TICK CONTROLL? What can you do??
#11
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
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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.
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.
#12
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 109
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.
#13
RE: TICK CONTROLL? What can you do??
ORIGINAL: halfrack VIII
this is gonna sound ridiculous but i had like five guinea hens, and the year after we got them we souldn't find a tick
this is gonna sound ridiculous but i had like five guinea hens, and the year after we got them we souldn't find a tick
#15
RE: TICK CONTROLL? What can you do??
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..
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Clermont Florida U.S.
Posts: 4,970
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.
#18
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts
Posts: 385
RE: TICK CONTROLL? What can you do??
ORIGINAL: corvette69
Hey all. Happy Easter. Where can you find this product? Thanks, Troy.
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