat, and pants.
 
I buy permethrin 10% on amazon (the kind marketed for use on horses and dogs), I dilute and mix it accordingly in a one gallon pump sprayer. I then spray and hang dry all of my outdoor and hunting clothing for the spring/summer season. I treat my hunting clothing again prior to fall season. No bug issues except for face and hands. Mixing your own is considerably cheaper than buying the sawyer premixed stuff, easier to treat a lot of clothing items, and left over to spray the dogs a few times per summer.
 
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