Ticks 2023

[Willie]

Mysterious illness triggered by tick bite could affect thousands, yet many doctors are unaware of it

Alpha-Gal Syndrome, a little-known, life-threatening food allergy triggered by tick bites, could be affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S., the CDC warned in a new report.

www.foxnews.com

 

[DFacres]

Only one tick so far this year....and I'm out in the weeds, woods or fields everyday .
Chiggers are another story,I've had as many as 14/15 bites atone time and this is with DEET spray.

Some people, like my neighbor are fortunate not to have any allergic reaction to chigger bites. Me on the other hand, itch me like krazzzy!!!
Like poison ivy, I know some that can handle it & no reaction from it.
Me on the other hand…

 

[Magyars]

Some people, like my neighbor are fortunate not to have any allergic reaction to chigger bites. Me on the other hand, itch me like krazzzy!!!
Like poison ivy, I know some that can handle it & no reaction from it.
Me on the other hand…

Chigarid is what I use.....really helps with the itch

 

[DFacres]

Chigarid is what I use.....really helps with the itch

I only wish it helped…unfortunately the itch for me doesn’t seem to get any relief but glad it works for you

 

[DFacres]

Crazy thing-I was in the mountains in Idaho back in April. Morning temps were always in the teens-20’s. Highs mid to upper 30s.
EVERY day, we were picking ticks off each other’s clothing & hunting backpacks. My bear hunting guide was always ahead of me and I prolly spotted 10-15 ticks each day crawling on his outer garments & backpack.Even after using bug spray
We began calling em arctic ticks. They were a little slower moving than normal, but were on the move. Never seen anything like it

 

[yetti462]

The hatch has begun in southern Indiana. 20+ on right ankle 6 on left. Up at 2am scratching. Bastages went through boot laces and through boots to ankles. Laces now treated.

 

[DFacres]

The hatch has begun in southern Indiana. 20+ on right ankle 6 on left. Up at 2am scratching. Bastages went through boot laces and through boots to ankles. Laces now treated.

Eeeeks….that’s rough!!
Years ago when we had our property surveyed, as we were walking through the woods of several acres the surveyor told me a product he uses as he walks in everything imaginable. He adds a capful of the product on the right into the washing machine.
I do the direct spray method on my boots, pants, and shirt. It needs to dry before putting the clothes on your skin. It is NOT a direct skin application. I often spray my boots and lower pant legs while wearing them before heading out into the danger zone. Chiggers make me itch sooo bad, and Permethrin seems to work quite well on them and ticks too.
I mentioned in an earlier post about the Arctic ticks in Idaho mountains in April. I sprayed my hunting clothes in advance with the Sawyer brand and only had 1 tick crawl on my clothing whereas my guide had multiple ticks on his daily.
They both contain Permethrin and after spraying on clothing, the Sawyer brand says it is good for 5 washings afterwards. I buy the one on the right at Rural King in the pet section.

 

[yetti462]

^^^we buy Sawyer by the case. I just hadn't sprayed my laces yet. Has several hundred on my pants today. All dead.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

^^^we buy Sawyer by the case. I just hadn't sprayed my laces yet. Has several hundred on my pants today. All dead.

Chiggers or ticks??

 

[flyingsquirrel]

Ticks have slowed down in N. In. Just a couple a week now.

 

[yetti462]

Chiggers or ticks??

Ticks

 

[smokingman]

^^^we buy Sawyer by the case. I just hadn't sprayed my laces yet. Has several hundred on my pants today. All dead.

I use Permethrin 10(Gordon's brand) from Tractor supply diluted to 1% (same as Sawyer,but one quart makes 10 diluted to 1% for $20) for clothing when hiking and on my pack. I have used the Sawyer brand, but not since finding Gordon's 10 in 2012.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/gordons-permethrin-10-livestock-and-premise-spray-32-oz

 

[DFacres]

I use Permethrin 10(Gordon's brand) from Tractor supply diluted to 1% (same as Sawyer,but one quart makes 10 diluted to 1% for $20) for clothing when hiking and on my pack. I have used the Sawyer brand, but not since finding Gordon's 10 in 2012.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/gordons-permethrin-10-livestock-and-premise-spray-32-oz

Thanks for the info & the link. I’ll swing by tomorrow after work

 

[HK Guy]

I treated my yard with tick pellets from the box store, that helped a ton. Haven't got one since the treatment.

However my GSD was at the vet and it seems she got bit by a tick and has a tick born illness, not lyme. I forget what it was called but she's on antibiotics for 30 days. I used topical tick meds and the vet said they don't work as good as the oral ones. Vet said shes seen lots of tick cases and she recomends the oral meds and says to use them year round as ticks are active even in the winter. She also said there is a new tick in the area, that is real small and causing lots of problems.

I'm thinking I probably won't even deer hunt this year.

 

[snapping turtle]

We had the normal spring tick upswing.
They seem to be gone of late.

 

[flyingsquirrel]

We had the normal spring tick upswing.
They seem to be gone of late.

I haven't seen a tick for 2 months not that I am complaining.

 

[flyingsquirrel]

So 2 weeks later, my Mom combs 5 out of one beagle. Back to the little seed ticks.

 

[Leadeye]

Have had 3 turkey/seed tick bites so far this year. TO get through all the treatment I use, those must have been desperate.

Kamikaze ticks.

 

[JTKelly]

Permethrin here. Stopped the ticks and chiggers but not the yellow jackets.

 

[Leadeye]

Permethrin here. Stopped the ticks and chiggers but not the yellow jackets.

Those nests are like landmines in the woods.