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We've talked about it here before, just want to share some stuff I do and use. Was just talking about Lyme's with my DR yesterday too, he told me not even 20% show the "rash". And because I've tested + twice now for Lyme... Anyway... Besides some different sprays, both skin and clothing only, this year I picked up some of the Gamehide Elimitic clothing after reading about here, so we'll see how it works. I bought pants, shirts, gloves and socks... I also like to carry a lint roller and occasionally run it over my clothing. Interesting sometimes how many ticks it picks up.

I'll let you be the guinea pig on the Elimitic clothing this year. Hope it works out for ya.

Lint roller ain't a bad idea !!!

Gonna be mixing up the permethrin any day now and spraying all my outerwear down.

A few years back, I went back to wearing bibs. I tuck them into my snake boots. Makes a tick REALLY earn it if he gets on to my bare hide.

Just a few weeks back I was hunting with a fellow who got Alpha-gal Syndrome from a tick. He can no longer eat red meat because of it. Becoming more prevalent in my area is DTV/Powassan virus. It runs a 10% - 15% mortality rate in humans. This tick-borne illness crap has gotten WAAAAY outta hand.

SPRAY DOWN, FELLERS !!!!!!

Been lucky so far but I had never thought about a lint roller, will be using that trick

I’ve used permethrin for years and had zero ticks on me.

Have pulled about half a dozen off me so far. It doesn't seem to matter whether I use repellant or not.

Repellant such at DEET products on your skin and clothes?

Or permethrin on your clothes?

For years I used various Deet products on skin and clothes and would still get the occassional tick in spring turkey hunting or doibg yard work.

Started using permethrin on clothes and stopped seeing them. Not sure if it repels them or kills them or both but it works.

Also found it works great when sprayed on a shed door and shop window that used to get covered with box elder bugs and asian beetles. Find a bunch of them dead so it must kill them, suspect it does the same with ticks. (Cats dont seem to like it either.)



Reminds me I need to treat my working in yard clothes with permethrin.

Yep.

Repellant (100% DEET) is only semi-effective for ticks. I do, however, use it where permethrin can NOT be used...........on bare skin.

Permethrin repels AND kills ticks. It is the most effective way to keep them off of you, other than staying in the house all day, every day.

My dad was born in 1920 (1920-1981).
He used to tell me that the local farmers still used dipping vats. In the spring, they would burn off wooded areas.
Ticks and chiggers were a rare occurance. Then the USDA stepped in and banned dipping vats!
Of course, at the close of WWII, small farmers began to die off. Families moved away from family farms and the farms were sold off. Nobody burned off wooded areas anymore.

I've had chiggers so bad I ran a fever!

I remember an old dipping vat near where I live. Can't remember it being used. Finally filled in. I knew a woman once that had a plant nursery. Fleas would get on Her when they bothered no one else. She put flea collars around her ankles on the outside of Her boots. Claimed it kept both fleas and ticks off. miles

Gamehide has a 40% off sale going on elimitick clothes. You'll never have to mix up premethin or use bug spray again.

I treated my clothes and seat with Sawyers Permethrin. Before I go in the woods, I give my wrists, face and neck a liberal coating of Picaridin. No ticks, yet, but they'll get worse as it gets warmer. But the mosquitos have been thick. Sometimes they land take a bite before they are repelled. Very irritating when they target the corners of the eyes. When the sun starts to come up, I can see them swarming around over the leaves and pine needles. I silently cheer when I see one fly into one of the many spiderwebs that was all over the place. I take my thermocell, too. But that has been fairly ineffective. I have two and may take both next time and put one on either side of me.

Here's my unscientific evaluation of the Gamehide Elimitic clothing. I'm happy to report that I never had 1 tick on me. But, the other guys in camp not wearing Elimitic didn't either! Was very unusual, as there's always multiple tick encounters. Only negative I have about the clothing, it's hot and doesn't seem to breath. But it's also light weight and comfortable to wear. I'll be wearing it again this week and next as I finish out my spring turkey seasons in NE WI. My 40 is lower land surrounded by ag, and always has a bumper supply of mosquitoes so will be a good test for the clothing too, not just the tick repellent.

I got bit on the stomach yesterday one while workin in the yard. Got him off quick, they say only takes about 15minutes for them to infect you. Had one once, still have a scar from it, joker tried to climb into me, all I could see was half his body, felt like a bee sting. Hate the things.

Anyway, I use the sawyer permethrin but have to be careful. Late season turkey hunts get hot and sweaty, and I swear it soaked into my skin through my wet clothes. I was seeing colors like an acid trip.

I did confess to the guys I was hunting with, that I secretly wanted them covered in ticks while I remained tick free in the Elimitic clothing! Lol!

The skeeters have a grudge against humans right now - prepare yourself, my friend.

Reading this thread makes me thankful for fire ants. I remember what it was like with the ticks before their arrival.

Alright I’m going to throw this out there and don’t you guys get all excited at once. At one of the sports shows I picked up a suit of rhino hide. About as form fitting as it gets and I bought them about 40lbs ago so snug is an understatement. That top and bottom under a set of bibs tucked into my muck boots has kept the ticks off pretty well. Combined with permethrin.

I buy permethrin by the gallon from Amazon. One gallon generally treats all my hunting clothes for both the Fall and Spring seasons. Since I began using it, I’ve not had a single tick make it to my tender hide. I lay it on pretty thick when I spray.

The other day, I was undressing and noticed a dog tick on the knee of my pants, which had been sprayed weeks before, and laundered several times. That tick was still alive, but just barely. I doubt he’d have made it much farther.

One weak point in the armor is your head. The directions tell you not to spray hats, and ticks can drop on you or grab onto your hat. My solution is to spray my hat anyway.

Do you have pics of you in that outfit? I don’t want to see them, but someone might😂