The deep woods stuff that comes in the green can is no better than the stuff in the orange can. Leave it on the shelf. Seek out the Deep Woods Sportsman in the blue can. It's got a significantly higher deet content (though not nearly as high as KG's bison nerd juice).
Go with the blue.
Oh, and something I learned through apathy: One year, I went camping and forgot to bring bug spray. The first night, I got raped by mosquitoes. The second day, I figured it was a waste of time trek back to civilization for spray. By day 3, the mosquitoes just left me alone. In fact, I've never really been a mosquito target since.
I compared this story with a buddy who did summer seismic in NWT. I guess the skeeters are just ridiculous up there. He basically had the same thing happen to him. He just let them go at it for a couple of days, then they all but stopped biting him.
Of course, maybe I'm just lucky.
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