your a lucky man. when i'm in the woods, with poison ivy present...and there is a strong wind in the correct direction, I get it.

To late I tried to take a short cut last week and ended up engulfed and my poor son who is 6 was following me.
He told me daddy I dont want to come here anymore. I have work to do now with him.

Yeah, I've heard many people say that until their system changed and bammo...itching...good luck witht that. You might be confusing poison with other plants as well, perhaps?

its everything for me. Sumac (sp), Poison Ivy, Poison Oak you name it I'll get it. The same way too. Its pretty crazy. I've been hospitalized because my throat closes up and stuff, I know I'm a piece of work. Good thing they have a shot now. There is the brief telling of my life story

And now that the thread has been hijacked...I don't want to stumble into one of those walking to my stand

Greg,

I actually walked into one early one morning going to one of my stands. I knew it was in the area but I thought I had cleared it.....Anywho, I got tangled up in it and kinda forced my way out. I could feel a couple of scratches on my arms legs and face but didn't think it was that bad.When I finally got up into my stand, I was sweating like crazy....or so I thought. It wasn't until the sun came up that Irealized my face was covered with blood as were my arms and legs, nasty bush indeed.

As far as Poison Ivy is concerned, I was never allergic to it until about 3 years ago, now I get it...oh well. I've got a buddy who is so allergic that even in the dead of winter he will get it bad just by carrying a cord of wood into his cabin that had Potion Ivy crowning on it at one time.

Most of the places I hunt are covered with BOTH of these problem weeds. The multiflora roses do everything that is claimed about them, but the deer love 'em because no one can get anywhere close to them without making a ton of noise . . . and cussin'! It's unbelievable how the deer can get though it and not get caught like we do. They also seem to like how it tastes. One of the farmers told me that they eat more of the multi flora rose on his place than they did soybeans!

Man that looks like some nasty stuff there! Not to hijack the thread, but going back to the poison ivy, one time I was watching This Old House and the homeowner had a ton of it in his backyard he wanted to get rid of. I was thinking in my head "just burn it", but the guy who came out said never do that because then the irritant will become airborne and it'll get in your throat and lungs...

Ken

Ditto ..... I've never had poison Ivy in my life. I can roll around in it and not have a single itch [8D].

The tentacles of death on the other hand........ that is some NASTY stuff!!

Greg, you think iit's bad... you should try it with a bald head. It snatches you hat and then scalps you.[&:]