Ticks, Ticks Ticks….they are everywhere.

[2Sloe]

I was out climbing in the woods last week and after coming home I went to take a shower and Lone Star tick had latched on to me in the waistband area. I had sprayed my socks, lower pant legs and boots, but already had my gear on and didn’t want to spray OFF on my gear so I skipped the waistband. Next day I found another on my leg that I know was not there the previous day, so I don’t know where that one came from.

Went out climbing again today and sprayed down all the openings in my clothes. When I got back to the truck I checked my pants legs and found three ticks on my pant legs. One is clearly a Lone Star tick and the other two look like deer ticks, which can carry Lyme disease.

So if you are going out in the woods, makes sure you are spraying down, closing clothes openings as much as possible, shower as soon as you get home, and do a full body scan. If you put your clothes in the dryer and run it, it will kill any ticks that may be on your clothes. Good luck and stay safe!

 

[boyne bowhunter]

I went for a quick bike ride last night down the paved bake trail near my house to try out a new handle bar mount for my camera. When I turned around I rode through a stretch of low grass without even thinking about it. I got home, walked in the house, sat down an felt something crawling on my leg. Sure enough, a deer tick had managed to latch onto me somewhere there, either on the bike ride or walking in through the lawn. I caught him before he had a chance to start chewing but man, I was outdoors in a almost completely urban setting for less than 20 minutes.

 

[Tjraley2]

I’ve heard they’re bad this year. I sprayed all my stuff down with permethrin and haven’t had a single tick yet. I’ve been crawling through some nasty stuff trying to sneak on turkey, sat in overgrown fence rows for hours, and walked through a bunch of tall grass and I’ve not had one.

 

[Weldabeast]

Permethrin, tucked in shirt,, tall socks preferably over the pant leg, permethrin on the seat of the truck, disrobe before entering the house, shower, visual check before bed (helps if u have a significant other). Going into the woods with time of year u are getting ticks on u no matter what u do around here....the experts say that if u have the tick dislodged within 24hrs slim to no chance of lime.

 

[Rickor]

Yea, pretty much the same here in the Jersey Pinelands. Permethrin sprayed on clothing and dry before wearing is my goto.

 

[2Sloe]

I’ve heard they’re bad this year. I sprayed all my stuff down with permethrin and haven’t had a single tick yet. I’ve been crawling through some nasty stuff trying to sneak on turkey, sat in overgrown fence rows for hours, and walked through a bunch of tall grass and I’ve not had one.

Yep, that stuff does work….if nothing else for added security. I was planning on soaking an old pair of jeans and long sleeve down in permethrin to use as my go to climbing clothes.

 

[Topdog]

I started using permethrin after reading a thread on here, it work’s, I keep a separate set of clothes treated with permethrin in the garage in a garbage bag, tape my pants to my boots, and have zero problems, I gained sole access to hunt a lucrative farm last year because the owner got lyme, and that area is notorious for bad deer tick problems.

 

[heretic]

Permethrin on the clothes for the ticks and picardirin on the skin for the biting flies. Works wonders

 

[sojourner]

I’ve mentioned this before, and I’ll say it again. Gamehide clothes. The permethrin is “baked” into the clothes.

ElimiTick Recreation Bundle / ERECB

ElimiTick Size Chart

gamehide.com

I have no affiliation, just a super happy customer. Get the bundle, wear your socks over your pants, your shirt tucked in your pants and you are good to go. They are good for 7 years or 70 washings. No ticks on me or my clothes with these. I have literally put live ticks on my gamehide pants, while I was wearing them, and watched them take a couple steps, pause, then fall off dead.

Only need to spray your non-clothes gear like backpacks and such.

It still amazes me that with all the money spent on hunting and all the money spent and effort mixing solutions and applying every six weeks, I have not heard on here, or in general, anyone just buying the bundle and being rid of ticks.

The gamehide clothes are like boot dryers, integral to my outdoors gear, but not a “sexy” new product. But I sure do need and use them.

Don’t buy that 7th saddle, or 6th set of climbing sticks. Get a camo and non-camo bundle and just wear the heck out of them.

 

[boyne bowhunter]

That's probably the funniest part. On Monday evening I went for a 2 mile walk through some thick underbrush scouting a new to me possible hunting spot. Wasn't wearing any of my permethrin treated clothes. Only precaution I took was a pair of rubber boots. Hunted hard all turkey season but my pants and shirt were treated. Not a tick from the "woods". Go for a urban bike ride an pick one up. . . how's that work? Of course I was wearing shorts and sneakers without socks so that might have come into play.

 

[sweats]

I treat my clothes with permethrin, but I usually end up staying mostly out of the woods this time of year honestly.

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[Weldabeast]

I’ve mentioned this before, and I’ll say it again. Gamehide clothes. The permethrin is “baked” into the clothes.

ElimiTick Recreation Bundle / ERECB

ElimiTick Size Chart

gamehide.com

Am I reading that correctly? 1 Shirt, 1 pant, and 1 pair of socks for 110 dollars?
That's 5 bottles of the premix and hundreds of gallons of the diluted concentrate....
How much do they charge if u send them ur clothes for them to treat? I pretty sure I remember somebody saying they offered that service

Not trying to be argumentative....just making an observation.

 

[ssramage]

I live on a barrier island on the GA coast. We live on 5 acres. I have hunted my entire life and have never seen ticks anywhere as bad as my property. I can literally pick up ticks walking out to my truck.

I treat all of my hunting clothes with permethrin and that works, but have just become very observant and constantly check my clothes/body for ticks.

 

[sojourner]

Am I reading that correctly? 1 Shirt, 1 pant, and 1 pair of socks for 110 dollars?
That's 5 bottles of the premix and hundreds of gallons of the diluted concentrate....
How much do they charge if u send them ur clothes for them to treat? I pretty sure I remember somebody saying they offered that service

Not trying to be argumentative....just making an observation.

Permethrin Clothing Treatment - We Treat Clothing For You

Why try spraying clothes with permethrin yourself when you can use Insect Shield’s clothing treatment service? Just send us your clothes, and we’ll treat them with permethrin for you.

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Looks like $8.50 per piece. Or other non-hunting clothes to purchase here. I have not sent in any clothes to this place yet.

$110 may seem like a lot, but you get 7 years of tick free clothes to wear. Never having to soak and treat clothes (and the mess and exposure to your skin of the permethrin liquid) and then having to set them out to dry. No worrying about the last time you treated your clothes. You’d be paying a premium to get hours back in your life and have worry free tick proof clothes and not expose yourself to liquid permethrin.

I could see going the concentrate route and mixing if money is tight. I have done that for years. But we are mostly dealing with a bunch of gear strumpets who drop over $200 for a cloth hunting diaper without batting an eye. IMO, the money spent is well worth what is provided.

Not trying to be argumentative either. It is just so nice to not have to worry about treating clothes every 6 weeks and all that entails.

 

[Blacksmith]

I saw someone using a lint roller on their clothes to detect, pick up the little critters since some are tough to see. It seemed to really work well.

 

[DoubleLung'em]

If you don’t want to wash and dry your clothes to kill/remove the ticks, throw them in your freezer overnight. That’s a good tick killing trick.

 

[2Sloe]

Am I reading that correctly? 1 Shirt, 1 pant, and 1 pair of socks for 110 dollars?
That's 5 bottles of the premix and hundreds of gallons of the diluted concentrate....
How much do they charge if u send them ur clothes for them to treat? I pretty sure I remember somebody saying they offered that service

Not trying to be argumentative....just making an observation.

That does seem a little steep, until you consider that a cheap pair of hunting pants, shirt and pair of socks would cost you at least $60

 

[Rickor]

Thats the beauty of America, one size doesnt fit all!

 

[Weldabeast]

That does seem a little steep, until you consider that a cheap pair of hunting pants, shirt and pair of socks would cost you at least $60

Not if ur a timberpimp

 

[fawnzy]

My neighbour went fishing yesterday. He has anti tick clothing but decided not to wear it.
When he got home he found one on his back and one on his penis.
Wear the clothes, spray down.


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