Ticks & Mosquitoes

[steveOh]

What does everyone use for tick and mosquito repellent while turkey hunting? What products work for you? I hate it when I clean out a spot by a tree to set up and have the mosquitoes pester me while I try to remain still:mad:. They love me, I must taste good to them! As far as ticks go I have found them on my neck and head from time to time after a hunt. So let's hear from you, what works for you?

steveOh

[george tinkham]

i use the stuff for dogs...front line

[Thunderflight]

I hose my clothes down with permanone and then spray OFF or Repel on top.

The mosquitos are un-real down here in SC this year. The bug spray keeps them off you, but they still swarm around.

I've got a thermacell that I'm going to try next time I go deer or hog hunting.

TF

[shrivl]

Thunderflight has it right. Here in Georgia the ticks, mosquitos, and anything else that crawls and bites is bad. I do the same thing with the permanone, and carry a can of deep woods off with me. The southerner definitely have a handle on bug control.

[george tinkham]

do you have to deal with fire ants too...ouch

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Deep woods off works the best for me during the summer 3-d shooting so i guess i will try it turkey hunting also

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Oppps does it really matter how much of this stuff you use during turkey hunting?????????

[shrivl]

George,
those fire ants are nasty and yes they are everywhere. You definitely take care not to step on any big red mounds of dirt/clay. They will eat you alive, and its extremely painful. You guys in the north who have never been stung by a bunch of fire ants don't know what your miss'n.

[chopiq]

Hey shrivl, I lived in Louisiana for 6 years and I know what you mean about them fire ants. One time I was fishing from the bank and sit right on an ant hill in shorts pants. They attacked all my most delicate and sensitive areas. I had bumps for weeks.

[shrivl]

Yeah I know that. I was running the weed eater my first year down here and accidentally disturbed one. Before I knew it i had them in my pants. Man I could not get them pants off fast enough. I was in the front yard and the people across the street knew exactly what had happen. Those suckers will track you donw as well, they smell you out. I know here in Georiga they are always talking about the mosquitos carrying West Niles. Even report several older folks dying from that. You guys heard anything about the mosquitos in the North carrying West Niles?

[george tinkham]

i had to strip in florida and jump in the indian river

[Q2XL]

oh im glad i wasnt there :D

[george tinkham]

they set me afire,that for sure

[mulf]

shrivl, we've had plenty of West Nile. In Ohio theres been a few human deaths, usually older folks, and lots of horses come down with it. I even found a couple of dead hawks that probably died from it.
I spent summers in Griffin, Ga as a kid, you sure don't what to use those mounds for bike jumps..:eek:

[george tinkham]

heh heh heh thats fo show!!!

[maytom]

While in Texas last weekend, three of us got a tick on us down there!! Mine was between my nose and left eye of all places!! We all used the proper sprays but they still got on us!! Here in NY thatnk god we don't have to worry about those ticks and fire ants, just the skeets!!

[Thunderflight]

Fire ants should be called satan ants.... I hate the busturds...:mad:

One night I stepped on a fire ant hill wearing sandals.....:eek:

Both of my feet swelled up and I could barely stand on them for more than a few minutes....:(

Every time I find a new hill in my yard I poision it. You have to be aggressive cause they'll multiply fast.

Thunderflight

[shrivl]

yeah fire ants I beleive were one of satan's creations. You know thought I can put up with the tick, mosquitos, and fire ants, but the thing that bothers me the most is the snakes down here. Growing up in Ohio I never saw a rattlesnake, copperhead or any other posionious snake. Down here I am always thinking about it as I walk through the woods in the dark. I do wear snake boots turkey hunting and in bos season. Also those dang little black scorpions are a pain too. I miss being able to stumble through the woods in the dark and not having to worry about were I walk or sit. The south is fun to hunt, but you have to be tolerante of the bugs and snakes that for sure.

[Thunderflight]

Snakes...... We've got snakes..... :eek:

I will not go in the woods with out my snake boots on.... This year they are really bad. I think it's because of the high water.

We don't have any scorpions though....Thank God...:)

Thunderflight

[george tinkham]

cmon snakes are cowards,fire ants are not

[Thunderflight]

But scorpions.......

TF

[shrivl]

yeah at least I know king snakes will eat the poisionious snakes. Some hawks and falcons will eat them as well. They told me skunks and possums and some birds will eat them scorpions. So I guess they serve some purpose in the food chain. But I have yet to know of any critter that will eat them fire ants. I'd like to met the fools who were responsible for them being imported from South America.

[C.C.]

went to TN last weekend and in 2 days of hunting i found 26 yes i said 26 ticks on me. they did not have the bitter cold that we did.:mad:

[shrivl]

the ticks that I find on me after hunting don't bother me, its the one I dont find that scares me. Man if I find one, that night I toss and turn, everything feels like a tick crawling on me.

[Ðe§perado™]

I use Deep woods Off when I'm hunting. But I lived in Ga. and got fire ants on me and I thought I was on fire. Very nasty bites. But in the winter I used the mounds from fire ants to sift over traps. The dirt from there mounds don't freeze. Sure saves you on anti-freeze chemicals.

[george tinkham]

in tx and florida fire ants have been known to consume a full grown cow an leave just the skeleton

[shrivl]

George,
I think that is why some of the guys in our club won't hunt from the ground. The little monsters got into my boots this morning and torn my ankles up. Made the mistake of standing on a little one in the dirt road while owl hooting this morning.

[Ðe§perado™]

I didn't know that George.

[george tinkham]

oh i feel your pain...more an once i have did the fire ant squirm an one time buck nekid

[Ðe§perado™]

Running naked though the woods with ants on you, had to be a sight.

[shrivl]

being overly familiar with fireants I am sure George was stubbling through the woods. I think that maybe we have discovered a new stunt for that Fear Factor Show on NBC!

[george tinkham]

not in woods it was on highway a1a at jenson beach florida just bout 100 yds. from the beach on the at lan tic ocean

[Q2XL]

looks like goin to be a bad year for ticks was carp shootin the other day and had one on my pants leg and went to a 3d shoot yesterday and had another one on my pants leg.i was hopin this cold winter would get rid of some of them but guess not.

[Ðe§perado™]

They are everywhere. I took the kids for a walk found several, then played with the dog in the yard and found two on me and one on the dog.

[muskyman]

George, I think you got fire ants and piranahs bass ackwards.

[george tinkham]

so how do yuo kill the tick,i rip em tuh bits...when done it looks like lil specks of pepper

[shrivl]

George, know that I know what you do with ticks, what did you do to those fire ants? You start rippin' them to pieces they will sting the crap out of you. And after your little strip tease down the highway in Florida did they ban you from the state?

[george tinkham]

i got hired in a strip club in stuart

[bucktail]

Thats where I heard the name Bamboo Viper it's the name of that strip club in Stuart, Fl. My wife goes there with her girlfriends on girls night out, when we are at her mothers on vacation maybe George is the guy who dances with the palm fronds. :D :D :D

[Thunderflight]

BV,

The truth shall set you free!!!!! :)

TF

[Beau Martin]

Believe it or not if you add garlic to your diet wether its on orin the food. Or you can take garlic pills. And it dose work the sceters and tick usally dont bother me. Now watch me tell you all this and the buggers will make a lier out of me this year lol

[george tinkham]

i red somewhere that them flea and tick colors for dogs an cats will work by tyin em around your ankles...maybe around wrists too.might work some

[Ðe§perado™]

I think those collars come in pretty colors too george.:D

[bucktail]

I'm not sure about ticks but an Avon product called (I think) Skin So Soft used to work pretty good on them buggers (sand fleas).

[Ðe§perado™]

My wife orders that for the family and it does work and also help with sun burn.

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Got me a new can of deep woods off i'm ready to hit the woods
also pick up a bottle of Muskol 100% Deet will give it a try to $2.00 bucks at wally world hope one of them work.

[Ðe§perado™]

I was told about the Muskol yesterday. I going to give it a try. The ticks seem to be bad this year.

[george tinkham]

moth balls!!!

[Ðe§perado™]

Do they work?

[george tinkham]

proll have to have an awful small knife to cut em off

[Ðe§perado™]

LOL...Too funny!!

[george tinkham]

heh heh heh

[Thunderflight]

I found that comment to be un-necassary. Poor moth, it's not his fault....:)

TF

[shrivl]

A guy I know told me that panty hose under your camo keeps them off you legs. I have never tried it though and don't hunt with the guy either. I suppose next he'd tell me Estee Lauder is good buck lure.

[Beau Martin]

HEHEHE. The truth is the hose works in the winter. Wear them under your longjohns. I grew up in Wis and it helped up there. Ibet it could work like one of those bug suits

[george tinkham]

OH NO CROSSDREESING!!!

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Just don't get seen wearing a pair also those spandex tights are good to,but it sure is hard to make a quick restroom stop though

[Thunderflight]

Oh lord.....

[5Cent]

Man...I don't know about you guys!!!;)

[shrivl]

If the ticks are really bad though it might be worth a try. Bet a black pair would make a good face mask too.

[Thunderflight]

Some tick's are super hero's....

Thunderflight

http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/comics/pages/images/tick-graphic.jpg

[george tinkham]

thats the one that saved me

[shrivl]

I bet he'd tear through a pair of panty hose.

[Ðe§perado™]

LOL...:D :D

[george tinkham]

heh heh heh

[Ðe§perado™]

Just looking at some of the cartoons nowadays. people have to be a bit warped at times to think up some of this stuff.

[shrivl]

hmmm, probably got a few cartoonist among us. Does carrying a lighter around to burn those little suckers to death constitute a warped mind. If so maybe I need to sharpen my drawing skills.

[lureboy98]

shrivl, I heard that carrying a lighter makes them throw up when they back out and when they throw up that is what spreads the diseases they are carrying. Maybe you should replace that lighter with a pair of tweezers, it doesn't hurt to pull them off and its a lot safer.

[archer077]

yeah but with a lighter you can make them go pop if you find them crawling around cannot remember the number ive done when i was in georgia

[george tinkham]

bucktail will probably come up with a cute cartoon that will be just right

[shrivl]

I have neve had one get dug in. I have heard that about burning them once they are in you. I just burn them when they are crawling around.

[Thunderflight]

I wonder why God created ticks......

Thunderflight

http://www.lifehouseproductions.com/images/tick.jpg

[Ðe§perado™]

Same reason he made in-laws...LOL;)

[Thunderflight]

I really hate my mother in law......

TF

[Ðe§perado™]

I see we are on the same page.

[george tinkham]

my mother in law is a perfect 10 and 3 yrs younger than me

[Thunderflight]

Is she good look'n? Mine ain't....

TF

[shrivl]

mmm I don't have one of those yet...are they like ticks?

[Ðe§perado™]

Very much so..Just suck the life out of you on holidays...

[shrivl]

what is the best thing to use to keep them off of ya?

Thunderflight,
My buddy said he would never marry a women if she did not have a good lookin mother. Was afraid if he married one with an ugly mother that she might get old and look like her mother. I kinda followed his advice. Guess maybe thats why we are both 32 and never married. Or maybe its we spend to much time chasin turkeys, deer and fish..aint enough time to do it all ya know.

[Ohio Bill]

My daughter had a tick in her head.....luckely i got it out.....it was hard to remove it