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Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few seconds(15-20),the tick will come out on it's own and be stuck to the cotton ball when youlift it away.

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This is one i've never tried. Can't wait to go out to the club and try it out. www.lazyshuntclub.org

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ryanaller, It definitely works well but I have been told by doctors and the nys dept of health not to use this method. reason being is the tick may go into shock due to the fact that it can't breath. And when it gets stressed it will regurgitate into your blood stream. The ticks that carry lime disease and other diseases carry the virus in there stomach and that is how it is passed on to you.They recommend using tweezers and pull it out with one motion and clean the affected area with alcohol.Just to let you know... beware!

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I tried it last week on my son, & it didn't work.Thetickdidn't back out even a little bit after several minutes. However, he sure was clean tick!

I did end up using the tweezers, & I was able to get all of it. I savedthe tickin a Ziploc bag so we could take it to the Dr. should my son develop any problems. Fortunately, he's just fine. And now he's got a bitchin' woods story to tell all of his friends!

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I'll ditto callemin's caution not to use techniques that will cause the tick to re-gurgitate - heat, soap, chemicals, etc - I have read that warning many times. One trick I use at home is to have a piece ofscotch tape handy when I pull a tick off (fingernails work for me) - it's pretty easy to transfer the tick to the tape. I then fold the tape over on itselfto immobilize the tick for the rest of its wretched life...
-fsh

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Hey, I do that too... I hope they live a long time locked in that piece of tape unable to move. I hate the littel blood suckers. I had lyme and it sucks.

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Good reply RayC...
I use tweezers also and than alcohol the heck out of the bite.After hunting the brush country of Texas a few years back I now treat all my cloths with Permanone plus spray my skin with Repel!It has completely kept me from being in this nasty situation!!!!:)

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Tikcs quest! Questing is a tick that crawls up on a blade of grass and then extends their front legs up in the air. Their sensory organ (nose-like) is at the end of each fore leg.

Now knowing that in tick infested areas - a good pair of knee rubber boots will also help keep ticks off as they have a hard time crawling on this type of surface.

Another thing not mentioned is the use of light colored clothing while int he field to make ticks that much easier to spot on you.

With potential tick infested clothing there areseveral ways you can treat them.
1. Insert in a closthes dryer for 10 minutes at the hottest air dry setting
2. Insert in a pastic bag and spray any type of House & Garden Aerosol product inthe bag and seal for a few hours.
3. Or use Permanone as described above.

It is a good idea for any tick you find attached to place on a piece of scotch tape but tape this to a file card and save. On the card write that date bit, the area of your body you found it, the area you think you got the tick from.

Not all ticks carry Lymes disease but it has been proven it is just not the Deer tick. Others can and do.

For your dogs.

if you don't like the idea of applying insecticide to yor dog's coat that makes their skin systemic, - use a simple pyrethrum alcohol spray after every romp in the field.
I also use a flea comb at the end of the day and that will help find and remove any tick caught in the coat of the dog.

JW

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I always just use a pair of tweezers and a lighter. Just use the lighter to heat/sterilize the tweezers, and while the tongs are still good and hot, just grab hold of the tick's rump. The heat eventually gets to 'em and theyjust back right out.

Then, you can proceed to re-fire the lighter and cook him alive in the tongs of the tweezers. It's quite fun really.

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The permanone not only does a good job on ticks, but also chiggers - the little beasts reminded methe other week the consequences (intense itch) of wearing untreated jeans while walking through tallgrass.
I was treated twice for lyme's in the distant past -I waspulling embedded ticks almostdaily in spite of using both permanone and deet. One tick slipped by my survelliance andgave me abig bullseye rash. Igot the lyme's vacine when it was available several years ago - it was taken off the market because some people reacted badly to it (paralysis?), fortunately I was not one of them.
Lyme (and tick bites) should be taken seriously - I havea friend messed up physically and anotherfriend with neurological problemsbecause of lyme. My niece also had a close call with Rocky Mt spotted fever, another tick-borne disease.
-fsh

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my brother in law has Lymes.....it's nothing to mess aorund with...if anyone doesnt take the ticks seriously, they need too....i've watched him become a shell of a human, i would of said man, but he doesnt deserve that title, lol.....

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I have never tried the soap trick but using tweezers I have had the head break off before. So I would be using something else to aid in the removal
to help get the head out to.

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Folks,

As an entomologist that has north and south in some tick and chigger infested places and have tried everything- there is no better protection than Permanone or Duranone (active ingredient is Permethrin - the insecticide). Before this hit the marketan old cotton entomologist that I hunted with in NC turned me on to it (then the army started using it and it hit the mainstream)How do you use it? Just follow the directions, more is not better!!, I've had my various spring hunting outfits treated with this stuff for years, I reapply each spring just to be sure but this product will last through several washes. Is it safe? Well, its safer than a Tickborne disease Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Lyme, or other and unless you have had a whopping case of chiggers (I'm talking hundreds imbedded in your legs at once) you don't know what itching is! Furthermore, its the same insecticide farmers have been spraying on thier fields for many many years, so if your eating food from the USA then you've been exposed plenty to this chemical. As with all chemicals though, its up to the individual. I simply don't go in the woods without it in the spring.

Now, if you are worried about the smell as a deer hunter or something then thats something you have to deal with (or not), but once this stuff dries its odorless to us (at least). For the scent freaks out there you wil have to make your own call.

One last suggestion - again, this isn't always possible, but talking a shower every evening after you come out of the woods and checking yourself (yep in the private parts as well!!) will catch many a tick that does make it past the barrier. I'm amazed at the calls I get of folks that find a tick that has been imbedded in thier back for a week since they had been in the woods! Just check yourself good in the evening before you go to bed!!

Hope this helps,

Hootnscoot

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have your wives or girlfriends do tick checks.......i have the hubby do em when i've been hunting, but i really need to get him to check more often cause i had 3of em just the other day, 2 got me, the third was crawling on me....

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HuntNma,

Now you are talking! You have reminded me of the most important part about tick checks. Yup! Have hubby do the checkin................gotta have your clothes off to do a proper tick check!

Happy checkin!!!!!!............................

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Good advise from all for sure!!....One more thing I'd like to add from my own misfortune is If you've been in the woods all day not only take good care of your own body but the rest of your family too including your own housepets.What I mean is dont just toss your cloths in the hamper or in the dirty cloths pile because trust me one of your family members or pets will end up picking them up from inside the house.This is one of the major reasons I have multiple camo outfits except for my boots,jacket,and turkey vest.They stay outside in a easily dry accessible place such as my garage...The inside of your vehicle is another great place to store ticks if you throw all your camo in there too!Got in big trouble for that one taking my wife to lunch after a good mornings hunt and she found 3 ticks crawling on her during lunch in the restaurant!![:-]Anyway good hunting all.....