Ticks

[fsa46]

I enjoy hunting cellar holes but the bugs and ticks are eating me alive. I can use bug spray to deter the flying bugs but the ticks are awful. I h;ave to deal with them during hunting season as well but when ;the foliage has fallen it isn't as bad as it is now with all the new growth.

I have resigned myself to hunting open areas but would like to know what you do with the tick problem during the Spring and Summer months if you're hunting in the woods ?

 

[jabbo]

Worst tick season is May, June, July. One day in May I had 7 ticks on my clothes, then next time out I had 4 ticks. Too many out there now, I'm staying out of the fields and woods till around Sept or maybe October.

 

[Cupajo]

Tick born diseases are no picnic Friends!!

Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever are two of the most well known, but there are several others that are just as bad if not worse!!

Any flu-like symptoms, ie. chills, aches and pains, fever and general unusual tiredness or energy loss must be investigated and not ignored!!

Some of these microbes can cripple you, cause you severe pain and suffering and even kill you!!

Just yesterday our doctor said that the tick generally needs to be attached for up to 36 hours before the microbes can be transmitted!!

The main thing is to search for any attached and /or bites where there is inflammation and watch for the above mentioned symptoms!!

Early detection is the best way to avoid serious problems!!

I live in Old Lyme, Connecticut, where Lyme disease was first noticed and investigated.

Today it is pretty much everywhere and probably always was, but no-one noticed until research started.

I had a bite and symptoms years ago and got treatment ASAP!

As an "out door type" I am at risk during the tick season as is just about everyone not living in a bubble anyway.

Common yard-work and gardening expose you too!

Good Luck,

CJ

 

[pan4au]

I spray my MD hunting clothes down with repellent that contains Permethrin and let dry before wearing them. this is made for clothes only and not to be used on skin. This is the best method I've found keeping them off of me. I hunted a section of woods, for CW relics, three times this year with out having any ticks on me... I did get poison ivy... needed longer cuff gloves I guess....

 

[Mtnmn]

Permethrin is what the state forestry workers use here in PA, but you must follow the directions "very carefully" when applying it to your clothing.

 

[jabbo]

Someone posted that Permethrin is deadly to cats. Even if your cat comes in contact with your treated clothes.

 

[daddyflea]

Someone posted that Permethrin is deadly to cats. Even if your cat comes in contact with your treated clothes.

I would like to test that.

 

[jabbo]

Test It? Not with my cat.

 

[pan4au]

Someone posted that Permethrin is deadly to cats. Even if your cat comes in contact with your treated clothes.

found this. http://www.vetinfo.com/ctoxin.html

I have two dogs and no cats..

 

[jmaryt]

used to know a neighbor when i was a young kid who "helped" the "sick" squirrels
in the neighborhood!..he used a can of "gas",a pair of tweezers,and a lighted cigar!
he held the "sick" squirrel,and touched the 'hot" end of the stogie to the "blood sac"
of the tick to "work" it out of the squirrel.the tick would "back" out under the intense heat applied to the sac,
and then he would take the tweezers,and grab the tick,dropping it in the can of gas.after dropping say,2 dozen,or so,he would "touch" off the gas in the can,and roast 'em all!
we kids thought they smelled funny as they went up in flames! certainly a novel,but effective approach!..just sayin!

(h.h.!)
j.t.

 

[pan4au]

some people light a match and let it burn for a few seconds, then blow out the match and touch the tick with the match head. Don't do this on people... I've that the heat from the match can cause the tick to upchuck and possibly infecting the person with the attached tick...

 

[whylee]

I have always just heated up the end of the tweezers and touched the back of the tic with it. They always back out then I just grab them and despose of them.

 

[shoot3d]

I have a test subject for you.....if i can just catch that furry lil #$@%$#$@

 

[shoot3d]

HERE KITTY KITTY KITTY..........

 

[Cootie]

I work in a state forest and campground and also do most of my metal detecting in the woods. Permethrin is the only tic prevention I use. Follow the directions to the letter when applying to clothing. One treatment can last up to 42 days or six washings.

To remove tics from from our campers I use dawn dish soap. Just drop some of the liquid soap on the tic right from the bottle. Do not rub or touch the tic. Waite a few minutes and the tic backs out on its own.

 

[Elton]

Gas will explode when near an open heat source.. A Lite cigar would do it....

 

[jmaryt]

this is very true!..elton!
fortunately,as i can remember,we kids were a good distance away
as we observed this (modus operandi!) he! he! he! just sayin!

(h.h.!)
j.t.

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[w6pea]

Someone posted that Permethrin is deadly to cats. Even if your cat comes in contact with your treated clothes.

I would like to test that.

I second that.

 

[w6pea]

Someone posted that Permethrin is deadly to cats. Even if your cat comes in contact with your treated clothes.

found this. http://www.vetinfo.com/ctoxin.html

I have two dogs and no cats..

i wonder if I sprayed that stuff around my yard the cats would stay away.