ticks already

[MACHINIST]

Went on a deer/turkey scouting trip today.Super windy and pretty cold.Came out of the woods in the first spot and found a damn tick on my pants.Please check yourself when you get out of the woods.Finding a tick this early cant be a good sign!!

[wmig2]

That definitely isn't a good sign.

[132 eight pointer]

I was hoping the long cold winter killed some ticks off but maybe not.

[DarrenB]

I think with the amount of snow we got it actually helped insulate the ticks. Prepare for a a bad year with those little dirty bastards...

 

[tj1187]

Had one buried in me yesterday.

[wildcat junkie]

I saw one floating in a bowl that was in the kitchen sink!

[blackradio]

Had 6 on me after an hour scout yesterday. Just ordered some permathrin. Stuff is great.

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[grampy]

Getting the nasty things on me most every time I go out in the woods lately. Does that permathrin stuff really work? Can deer smell it?

[MACHINIST]

Yes it works,I am not sure if deer smell it but I used it all last deer season and still had deer around me.The way I look at it if they can smell that they will smell you so it wont matter,I'd rather be tick free

[halfnelson]

Permathrin, best stuff I ever used...we used to sell grosses of it in our hunting store!

[MACHINIST]

From what I have heard you can make it from a concentrated form from places like TSC and other farm type stores.

[grampy]

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Yes it works,I am not sure if deer smell it but I used it all last deer season and still had deer around me.The way I look at it if they can smell that they will smell you so it wont matter,I'd rather be tick free

I'm definitely going to give it a try! Can you buy it in a store like tractor supply? Or have to order online? Had a half dozen on me today alone. Nasty things are already bad this year!

Thanks for the info.

[GR HUNTER]

I went out to pull some cards for a total of about 15 mins. and came back with 5 or 6 on me. Worst part is I spent the rest of the day thinking I had others crawling on me.

 

Maybe, I'm crazy but I feel like the whole tick issue is getting worse and worse.  

 

  

[Trial153]

It's getting worse yearly, no two ways about it.

[ApexerER]

It works, I got mine at tractor supply.....I put it on me from the waist down yesterday and walked about 3 miles in the woods and didn't get any. I wore light colors and kept checking myself as well just to see. I haven't used it during deer season but I use it for turkey. I hate those nasty things....

[132 eight pointer]

I was talking to a guy last month that said he wasn't feeling well,went to his Dr. and the Dr. asked him "how long have you had Lyme disease ?" The guy didn't know he had Lyme disease, he bowhunts his property and figures that must be where he got bit.Mentioned something about being bit on his head under hair and not realizing it.I believe he was going in for treatment shortly after our conversation.

[Twax10]

My old man went for a few hour hike the other day and pulled 60 off him before he retured. No that is not a typo or an exaggeration. He's always been a magnet for them but that might just be the record.

[reeltime]

I get the kennel dip concentrate from Tractor Supply and make my own solution for dipping my gear. most of the area here in NY doesn't seem to be too bad with ticks yet. But in Pa they are heavily infested and getting worse in recent years.  I dip all my turkey gear including my vest.  for archery I have a spray bottle that i use to just spray on the solution and then spray down with scent killer.  I have not had a problem with deer but I hunt pretty high and rarely ever have an issue.