Frigging ticks!

[New York Hillbilly]

What the heck!

I was away for work all last week, so I only hunted on Friday evening, Saturday morning and evening, and then on Sunday morning. I take a shower every night after being in the woods, and check myself closely for ticks because I am totally freaked out by them after finding them stuck to me on several occasions. So, don't it figure that today I felt an itch on my side at my waist when I was driving home after work, and as soon as I get in the house  and have my wife look, there is yet another damned tick stuck to me. This one was still tiny, not bloated, but it's head was attached.

True to form, I freaked and immediately, instinctively picked it off me and it's head stayed attached. I had my wife rip the rest out with tweezers and I put bleach on the site. If anyone is ever going to test positive for Lyme I think it may be me for as many times as I have been bitten by these damned things. Have any of you guys ever been tick bit more than once? I may get a course of Doxycycline this time around, and stay out of the woods until we get a good freeze.

[b3h]

U gotta use permithrin. Don’t take any chances. Get Lyme blood tests everytime u get blood work. Get to the doc for the shot just in case. Hope it’s just a scare


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[First-light]

I've been bit a few times. Last year had on attached just like you. Got it out  and called the doctor. He sent in Doxycycline the pharmacy without even seeing him. It all worked out. That 10 pt we got last Saturday was loaded with them. 

[surmn8er]

I just pulled one off yesterday morning and started on the antibiotic. Had one 2 years ago too. I normally use permethrin throughout the spring and summer but not on my deer hunting clothes. I will now!

[Water Rat]

Sawyers permethrin works great for keeping ticks off you. However , it claims to be odorless after drying. I don’t believe it because I can smell it , and if I can smell it so can the deer.

[b3h]

Sawyers permethrin works great for keeping ticks off you. However , it claims to be odorless after drying. I don’t believe it because I can smell it , and if I can smell it so can the deer.

U r rite. I use the spray for clothes close to the skin and the mix for outer layers which smells even more. All get sprayed with scent killer and kept in sealed containers. Can still smell it.
Do the same for woods working clothes except no scent killer.

[mowin]

I've been bitten dozens of times every year. Working outside has its advantages and disadvantages.  I normally mix my own spray. Get it from tractor supply and mix accordingly. Doesn't smell like the Sawyer. 

[New York Hillbilly]

Well, I'm doing the Doxycycline this time around just in case. Thanks for the tips on repellent. To be honest, I never even considered smell as a reason to use or not. I have just been too cavalier in my approach to these little a-holes! Not any longer!

[Shoots100]

I've been using a 10% mixture of Permethrin to treat my predator and deer hunting clothes for a long time and have no issues with coyote or deer scenting me any more than usual.

If I was busted more than usual I wouldn't be treating my clothes with it.

It's also the best tick repellant/killer out there, so it's a win win.

SJC

 

SJC

 

[suburbanfarmer]

I just removed one tonight, even with permethrin on clothes they some how make it under the clothing and latch on.

These mild temps dont help and for sure deer are loaded up with them.

[airedale]

Make sure to saturate and I mean a good permethrin soaking the cuffs of your pants, the waist-belt area of your pants, the ends of your shirt sleeves and the collar along with your hat, those are the entry points. That is my first line of defense, I still readily use good old bug repellent with a high percentage of Deet on my hands-wrist, ankles, and neck for the final touch. I don't care how much it smells, after going through a bad bout of Lyme disease there is no Deer worth not taking extra precaution from my perspective.

Al

[Hock3y24]

Martins 10% permethrin concentrate, dilute 19-1 with water. way cheaper. Never gotten a tick hunting. however I moved a stand Tuesday and had two of them  on me with regular clothes on. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Watch handling firewood; their in the cracks.