Keeping a Can or Bag of Tobacco on Your Boat or in Your Tackle Box

[lucescoflathead]

Meat tenderizer is what they use on jelly fish stings, but it don't taste as good as Redman....

[festus]

Yeah, I've always heard that tobacco is a good wound dressing. But as the previous two posters mentioned, meat tenderizer is great too, that's what I use.

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[Cannibalcritter]

I dip and always have a can thanks for the tip.. Very good to no

[Mike H]

I take a guy fishing sometimes who drinks a shot of vinegar before he goes out to prevent bug bites, he claims his Dad was taught by the Army to do that in 'Nam. He swears it works, but I'm still not anxious to drink the vinegar.

[CountryHart]

Aint nothing worse then having to put stale tobacco in your mouth.
Yall keep a check on them dates and rotate the stock.

I usually have Fresh copenhagen whereever i'm at. It definitely works. Seldon bothered by any type of bee but it's the first thing i do if i get popped.

[Thermite]

Doesn't matter what brand you get. Doesn't matter if you do or don't chew, smoke, or use tobacco in any manner.

I don't chew, nor dip, but I keep a can of Copenhagen or Skoal or some kind of snuff or chew on my boats at all times.

For Yellow Jackets, other Wasps, Hornets, and other Bug bites. It really works. If push comes to shove, you can even use the tobacco in a cigarette or a cigar or pipe tobacco, but I find it easier to just keep a can on my boats and I keep one in my tackle box.

Yellow Jackets can get pretty aggressive, especially in the Fall here where I live. I guess their regular food supply diminishes and they start looking for other food sources... and they know to look around where folks are fishing.

I've had them sting me. And when I have gotten stung by any wasp or hornet, I immediately get out my can, grab a pinch, wet it, and then place the pinch of wet tobacco on the spot where I got stung or bit. Generally, I have no swelling when I react immediately, and if some swelling has started, it goes away fast, and even the redness and pain goes away in about 30 minutes or less.

So, tobacco can actually be good for you. It makes for a good addition to any First Aid kit.

Tobacco is good for me. I knew It...

[xnmcclurex]

ha i think ill just stick to putting it in my lip.