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I got the worst case ever a few years ago. Ankles to mid foot were one solid chigger bit.
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Maximum Strength Aspercreme with Lidocaine takes cares of it really well.
If I ever win the Mega-lotto thing I am going to invest at least half in the eradication of chiggers. I hate the little bastids!
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being from up north i didn't know what chiggers were when i was stationed in ms. thought i had some kind of VD. nasty fuggers
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Clear fingernail polish will quiet them. You should try hot candlewax. Trust me
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CHEE'-groes.......racist!
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I'd never had them until going to Camp Gruber for training.
Between the ticks and the chiggers and the rain that was probably the worst training exercise I've ever been on. If it wasn't raining it was hot and muggy.
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Clear fingernail polish will quiet them. You should try hot candlewax. Trust me Fifty-Shades of Slum.
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Campho-Phenique gel.....stops the itch in minutes.
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just did a bunch of work on my deer hunting land and got tore up. They got me on my arms and neck....pure misery!
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You don't know misery until they get you on the dick & balls.
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l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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Had 'em quite a lot over the 35+ years since moving to Texas. They leave a saliva tube which causes the immune response which causes the itching.
Got no answers, I just scratch 'em bloody, prob'ly scratching the tube out.
Chiggers and Fire Ants, just part of living down South. Neither are a problem up north.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Clear fingernail polish will quiet them. That actually does nothing since the bug aren't there. They bite, feed, and drop off. The sores and itching are a reaction to the bites. BS. The fingernail polish DOES stop the itching. Neil I concur!
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Got no answers, I just scratch 'em bloody, prob'ly scratching the tube out.
Chiggers and Fire Ants, just part of living down South. Neither are a problem up north. Did get the little bastards once here in northeast South Dakota. Never had them or ticks here when I was a kid. On that saliva tube thing, I wonder how a piece of Gorilla Tape would work to remove them? It has a thicker layer of stickum than regular duct tape.
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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One shot, one kill........ It saves a lot of ammo!
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They are bad here in the hills. Treat clothes with permanone. Wear rubber knee boots to minimize them getting on you. If they do don't scratch them. If you don't scratch the sores heal in a couple of days. If you scratch they last up to a couple of weeks.
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You don't know misery until they get you on the dick & balls. Listen to this guy^^^^^^^ he has now been made a believer  Chiggers only get on people who have never had them before. BECAUSE, if you've EVER had them, you fuggin learn to never go back into thick brushy areas during summer and fall months without mulitple prophylactic measures. If you've gotten them more than twice, youre just stupid. I posted my best advice on last week's chigger thread.
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Support your local Friends of NRA - supporting Youth Shooting Sports for more than 20 years.
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Whatever you do, Pay it Forward. - Kids are the future of the hunting and shooting world.
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Had 'em quite a lot over the 35+ years since moving to Texas. They leave a saliva tube which causes the immune response which causes the itching.
Got no answers, I just scratch 'em bloody, prob'ly scratching the tube out.
Chiggers and Fire Ants, just part of living down South. Neither are a problem up north. Not so fast....we deal with chiggers here in the north.
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I bought this for my GSP because he had ringworm on his undercarriage and it worked. Douxo Chlorhexidine PS + Climbazole ShampooBut - a few months ago chiggers were tearing me a new one so I grabbed a washcloth and scrubbed my legs with it and it worked. I can't explain it, but it worked. Why did I scrub my legs with pet shampoo? Because soaking them with kerosene and setting them on fire seemed a little extreme.
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