Ticks

[Hanshi]

I bought a bottle of concentrated permethrin which will make many gallons of extra strong spray. I spray my boots, clothes, let them dry and I'm good for a couple of hunting seasons. Since I started doing this I've not found a single tick on me even during spring turkey season. It is NOT for putting on the skin or for use around pets. For exposed skin I rub on a little DEET.

When I was younger I NEVER got a tick; only in the past 25 to 30 years have they become a problem. I'm convinced the problem is largely one caused by the breeding experiments on Plum Island. Starting in the 1950s and working for the DOD; they experimented with weaponizing ticks for the military. Like several other diseases and accidents, they escaped added to the number of tick born diseases already present. Just Big Brother protecting us again.

 

[urbaneruralite]

I buy the 10% concentrate and dilute down to the same as Permanone. You get a longer lasting product with those intended for clothes, but diluting my own in so much cheaper. Plus it's on camo so there's no worry about staining.

 

[ElevenBravo]

the wife and I usually buy a spray bottle of the stuff every year to treat our hunting clothes. Works very well, but some animals don't take it very well if they ingest it or get sprayed with it, cats in particular. We have to be very careful to make sure that our hunting clothes are completely dry before bringing them into the house because of this.

But we've been to some pretty bug filled places and not one tick, and it helps keep other bugs away too. Between this and the Thermacells, we manage to get through our hunting trips with a minimal number of bites.