I grew up in Minnesota, with a swampy riverbank full of mosquitos in my back yard. I also used to react to mosquito bites, until I took the wilderness survival

I grew up in Minnesota, with a swampy riverbank full of mosquitos in my back yard. I also used to react to mosquito bites, until I took the wilderness survival merit badge class at Tomahawk Scout Reservation in Wisconsin. Sleeping outside in mosquito infested woods, without shelter, also made me resistant to mosquito bites. I feel the bite itself, but I don't swell up or itch at all. I also no longer wear repellant, except when I'm at an elevated risk for getting wood ticks or deer ticks.