That’s exactly what I use, much cheaper than the premix.Everyone, get your clothes all treated with Permethrin and wear it each time out, head to toe. I buy this concentrate and make up batches in a squirt bottle. Real cheap.
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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.Everyone, get your clothes all treated with Permethrin and wear it each time out, head to toe. I buy this concentrate and make up batches in a squirt bottle. Real cheap.
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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 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.
I'm not sure what you're telling me.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.