RE: TICK CONTROLL? What can you do??
 

The main carrier of ticks are whitetail deer, period. Reduce them, reduce the ticks. Take some duct tape and wrap it inside out at your ankles when going in. Any you pick up low will become stuck on the tape. Also get one of those tape lint rollers and roll them around on your body after each outing. The most important thing is to shower after each outing and use a wascloth to scrub your body down. A friend of mine is a surveyor and he taught me this. He has never had Lime disease and neither have I, and I live in Connecticut with some of the hioghest tick/deer populations in the country.

In addition to lime disease there are other diseases now that seem worse than that, babezia I believe is the one that is worse than Lime disease.

RE: TICK CONTROLL? What can you do??
 

I do not know firsthand if this is true or not, but a buddy of mine swears by vinegar. He starts drinking a teaspoon of vinegar a day a month before turkey season, and a month before deer season and says he hasnt had a tick bite since he has been doing it.

RE: TICK CONTROLL? What can you do??
 

I got about 14 running around the farm, and 18 Narragansett Turkeys, about 400 pheasnts, but they are caged up.

RE: TICK CONTROLL? What can you do??
 

It seems that when i wear rubber boots that i don't get ticks. So you might try that.

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Im going to try that replenent.. i looked it up on Cabelas.. they got something.. im going to order that, as well as the insideout, duct tape method.. its just INFESTED in longisland.. i know guys that dont go because they cant deal with the ticks. thanks.. keep any new tricks/ideas commin..

RE: TICK CONTROLL? What can you do??
 

The duct tape is good but an additional word is in order. Ticks climb up and quest on grass and shrubs. That means they gather in groups, at the plant tips, with their legs open and waiting. When a potential blood meal (warm blooded mammal like a deer, dog or a person) brushes by they hop off and hitch a ride. Then they crawl to the feeding site. That's how they disperse. Therefore, if you tape at the ankles only you may miss some that are questing higher up on grass or bushes.

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Hey all. Happy Easter. Where can you find this product? Thanks, Troy.

RE: TICK CONTROLL? What can you do??
 

I am presumimg you mean the Pymetherine. I usually get the Sawyer brand at Dicks Sporting Goods. You can also get the Repel brand at Wally World and most larger drug stores. Not to mention a lot of sources on line. When you get the Repel just make sure that it is odorless, usually I find that it is scented. Typically I spray and let dry overnight and then I wask my clothes in scent free detergent and dry in the dryer with fresh earth dryer sheets. This spray lasts for six weeks and thru multiple washings. I treat my clothing and pack once a month. I have not been bitten by a tick or seen one in the house in three years.

Bob