Ticks

lpcjon2 · April 06, 2010, 08:39:00 PM

Rob doesn't a tick secrete a solution to keep the blood from clotting as it feeds?And won't that carry the bacteria?

Rob DiStefano · April 06, 2010, 08:42:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by lpcjon2:
Rob doesn't a tick secrete a solution to keep the blood from clotting as it feeds?

yes, and it also anaesthetises your skin so that you won't feel the tick biting or feeding

And won't that carry the bacteria?

i've not read that anywhere

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lpcjon2 · April 06, 2010, 09:03:00 PM

Oh and you can wear panty hose it helps the lower part of the body. I am going to regret this ,but I have worn them in the field and they do work for ticks and chiggers.So I will take the heat for it.Let it rip

lpcjon2 · April 06, 2010, 09:05:00 PM

And I am straight,6'3" and 230lbs of untamed Marine and willing to travel to defend my pride.So tread softly with the cracks.

Mike VanBuren · April 06, 2010, 09:40:00 PM

I got Lyme when I was a teen in the late 80's living near a lake and fishing almost every day. The doctor said I had food poisoning when I got sick for 2 weeks one summer. I had several slight symptons ever since. In 2005 it hit me like a brick and I was finally diagnosed and treated.

I don't remember ever seeing the bullseye rash. If you find an imbedded tick, go to the doctor and ask for the antibiotics. Better safe than sorry.

Bel007 · April 19, 2010, 05:40:00 PM

Just found a great source for permethrin.

Rural King sells it in the aminal treatment area. 8oz bottle of 10% for less than $10. Dilute it to 0.5% like Sawers, and you have 160oz.

160oz of Sawers 0.5% spray will run you about $125.

Guys, that's a $115 savings. I'm gonna take that savings and apply it to buying another bow

April 19, 2010, 07:33:00 PM

Went out the other day, heard some young turkeys off a hundred yards or so, saw one tom romancing a hen on the old private land that I hunted before it was sold, and came home with two ticks IN MY SHOE. Ipc, do you wear your tighty whities inside the nylons or outside the nylons?

Blackstick · April 20, 2010, 09:01:00 AM

I have been waiting to post this because others have ridiculed me for using this. I am cheap and like Bel007, I have been using the Rural King product for a number of years. I don't believe I have suffered any ill effects from it and I don't glow in the dark yet. What I do is mix it up in three or four gallons of water and soak my outer clothes, then dry. If you save what's left of the mixture it will last all year.

lpcjon2 · April 20, 2010, 03:51:00 PM

Paven they go over the whites

EricW · April 20, 2010, 04:01:00 PM

Don't know much about this but I got an email from Legendary Whitetails about a new line of tick repellant clothing. Here is a link.
http://www.deergear.com/products.asp?dept=142

Keefer · April 20, 2010, 04:44:00 PM

Tim,
The height, weight and you being a Marine doesn't scare me a bit but just the image of it scares the Heaby Cheabies out of me