Darn Those Ticks

[Birdbander]

For several years now I've treated my upland hunting clothes with diluted permetherin. I live in Michigan, spend all spring (worst tick season) in the woods with my dogs banding woodcock and all fall hunting grouse & woodcock. I've seen ticks so thick you can watch them crawling up a guys pants as he's walking.

I buy the 8 or 10oz Gordon's Permetherin from TSC. Put 1.5 gallons of water & the entire bottle of permetherin in a bucket, add clothes that you want treated. I do all 9f my outer garments. Wring them out while wearing rubber gloves. Air dry. One treatment lasts the entire spring. I retreat them before fall season as well.

I haven't had a tick on me since starting this. Every hunting companion that hasn't taken my advice has had multiple ticks on them each time we hunt.

[Yankee Bill]

Wonder if that stuff works on chiggers, they tore my legs up last week!

[Alphahawk]

Wonder if that stuff works on chiggers, they tore my legs up last week!

I don’t know but if you find something that does let me know. I was in misery the last time I had to deal with them about 12 years back. So much so it has kept me out of a lot places I would have normally gone to. I have access to a private 30 acre lake full of 12 inch shell cracker. They quit mowing around the lake and grass and weeds are about thigh high. I won’t even think about going in that because of the chiggers. I hate em.

Regards


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[Yankee Bill]

I don’t know but if you find something that does let me know. I was in misery the last time I had to deal with them about 12 years back. So much so it has kept me out of a lot places I would have normally gone to. I have access to a private 30 acre lake full of 12 inch shell cracker. They quit mowing around the lake and grass and weeds are about thigh high. I won’t even think about going in that because of the chiggers. I hate em.

Regards


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Certainly can't say I blame you for that. I'm originally from New England and practically lived in the woods growing up, and never herd of them until I relocated to VA. If they were there, I never heard anyone talk about them. But, boy oh boy, they sure know how to find this transplanted Yankee in a hurry down here. to the South

[skeetbum]

I don’t know but if you find something that does let me know. I was in misery the last time I had to deal with them about 12 years back. So much so it has kept me out of a lot places I would have normally gone to. I have access to a private 30 acre lake full of 12 inch shell cracker. They quit mowing around the lake and grass and weeds are about thigh high. I won’t even think about going in that because of the chiggers. I hate em.

Regards


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I’m learning more about repelling critters from this thread than I ever have, and I’ve been in the woods my entire life. I can offer a treatment for chiggers that works for me. First understand that chiggers live off the ground which is why we pick them up walking through weeds. Next is to roll up pants legs and sleeves and spray with high deet content spray along with around your collar. That takes care of the vast majority for me. Should you get into them, and I’ve had over 200 bites on two occasions, understand that they have planted a young one in you that must be killed. The first time had me in the yard at 2 am buck naked rubbing myself down with a gasoline rag, because the recommended kerosene wasn’t available. It worked but still itched til the bites themselves healed. Untreated they go on for close to a week and make a person miserable. I recently also tried a treatment from years back,Absorbine linament. An older family friend got into no see ums and used this for arthritis pain and such. The area he treated subsided by the next day and the others went for much longer before they left him alone. I used this on some no see ums a while back and the burning itch was gone in about 36 hours and the few chiggers I get give me almost no discomfort after treating. The smell is tough but the results are good for me and worth a try for you. About $8 for the stuff, worth every cent.

Never tried it myself but an old boss of mine, raised near Astor, grew up with a cotton string around wrists, ankles and waist that had been soaked in kerosene. His mom always insisted on this when he was young. He got older and said”I don’t need that!” Got chewed up hunting once and never doubted mom again. Hope some of this helps someone.

[cnette01]

Wonder if that stuff works on chiggers, they tore my legs up last week!

Yes, it does for me, but be sure to treat your socks as well as your pants and shirt. I've been using permetherin since the early 90's and it works. I've watched a tick walk hot footed style on my pants when out turkey hunting. After a short while the tick fell off and stopped moving. My deer lease has chiggers bad, but the permetherin stops them.

[Birdbander]

According to the CDC, permethrin does kill chiggers.

[johndeere5045]

How does the clothing do on repel mosquitoes?

[Ketchn]

no doubt on the mosquitoes question , we are in a bad situation here in dfw with the west nile virus
along with the corona virus and the list keeps on keeping on ....

[USMA65]

no doubt on the mosquitoes question , we are in a bad situation here in dfw with the west nile virus
along with the corona virus and the list keeps on keeping on ....

Have you planted the seeds you got from China?