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Ticks

Skunkworkx said:
For you guys against Permethrin.

Have you ever been in the service ?
Ever look at a tag on a BDU ?
Wellll....

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it’s weird

studies I’ve read show permethrin safer on skin than DEET

and permethrin is what lice shampoo has in it

yet DEET on the skin and permethrin on clothes
 
I buy the permethrin concentrate from tractor supply and mix it like Stone Cold is telling me to do it.

I spray it on my clothes and let it dry. I spray it on my azaleas by the front porch to get rid of mosquitos. I poke a big hole in fire ant nest and give them a healthy dose of it. I squirt carpenter bees and their holes. I squirt wasp nests and wasps. They all die. I’ve even killed an entire yellow jacket nest with it.
 
LtMoe66 said:
Permethrin is the key. But sawyers is expensive. Buy it concentrated and mix in a spray bottle. It’s way cheaper and will last multiple seasons. You can make 50 bottles for the price of one or two Sawyer bottles!View attachment 86185
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I buy Sawyers at Walmart for 12 dollars and the spray bottle will do 5 hunting suites. The other stuff has a smell to it.
 
Apex7 said:
I buy Sawyers at Walmart for 12 dollars and the spray bottle will do 5 hunting suites. The other stuff has a smell to it.
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It might have smell to it at first but once it’s completely dry, wash once on light in cold water and you’re good. I killed six deer last year and all while wearing my clothing sprayed with the concentrate that I diluted. No ticks! :)
 
I have always used Permethrin concentrate and I still do for boots socks etc. However, last year I bought Sitka early season pants and shirt with insect shield. Baked with permethrin and good for 100 washes. It did great wore them every early season hunt and didn't get a tick on me and they are bad in MO.
 
Yep seed ticks suck, my wife got tick fever shortly after moving here, she was hallucinating and talking to her dead mom she had a monster fever for days all the ER did was take blood and send her home
 
As someone who got the Alpha-Gal allergy when I was younger, I take tick prevention VERY seriously. Here's my process:
  1. I douse my clothes--base layers, mid-layers, outer layers, boots, shirts, hat, everything except my facemask--with Sawyer's Permethrin spray (link HERE) the evening before I go afield and let them hang-dry.
    1. That lasts for 6 weeks or 6 washings, but I typically reapply after 3 weeks or 3 washings just to be safe.
    2. Also, make sure you don't go light on the dosing. Check the label, and load up. If you under-dose, the effectiveness is materially lower.
    3. THP made a video about going on a clean water mission trip with the folks from Sawyer's (linked HERE), which made me decide to always buy Sawyer's instead of the concentrate stuff that you dilute yourself, but I've used both with great success.
  2. I also wear some First Lite boot gaiters (link HERE) always, which I believe limits those suckers crawling up my pants legs.
    1. These boot gaiters are lightweight and stretchy, and they've been very durable for me--much better than the other brand I tried.
    2. Of course, these also get regularly doused with permethrin.
  3. Finally, I do a good tick-check before hopping in the shower at home.
With that regimen, I get near-100% success on tick prevention. I went this full turkey season in Tennessee without getting a single tick or chigger bite.

@catman529 did a really nice video on which spray to use (linked HERE), and The Hunting Public also did a test on permethrin and made a video about it (linked HERE).

For the record, none of those are affiliate links--just trying to be helpful here! Stay safe out there, folks.
 
1) I believe far and away #1 importance is good hygiene habits of checking yourself/kids regardless of what else you do, you still need to check. Get them out ASAP no problem, it's the ones you miss that cause lyme. Check yourself daily, whether you are in the woods or not. We pick one up occasionally even in our yard and I've had a few live in my truck for days only to find them crawling on me at random times. "An ounce of prevention" or however that saying goes, I don't buy it. I think prevention in this context can lead to complacence.
2) Permethrin treat clothes definitely works very well, but still check yourself.
3) Stay out of barberry

Also what was said above about tight clothes, tucking in shirts, and wearing gaiters. Also checking your clothes before hopping in the truck.
 
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TNbowhunter said:
As someone who got the Alpha-Gal allergy when I was younger, I take tick prevention VERY seriously. Here's my process:
  1. I douse my clothes--base layers, mid-layers, outer layers, boots, shirts, hat, everything except my facemask--with Sawyer's Permethrin spray (link HERE) the evening before I go afield and let them hang-dry.
    1. That lasts for 6 weeks or 6 washings, but I typically reapply after 3 weeks or 3 washings just to be safe.
    2. Also, make sure you don't go light on the dosing. Check the label, and load up. If you under-dose, the effectiveness is materially lower.
    3. THP made a video about going on a clean water mission trip with the folks from Sawyer's (linked HERE), which made me decide to always buy Sawyer's instead of the concentrate stuff that you dilute yourself, but I've used both with great success.
  2. I also wear some First Lite boot gaiters (link HERE) always, which I believe limits those suckers crawling up my pants legs.
    1. These boot gaiters are lightweight and stretchy, and they've been very durable for me--much better than the other brand I tried.
    2. Of course, these also get regularly doused with permethrin.
  3. Finally, I do a good tick-check before hopping in the shower at home.
With that regimen, I get near-100% success on tick prevention. I went this full turkey season in Tennessee without getting a single tick or chigger bite.

@catman529 did a really nice video on which spray to use (linked HERE), and The Hunting Public also did a test on permethrin and made a video about it (linked HERE).

For the record, none of those are affiliate links--just trying to be helpful here! Stay safe out there, folks.
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So a little off topic, but did the alpha-gal allergy eventually go away?

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sweats said:
So a little off topic, but did the alpha-gal allergy eventually go away?

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Yes, mine did, but it took 15-ish years to fully resolve. I never stopped eating mammal meat; not sure if I was conditioned to it or it just faded. My symptoms would typically present as awful stomach cramping 6+ hours after eating mammal meat followed by super itchy hives all over my body that got worse if I scratched, rubbed, or otherwise contacted my skin. I'd take 50-75mg of Benadryl, then the itching would slowly ease up until I could fall asleep 30 minutes to 2 hours later. It started out happening once a month or so, and the longest gap between events was probably 1-2 years.
 
hounddog said:
Yep seed ticks suck, my wife got tick fever shortly after moving here, she was hallucinating and talking to her dead mom she had a monster fever for days all the ER did was take blood and send her home
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I live in southeast Missouri and the seed ticks are really bad here in late summer and early fall. I carry a small roll of duct tape with me in case I get into a nest or two of those seed ticks. I can rip off a long piece of tape and go up and down my pants legs and bare legs and remove those little critters rather quickly before they have a chance to spread and bite. I use a piece of tape until it loses it stickiness and the rip off another piece.
 
shmelton said:
I swear on my Childrens life this works…A guy who cut right of ways for a living told me the trick. A shot of vinegar a night. I have had ticks crawl on me, but I haven’t had a tick bite since I started. I start 2 weeks before deer season, and 2 weeks before Turkey season. I do still spray my clothes with Sawyers just to keep from bringing them in the house.


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I’ll 2nd the vinegar, and also attribute it to not much trouble with mosquitoes also. Either it’s the vinegar or I’ve unknowingly been on deaths door for 2 decades therefore they don’t bite lol
 
Never head of the vinegar I'll have to try that. I do know skeeters absolutely crush me if I am drinking or recently have been compared to not.
 
As others have stated permethrin for the clothes/gear/car. However if you're in big timber it will do nothing to protect you from the horse flies. When they start hitting hard (in another few weeks), i would suggest adding picaridin to your regimen.

I've heard skin so soft works for biting flies but I haven't had the pleasure of testing that theory for myself. Those horseflies are downright awnry!
 
Part of me feels like the vinegar is a prank. Sounds like something I would do. Kind of like the ole you can’t bend 10 stick rods around your neck. Lol. If it is a real thing I’m gonna have to try.
 
I've been thinking...I used Premetherin last season and no issues with tics or anything. My first real full seaon out there. New to hunting. If I use Premetherin followed by a scent cover spray...is it now obsolete? Do deer smell this spray on our clothes. I do try to play the wind...but extra precaution never hurts.
 
After hunting the last three weeks in high grass and wheat fields, I've not seen a tick but I treat my clothes w/permithrin also.
 
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