PSA.....Ticks are active already!
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davidhelmly
5 year old buck +
That’s exactly what I use, much cheaper than the premix.
birdog
5 year old buck +
What's the mix ratio you guy's are using? I've been using the Sawyers on my turkey clothes which has always worked great. I need to start spraying my clothes outside of turkey season so I will need a cheaper alternative.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
What are these ticks you speak of?
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Peeps
5 year old buck +
Wife found an engorged deer tick on my back this morning. I was last up at my place 10 days ago so that bugger had been getting its feast on for quite awhile. Thing looked like it was ready to pop and the area around the bite was sore and nasty looking. Was hoping it was an old fashioned wood tick but no luck verified it was a deer tick. Started my 10 day cycle of Doxycycline.
birdog
5 year old buck +
Still looking for confirmation on the Permethrin mix ratio.
Peeps I have found ticks crawling on me a few days after I have left the woods. I think the tick was on my clothes when I got into my truck after spending a day at the farm and fell or crawled off onto my seat. When I got back into my truck the next day it crawled back on me and was crawling up my arm. I now spray my seats in my truck and check myself over real good for a few days after I've been in the woods and not just the day of.
Good luck with your treatment and I hope everything goes well for you.
Peeps I have found ticks crawling on me a few days after I have left the woods. I think the tick was on my clothes when I got into my truck after spending a day at the farm and fell or crawled off onto my seat. When I got back into my truck the next day it crawled back on me and was crawling up my arm. I now spray my seats in my truck and check myself over real good for a few days after I've been in the woods and not just the day of.
Good luck with your treatment and I hope everything goes well for you.
Bill
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I do 1/20 so it works out to about 10% permethrin with what I use and have watched ticks crawl up my pants and fall off.
the mix ratio depends on what percentage permethrin is in the concentrate. Don’t recall off hand what I have but it is also sold for horses.
Oh and I’ve sprayed it right on myself on many occasions. Haven’t lost any parts yet
the mix ratio depends on what percentage permethrin is in the concentrate. Don’t recall off hand what I have but it is also sold for horses.
Oh and I’ve sprayed it right on myself on many occasions. Haven’t lost any parts yet
IkemanTx
5 year old buck +
A hunting buddy of mine just got out of 2 weeks in the hospital with a high fever the whole 2 weeks.
Turned out to be Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
This guy is religious about permethrin and still got it. He is down 25lbs at this point.
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Turned out to be Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
This guy is religious about permethrin and still got it. He is down 25lbs at this point.
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Mortenson
5 year old buck +
I was reading some guys from the south on the farming forum say they spray up their boots and pants every time they get out of the truck. I think one of them said you have something like two days after getting bitten to get yourself to a doctor and get it taken care of before bad things will happen. I generally have stopped wearing Permethrin by this time of the summer, but I probably shouldn't. Hope your buddy recovers, Ikeman (had a beagle named Ike) and hope you recover promptly, Peeps.
Troubles Trees
5 year old buck +
We have had ticks here in my area of NY for only about 7-10 years and they are really only prevalent in the spring. Eggs hatch in the spring and if a tick doesn't find a host it dies. By fall I am walking through 5-6' tall goldenrod and very rarely find a tick on me, if I were to guess it would 1 per year in the fall whereas while Spring planting it's not abnormal to find 5-10 crawling up my pants in a short amount of time when there is no vegetation for them to hide in.
I was told by a friend that in the spring, newly hatched ticks can't transmit Lyme Disease until they feed on a host that has Lyme. I always assumed if the Tick that laid the eggs had Lyme it would transfer to the eggs so I dug around a little and found my friends statement to be at least mostly true. NYS Health Department says "Not all deer ticks are infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Ticks can become infected if they feed on animals such as mice and other mammals that are infected."
So an infected tick must drop off it's host and then embed on you to infect you if that gives any comfort lol Obviously you want to treat each bite as if it has Lyme to be on the safe side. Lyme Disease is no joke and should be taken seriously, I do know a couple friends that have it, one does his own taxidermy and that is how he feels he contracted it.
I was told by a friend that in the spring, newly hatched ticks can't transmit Lyme Disease until they feed on a host that has Lyme. I always assumed if the Tick that laid the eggs had Lyme it would transfer to the eggs so I dug around a little and found my friends statement to be at least mostly true. NYS Health Department says "Not all deer ticks are infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Ticks can become infected if they feed on animals such as mice and other mammals that are infected."
So an infected tick must drop off it's host and then embed on you to infect you if that gives any comfort lol Obviously you want to treat each bite as if it has Lyme to be on the safe side. Lyme Disease is no joke and should be taken seriously, I do know a couple friends that have it, one does his own taxidermy and that is how he feels he contracted it.
yoderjac
5 year old buck +
You got it right. Ticks don't get Lyme disease. The spirochete that causes Lyme disease has a reservoir in a variety of small mammals. The tick attaches and ingest blood with the spirochete. It then attaches to a second host and the spirochete moves into that host as the tick ingests blood again. So, the tic is just the transfer vector for the disease.
Thanks,
Jack
SD51555
5 year old buck +
I used to not set foot outside without my perm clothes on. I've changed my tone and quit using it altogether. It raises the bar on prevention and checking yourself. Permethrin wouldn't be the first thing we discovered was really really bad after it was too late to save the pioneers.
Mow your trails, stay outta the grass, check yourself, and eat your vegetables.
Mow your trails, stay outta the grass, check yourself, and eat your vegetables.
yoderjac
5 year old buck +
It is bad for you and that is why you should not spray it directly on your skin. We are exposed to lots of toxic things during the course fo our lives. It all comes down to sensitivity, exposure concentration and exposure time (maybe more). Risk/reward....we make that choice every day.
SD51555
5 year old buck +
I'm not sure what you're telling me.
