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Chiggers and Ticks

Are chiggers and/or ticks worst this year?

  • Yes--both seem worse so far

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • About the same

    Votes: 4 26.7%

  • No--I've notices them less so far

    Votes: 3 20.0%

  • I live too far north for chiggers

    Votes: 4 26.7%

  • Ticks worse, chiggers not worse

    Votes: 3 20.0%

  • Chiggers worse, ticks not worse

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • Total voters
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5 year old buck +
It's already been a brutal chigger year. With the generally mild winter and no late freeze, the chiggers seem to have gotten a head start. The ticks are about normal from my observation, but my wife thinks they are worse this year. I just finished mixing a gallon of Permethrin for my work cloths, the deer blinds and chicken coop.
 
What do you guys do to try to protect yourself from these parasites? What seems to work best? I need advice
 
KY wild said:
What do you guys do to try to protect yourself from these parasites? What seems to work best? I need advice
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Tick Talk

@Foggy47 finding ticks and some conversation there got me to thinking we've got to have the tick talk again. There's nothing new in the tick world, but it's always a good topic to see how others deal with them. I used to be a dip-everything-in-permethrin guy. I've since gravitated away from...
habitat-talk.com
 
Ticks are out of control. Pulled 4 off me yesterday and I was on an excavator all day
 
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We transported a guy early this morning that I may be surprised if he makes it due to infection from a tick bite he got 3 weeks ago.They are about the same on my place,terrible.
 
KY wild said:
What do you guys do to try to protect yourself from these parasites? What seems to work best? I need advice
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Permethrin 0.5% on my clothing and 0.25% on the yard. I also apply DEET to exposed skin.
 
I feel we are lucky on ticks based on your experiences. Walking in tall grass now it's unlikely to get a tick. I know I'm gambling but I'm not even wearing permethrin treated clothes now. If I have a task in a bad spot, I do still have fully treated clothes to wear. I buy the concentrate and soak clothing in the garage to let it dry in the shade. By the fumes, I'd guess not much is breathing in my garage either.
 
I used permethrin on my socks and pants 2 weeks ago (washed since). I couldn't remember which shirt I wore then and it was too late to spray it and dry. For that reason, I used the Sawyers blue can up top and down low. I found one on my calf and one on my butt today. I figured the blue can might work for ticks, but now I'm not so sure. In terms of the poll, ticks have been horrible for at least the last 5 years, but probably more. I pulled them off my jacket in January when it was 20F.
 
I wonder why they are becoming more and more of a problem?
 
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Several articles about how an increase in acorns cause more mice which cause more Lyme disease. Just google..... How acorns cause Lyme or how acorns increase ticks. I just found it interesting
 
Ove heard soaking cotton balls in permethrin and stringing them out in the woods helps with that. Mice put them in their nests and it kills the the ticks and fleas.
 
This am…leaving my farm, opened gate, closed gate, turned water off at the meter right off the gravel, pulled three off me when I got in the truck. That was the only time I was outside this am. It’s horrible
 
For some reason chiggers leave me alone, but ticks are another matter. My oldest son however, is a chigger magnet. If there’s one in the county, it’s coming his way !
 
drycreek said:
For some reason chiggers leave me alone, but ticks are another matter. My oldest son however, is a chigger magnet. If there’s one in the county, it’s coming his way !
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Same, it’s crazy my dad and buddy get tore up by chiggers. I don’t think I’ve ever had them
 
I think chiggers bite everyone, just not everyone has a massive 2 week long massive marathon itchy response to the bite. Kind of like not everyone is allergic to poison ivy.
 
T-Max said:
You haven’t lived til you’ve had a chigger bite on your scro….


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Omg I got poison ivy all over the nether regions in college right during the timing of my cousin's wedding. 2.5 solid days of nonstop activities. I had to itch constantly. Didn't even care after a while, just kept scratching myself. I think it's made me immune to getting poison ivy nowadays.
 
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