Ticks 🤬
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Had one on my neck the other day. If fell down my back. I then I proceeded to strip all of my six layers off in the blind to get to it lol.
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Crazy. I had one embedded the other day right below my buttcheek. The first one in a decade that actually bit me, usually I can feel them crawling and get it first.
To actually kill ticks, the freezing temperatures must be a sustained number of days below 10 degrees F. This is happening less often as our winters are getting warmer than they use to be. Any ticks that have attached to a deer will be kept warm by the animal's body heat and will survive a cold snap.
I've been covered in them in both December and January squirrel hunting. the dogs, too. Permethrin on the field pants solves problem. Dogs get treatment for fleas and ticks all year now.
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Smawgunner2
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I swear, every time I'm in the woods I'm pulling them off. It's as common as taking off my boots.
Why aren’t you spraying down with sawyers? Stuff works…
I hunt amidst exclusively in OCP uniforms from my .mil time. I also permethrin other dedicated outdoor clothing. Another item i have for myself and the kids is this.
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I had one embedded on me a few weeks ago, after pulling it off the hair follicle was agitated and looked concerning, doctor wasn’t sure and put me on a round antibiotics for 2 weeks to play it safe
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When did ticks start to become bad in Ohio? There were a # of really mild winters when I was in elementary school, but never remember ticks really being a concern as a child. Like my mother never stripped me down and checked me like we do with our boys
Last 10 years in NE is when they started showing up consistently.
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Sawyers for your clothing and hat. Wear long sleeve light weight shirts in warmer weather.I should but I don't. I can't stand shit on my skin...I'll probably die of either Lyme or skin cancer
You should read up on Permethrin. You never put it on you, just treat your clothing with it. Once dry it is completely harmless to everything but bugs. It works and will withstand many washings. Ticks, fleas, chiggers, mosquitos all die if they crawl on your treated clothing. Nothing better.I should but I don't. I can't stand shit on my skin...I'll probably die of either Lyme or skin cancer
I'm pretty sure the Sawyers is 6 washings. That's almost a lifetime for people in SE Ohio.
Look up alphagal, that is scarier to me than Lyme by a LONG SHOT
Some of you may have seen where my youngest had a tick the other week. He was off Tuesday and still feelng bad Wednesday with body aches and a headache. He had a bullseye rash show up at the bite site yesterday so we took him to urgent care. 14 days of 3x a day amoxicillin. But the provider wasn't sold on the lyme disease connection so he was also tested for the flu and covid.
Sawyers is Permethrin right? sunlight degrades the permethrin worse than washings. Dry treated clothing in the shade and keep out of the sunlight when you aren’t wearing it.
The main reason I mix my own permethrin by the gallon is so I can soak/saturate the clothing I’m treating. I do pants, shirts. Socks and some underwear. Hats and gloves, too. Seems to last me several months.
Completely saturating the fibers surely works better than spraying on the outside.