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Chiggers

Couldn’t tell you, along with mosquitos this is also a bug that doesn’t bite or bother me, never got them. I’ll send a vile of my blood to test to see what you have to consume to keep them away. As I’ve said before maybe I’ve been on deaths door the last 34 years and even though I don’t know it they do.
 
The_Fit_Ness_Monster said:
Couldn’t tell you, along with mosquitos this is also a bug that doesn’t bite or bother me, never got them. I’ll send a vile of my blood to test to see what you have to consume to keep them away. As I’ve said before maybe I’ve been on deaths door the last 34 years and even though I don’t know it they do.
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Let me know what’s in your blood!! They love me!!
 
Ticks don’t seem to bother me but one place I hunt is covered in them and others I’m with always get them. I started treating my baselayers with permethrin just to be sure but I think I’ll switch to outer layers.
Curious if anyone has tried Picaridin, it seems to work good on mosquitoes and biting flies… it’s unscented but definitely does have a faint smell to it.
 
The_Fit_Ness_Monster said:
Couldn’t tell you, along with mosquitos this is also a bug that doesn’t bite or bother me, never got them. I’ll send a vile of my blood to test to see what you have to consume to keep them away. As I’ve said before maybe I’ve been on deaths door the last 34 years and even though I don’t know it they do.
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I dont get them any more. Would get them by the hundreds growing up running around in the woods and what not in shorts and flip flops. Figured I just built up an immunity. There were two brothers my dad's age in the deer camp I grew up in that were 50% Cherokee and they always told me to eat more garlic. They didnt get chiggers and skeeters almost never bothered them. I added a good bit of garlic to my diet and still use it a lot now. Maybe there was something to that too. ;)
 
kstetar said:
Ticks don’t seem to bother me but one place I hunt is covered in them and others I’m with always get them. I started treating my baselayers with permethrin just to be sure but I think I’ll switch to outer layers.
Curious if anyone has tried Picaridin, it seems to work good on mosquitoes and biting flies… it’s unscented but definitely does have a faint smell to it.
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It will help with ticks and chiggers but not as good as permethrin. Pretty good for skeeters though like you mentioned.
 
BTaylor said:
I dont get them any more. Would get them by the hundreds growing up running around in the woods and what not in shorts and flip flops. Figured I just built up an immunity. There were two brothers my dad's age in the deer camp I grew up in that were 50% Cherokee and they always told me to eat more garlic. They didnt get chiggers and skeeters almost never bothered them. I added a good bit of garlic to my diet and still use it a lot now. Maybe there was something to that too. ;)
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Hmm I never thought of that but possibly makes sense, I’ve always had a garlic heavy diet, of course so does my wife and sons and skeeters and red bugs tear them up. But I’ve always heard females have higher potassium in their blood on average and that’s apparently a “sweet” tasting additive to blood, think it’s the same reason you get get bit more if you have just eaten or regularly eat bananas. But hey I’m not a doctor
 
The_Fit_Ness_Monster said:
Hmm I never thought of that but possibly makes sense, I’ve always had a garlic heavy diet, of course so does my wife and sons and skeeters and red bugs tear them up. But I’ve always heard females have higher potassium in their blood on average and that’s apparently a “sweet” tasting additive to blood, think it’s the same reason you get get bit more if you have just eaten or regularly eat bananas. But hey I’m not a doctor
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Could be the garlic or could be the liquor. They were as apt to have their water bottle full of Charter as they were to have water in it. I'm not a heavy drinker by any stretch though so that's why I have always given garlic the credit.
 
Weldabeast said:
I have had thousands of chigger bites but never seen 1 ever....I think some of u guys might be mistaking/misidentifying some insects if u finding them on you and brushing them off
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OK Mr Beast.
How do you deal with them?
 
gcr0003 said:
1. Avoid contact with skin
2. Don’t apply it to clothes that touch your skin. So definitely not socks, underwear, bas shirt etc.

Dude, you’re wild for washing that by hand and touching all that stuff. All the recommended applications I’ve seen are by spraying and done to the exterior of the clothing only. People are getting awfully bold using these pesticides. These chemicals are not to be taken lightly as they can have some wicked adverse effects if you get too much exposure. I use gloves when spraying and try not to be downwind of inhaling the stuff.View attachment 91634View attachment 91635
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You should re-read the articles that you posted. “If you follow the directions, however the dose of permethrin that you receive by wearing treated clothing is considered safe, even for pregnant women.” The directions say that you are not supposed to spray clothes while you are wearing them or spray them and put them on while damp, that clothes must be completely dry before wearing them. While drying, the chemical molecularly bonds to the threads of the fabric, bonds that are not easily broken, that’s why you can wash the clothes about 6 times before the protection fades, why sweat will not break those same bonds and why you can wear treated clothes that have dried and not be over exposed…even if you are pregnant. Over exposure primarily comes from the liquid form of the product. Soaking your clothes in a bucket is actually safer than spraying your clothes as you are much more likely to get the wet mist from the spray on your skin or breath in the mist or odors. When you use a bucket and soak your clothes you avoid that potential exposure. Obviously, the clothes have to be throughly dry before you put them on, no matter what method you use. I’m not sure exactly what I said in my post for you to jump to the conclusion that I did all of that with bare hands LOL. You obviously have a low opinion of my intelligence level. I know you will be surprised, but I actually can read quite well. I also have gloves and plenty of them. Chemical grade and surgical grade. Appreciate your concern.

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2Sloe said:
You should re-read the articles that you posted. “If you follow the directions, however the dose of permethrin that you receive by wearing treated clothing is considered safe, even for pregnant women.” The directions say that you are not supposed to spray clothes while you are wearing them or spray them and put them on while damp, that clothes must be completely dry before wearing them. While drying, the chemical molecularly bonds to the threads of the fabric, bonds that are not easily broken, that’s why you can wash the clothes about 6 times before the protection fades, why sweat will not break those same bonds and why you can wear treated clothes that have dried and not be over exposed…even if you are pregnant. Over exposure primarily comes from the liquid form of the product. Soaking your clothes in a bucket is actually safer than spraying your clothes as you are much more likely to get the wet mist from the spray on your skin or breath in the mist or odors. When you use a bucket and soak your clothes you avoid that potential exposure. Obviously, the clothes have to be throughly dry before you put them on, no matter what method you use. I’m not sure exactly what I said in my post for you to jump to the conclusion that I did all of that with bare hands LOL. You obviously have a low opinion of my intelligence level. I know you will be surprised, but I actually can read quite well. I also have gloves and plenty of them. Chemical grade and surgical grade. Appreciate your concern.

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I am glad to know you use gloves! Sorry I assumed you were anti-glove.
 
gcr0003 said:
I am glad to know you use gloves! Sorry I assumed you were anti-glove.
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All good. Dry is fine but you can’t get the liquid on you. I used spray last year and I found you are more susceptible to getting it on you than using the bucket….and you get better coverage to boot. Good Luck this season and may you be chigger free lol.
 
I treat my clothes with permethrin and that's about it. If I get them it isn't the most pleasant but once u had so many it seems maybe it gets better?
 
Weldabeast said:
I treat my clothes with permethrin and that's about it. If I get them it isn't the most pleasant but once u had so many it seems maybe it gets better?
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You can become desensitized to them. Grew up hunting in LA and it got to where mosquito bites didn’t itch or welt up on me at all. I would just have a perfect little red dot where they bit me, that was it. Now after living in non mosquito locations for the last 25 years, they itch and welt up again.
 
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