Freezing ticks
11-04-2010, 11:56 PM
#11
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 26
Where I hunt there are a lot of ticks this year. Does anyone think that what I am doing to try to keep the little buggers out of the house will work?
When I get home from a hunt my clothes immediately go into a bag and into the freezer for a couple of days. I'm thinking that the extended deep cold will kill any ticks that I have hanging on. Will it work?....don't know, but at least they aren't free roaming around the house.
Mitch
When I get home from a hunt my clothes immediately go into a bag and into the freezer for a couple of days. I'm thinking that the extended deep cold will kill any ticks that I have hanging on. Will it work?....don't know, but at least they aren't free roaming around the house.
Mitch
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11-05-2010, 04:42 AM
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Virginia Beach, Va
Posts: 317
Nope... it wont kill them.
Tic's can stay alive for 5 years without a meal and survive those years thru winters with freeze's.
I just wash my clothes and ensure they have a good dousing of premethrine.
Tic's can stay alive for 5 years without a meal and survive those years thru winters with freeze's.
I just wash my clothes and ensure they have a good dousing of premethrine.
11-05-2010, 09:52 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: VA, USA
Posts: 3,116
I am in southern VA and have found ticks on me in the month of Feb before. Took a 6 point on Wednesday evening and it had two engorged Lone Star ticks on its belly. The climate in VA is mild enough during the winter months to allow the possibility of being bitten by a tick even during Dec, Jan, and Feb.
11-08-2010, 05:47 AM
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 320
In NE Wisconsin, the tiny deer ticks are still out. The larger dog (wood) ticks are long gone, but the deer ticks last until you get a hard freeze. I pulled some off my pants just last week. Their numbers are much lower now than in the summer, but they're still out there.
