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Post by jordanffemt on May 9, 2014 13:09:12 GMT -5
they wasn't moving
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Post by 76chevy on Jun 11, 2014 11:23:47 GMT -5
Yes, I do this and it is the best defense. I treat all my clothing with permethrin and repeat the process based on how many days I'm out.
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Post by iceman10 on Jun 11, 2014 16:03:28 GMT -5
Camo bug suit from Cabelas is the ticket year round for fishing and hunting to keep ticks, biting flies and Mosquitos off you .
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jun 12, 2014 7:20:15 GMT -5
I don't know about you guys, but ticks haven't been anywhere near as bad this year in my neck of the woods. I spent far more time sitting on the ground this turkey season than previous years, and have been out in the woods several times a week, hiking, camping, etc., and have had only a few ticks.
Last year, I'd get out of the truck and walk ~50 yards into the woods to check a trail cam, and come back with 50 of the tiny "turkey mites" on my legs / ankles. Once, when I was out for a few hours moving stands/etc., I came back with at least 200 of them on me. This year, ZERO of the tiny ones.
I'm thinking the extra cold winter killed a few off.
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Post by 76chevy on Jun 12, 2014 14:07:52 GMT -5
It helped some, I also found fewer ticks on me this spring.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jun 13, 2014 13:40:56 GMT -5
I have a wife who picks off the ones I miss. The last one she thought was a skin tag until she put on her glasses and saw that it had legs.
I didn't get nearly as many this year as I did last. Either that or she needs new glasses. :-)
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Post by jackryan on Jul 1, 2014 21:47:00 GMT -5
Permethrin, permethrin, permethrin. I buy the highest concentrate I can find and mix it down to suit the purpose I want to use it for.
I had reason to be in the woods every day this year long past the usual turkey season and the tick situation on keeps getting worse and right on past nightmarish and in to ridiculous. Literally times I'd get back to the truck to see uncountable numbers of ticks crawling on pants. Blue jean type material is the worst I found, it's like they can't let go of that if they want to. Plastic and rubber rain pants were the best, they can't seem to hang on to that unless it has fuzzy texture inside.
One trick I started and will use from now on during tick season is an old boiler man trick I learned early during my powerhouse apprenticeship. To slag a boiler with would put on an outside air supplyhood and duct tape all the openings in your coveralls closed. Taping sleeves to gloves and the bottom of the legs closed to our boots. Then you'd climb inside the boiler firebox and they would close it up and turn the force draft fan on to blow the soot you were knocking loose out the stack. It was like a soot sand storm and this would help keep it out of your cloths.
I did this to the bottom of my hunting pant legs and it worked really great. Reliving those most annoying tick bite itches on ankles and toes. I highly recomend it in combination with permethrin procedures. Way better than tucking them in socks or anything else I've ever heard of.
When you get down to the last inch or two of tape on your legs, fold it over so you can unwind it to get it off and be sure to cover the laces area on your boots or they will get in.
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Post by ms660 on Jul 1, 2014 23:23:07 GMT -5
I don't know about you guys, but ticks haven't been anywhere near as bad this year in my neck of the woods. I spent far more time sitting on the ground this turkey season than previous years, and have been out in the woods several times a week, hiking, camping, etc., and have had only a few ticks. Last year, I'd get out of the truck and walk ~50 yards into the woods to check a trail cam, and come back with 50 of the tiny "turkey mites" on my legs / ankles. Once, when I was out for a few hours moving stands/etc., I came back with at least 200 of them on me. This year, ZERO of the tiny ones. I'm thinking the extra cold winter killed a few off. The "turkey mites' haven't hatched out yet. Middle of August until the first heavy frost are when they are the worst. Actually they are not turkey mites, but the larva stage of the lone star tick. Most of the time when your unlucky enough to run into them it will be a cluster of fresh hatched eggs and then the misery starts, unless your prepared. I'm convinced that a hard winter has any bearing on the tick population. Once when I killed a bear in Canada I froze the head and skin in a freezer for two years. When I decided to do something with it, I thawed it out and ticks that were frozen for two years came back to life, this convinced me a bad winter has no effect on the ticks.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jul 2, 2014 10:08:54 GMT -5
That may be, but they were definitely out by this time last year. From May on, they were bad. What could cause different hatching times but the temperatures?
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Post by drs on Jul 2, 2014 10:18:25 GMT -5
I consider "turkey mites" chiggers. They are at their worse in mid-July through September.
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Post by ms660 on Jul 3, 2014 1:01:53 GMT -5
That may be, but they were definitely out by this time last year. From May on, they were bad. What could cause different hatching times but the temperatures? I'm way down south in the state, maybe they hatch out at different time where your at. I still believe that cold has little if any effect on ticks. Look at Canada where the winters up there are much more harsh than ours . The tick population is bad here, but up there it's much worse from my experience.
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Post by beermaker on Jul 4, 2014 21:35:26 GMT -5
I don't hunt much in the spring, but this is what I do starting in August when in pursuit of the elusive tree rat.
I stand in my garage with nothing on but underwear and spray down well with deep-woods OFF. Put on socks and spray them. Finish getting dressed and spray boots liberally. I treat ALL of my clothing with Sawyer permetherin as directed. All of my early season pants have drawstring cuffs. If yours don't, invest in a roll of cheap duct tape. It will keep the bugs out, but won't stick too much.
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Post by chubwub on Jul 7, 2014 15:15:21 GMT -5
I find that a blow torch is very effective.
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Post by ridgerunner on Jul 11, 2014 7:01:43 GMT -5
Sawyer's Permetherin. 40% deet is good for the skin, Sawyer's on clothes
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Post by ms660 on Jul 11, 2014 22:37:37 GMT -5
I find that a blow torch is very effective. I have many times carried a small propane torch on my three wheeler and when I get out of the woods a very light hit with it on my pants will wipe out most of the larva stage ticks that are hard to see. Just make sure you have no holes in your jeans. I do what Jack does and always tape my pant legs shut with duct tape and tuck my shirt in.With a good dousing of permythrin on your clothing you usual can keep them off of your skin.
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