Well as you all can read it that time of the year to get out in the nicer weather and start stumping and scouting. Just a reminder to take the necessary steps for the tick prevention for you and your hunting buddies(dogs). Don't want the Lyme. :readit: :thumbsup: :campfire:
My recommendation is Sawyers for us humans works great.
Just found 2 on my right thigh after the TBOF shoot in Ocala 2 weeks ago! Knew they were out there and looked but these two buggers must have been hiding inside the legs of my Jeans. Didn't find them till after arriving home from the weekend shoot.
My wife was unimpressed.
Ticks can also transmit ehrlichiosis and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever to people.
I've already picked 5 off of me. They are starting early this yr.
I ordered DurationTM Permethrin 10% Concentrate from Amazon which claims to be the only EPA registered permethrin 10% concentrate approved for use on clothing. It is intended for use as a soak but I'm going to delute it to .5% and use it as a spray like Sawyers. It is $30 for 8 oz. Mixed 20 to 1 it will make 168 oz of .5% spray or equal to 7 of the 24 oz bottles of Sawyers. Thats $30 vs $90.
Tics were terrible here last yr. and I'm not going to fool around with them this yr.
I was out today here in southern Indiana the little buggers were not out yet but they will be.
I would really like to here why the ticks are so bad. I have been hunting for over fifty years and up until about 10 to 15 years ago I hardly ever got a tick. Now we have three different varieties and they are lousy. WHY????????????????????????
I remember hearing tick population is on the rise in Virginia because snake populations are down. When ticks hatch they rely on small rodents. I think there is some truth to this.
I wear lightweight hiking pants when I'm outdoors. I'm taking your advice and investing in a spray.
Great Reminder, Thanks. :thumbsup:
My brother died in 1975, at the age of 14 from a Tick bite. He got Rocky Mountain Spotted fever. The Docs mis-diagnosed it as Scarlet Fever since it was rare, by the time they figured it out it was too late. He'd be 50 now.
Ticks are bad news, be safe out there folks!
Shot for the first time since January today, and sure enough, pulled a tick off me shortly after.
Something that we have to deal with thanks for the reminder!!!!!!!
yep. found two on me the other day while stumpin.
Weird, I don't think I've ever even seen a tick around here. :confused:
UT might not have any, but we do in MT. Watch out they can be deadly. They will be early here also. Thanks
NC, here; had two last week. Sorry to hear that DannyBows...truly.
I have been tromping the areas around where I live in N.E. lower Michigan for 30 years. Until a few years ago, the only ticks I have ever encountered were on dogs.
In the last 3 years, I have had to remove at least one tick per summer. Even though it might be only ONE, that makes it a 100% increase!
Still 8 inches of snow in the woods around me though.
I have to take it back after I posted I found a deer tick. I have already had lyme disease and it is no treat. The doctors said don't worry it is rare and the first test came back negative but I had all the symptoms except the red ring. So told the doctor that on the internet it said that the test want not conclusive unless one was in the later stages of the disease and ask if the antibiotic treatment could hurt me. He said no the antibiotic would not hurt me so I said start the treatment. It took about three weeks before I saw any signs of getting better and at the end of six weeks I was back to my old self. I then had a reoccurrence about a year later.
I may have not been clear on the different type of ticks that we now. The one that I said migrated from the souths four different species we now have.
One last thought, it is said that all life forms have a purpose in our environment, can anyone tell me what purpose ticks, chiggers, and mosquitos serve in our environment other than just being a nuance and mince to humans. Maybe I am over looking something or maybe they made a mistake when they said all life forms here on earth have a purpose. Who ever they are.
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One last thought, it is said that all life forms have a purpose in our environment, can anyone tell me what purpose ticks, chiggers, and mosquitos serve in our environment other than just being a nuance and mince to humans. Maybe I am over looking something or maybe they made a mistake when they said all life forms here on earth have a purpose. Who ever they are.
Knapper, it brings you and the wife closer after the hunt when she has to look for them and pick them off you. :eek: :thumbsup:
Purpose? You got to have some Yin to go with your Yang.
I ran around the woods as a kid all the time about every day. never had a tick on me. Had one on me about five years ago and now they are evrywhere you can about watch them crawling up your pant leg every time you look down while you are sitting. It makes it hard to enjoy the woods when your not used to them. John
Good reminder, it can save a life. Last year we had low tick populations around here where we usually are infested. Hopefully this year will be the same. :pray:
No matter how hard I look, I always seem to get bit at least once a season. Was out stumping yesterday after work and pulled about 2 or 3 off me, no bites though!
Great advise, and often over looked.
I've pulled 6 real little..smaller than bird shot off me, so far. Last yr I know I pulled way over 50 off...could have been 100 I stopped counting. Every time I would go out in the yard to shoot bow or anything they jump on me. In the woods you are continually pulling them off as you walk.
Now that I think of it I probably got Lime Disease. I got just about all of the symptoms..just looked them up. SYMPTOMS (http://www.lymediseaseblog.com/lyme-disease-symptoms/) .
I thought it was my heart causing all the quick fatigue, etc. and probably is I'd planned on seeing my cardiologist this Mon. anyway to see if I need more stints. Spring gobbler season is only about 3wks and I can't go 25 feet without having to lean against a tree.
Ticks are one of the filthiest creatures in nature and they're almost everywhere. You can't turn your back on checking yourself for these things....the consequences are too great.
I grew up in Mississippi during the 50's and 60's and at that time the state was literally plagued by fire ants. There were massive air campaigns to kill them off I think that those programs did a lot to reduce their numbers but they're still very prolific and you have to watch your step constantly.
One of the things that I have noticed though is that in areas where there are fire ants the tick numbers aren't so great and I believe those little red monsters must be responsible for killing a lot of ticks. I'd rather have the fire ants anyday....anyday.
Good reminder. I can't wait until it applies to me...still plenty of snow around here. The sun is out and it's warm though, lot's of melting going on. Those darn ticks can be pretty thick in the early spring.
They are everywhere down here.
QuoteI may have not been clear on the different type of ticks that we now. The one that I said migrated from the souths four different species we now have.
I don't believe the idea that only certain species of ticks transmit certain diseases. A parasitologist I know 'thinks' all ticks can transmit any of the diseases we've been talking about...fwiw.
I found My first of the season afetr stumping today. The trail was 1/2 snow and the tick still found me.
I saw my 1st snake of the season too.
2 years in a row bit by ticks and on 2week cycies of antibiotics.Already have picked a few off me this year.Sawyers is great product to spray on your clothes to keep the little buggers at bay.
Nasty little buggers! Yes we do have them in Utah just not as many as some places. I don't see many above the 7000 ft mark unless there is sheep in the area.
Thanks for the reminder. I get bitten at least once a year, sometime more. I still have a scare on my leg from last year where I dug one out by myself. Luckily, I didn't get any ill effects from it. They have been real bad the last few years. Got to take more precautions that's for sure.
A real hairy friend of mine is terrified of deer ticks. he can never find them, his wife wanted to dehair his whole body, the hard way. He ended up with two bald patches where he could find ticks and that was it for that plan.
They are probably natures eugenicists, they are controlling the herd. Tick talk always reminds me of that line from "Robinhood Men In Tights". Said to the sheriff, "Your mole moved" and the sheriff says "I have a mole?".
Apparently those ticks don't have snowshoes - I haven't seen one yet!
The last time I was in tick heaven I was grouse hunting in N. Wisconsin. After 2-3 hours in the woods I picked 16 ticks off of me and my clothes. That night I took all my hunting clothes out in the motel parking lot and sprayed everything down with Repel Permanone spray. The next day I never had a tick on me while my buddy was picking the little buggers off of himself all the way home.
With turkey season just around the corner it's time to treat everything again.
Yep, got 2 off me this week after the Hog Hunt....A REMINDER.. A Doctor on a hunt with us in South Texas said....ONCE THE LITTLE THING THINGS GET ATTACHED TO YOU...THE BEST WAY TO REMOVE THEM IS to COVER THEM WITH..NEOSPORIN....IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES THE LITTLE SOB WILL LET GO AND CAN IN MOST CASES BE SAFETLY REMOVE. It has worked for me.
I have been fighting chronic fatigue and joint pain for nearly 10 years . About 8-9 years ago I went to a doc and I suspected Lyme . Test was inconclusive , not enough for the insurance to pay for IV antibiotics ....I have read that oral antibiotics wont cut it for a long term lyme infection..... My fatigue and joint pain have continued ever since . I have been to several docs and no one wants to put much into the lyme idea , but they have no answers for me .
Last month I had an appointment with a rheumatologst(sp ? ) and he p'd me off from the minute he walked into the room . He was plain arrogant and rude and told me that lyme , fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue were not even real worries ( in fact he said chronic fatigue doesnt even exist )and I walked out of his office . I have an appointment with another one next month . I have been living at about half speed for 10 years and no one seems to know why .
My friends wife has advanced lyme disease.She was misdiagnosed for years before they figured out what she had.I urge everyone to take precautions when goin to the woods.Since I started sprayin my clothes with Sawyers I haven't had any problems.