Just wanted to put this out there. A buddy and I were out scouting yesterday and I came home and found a tick crawling up my arm. I wasn't in the woods more than 10 minutes, walking roads and listening mostly but I picked up a hitch hiker. I normally spray everything but it has been cool here so I let it slide. With seasons starting and the weather warming up DON"T FORGET to use it.
Amen .. for sure ..
You could have the corona and the lime at the same time
I had a lone star tick perched on the end of my Indian creek this morning!
Amen I sprayed all of our clothes yesterday!
Sprayed down my hunting clothes, boots and hat before the season started.
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Still scouting here in VA and found a tick a couple of Saturdays ago after I got home. Put Permethrin on a set of clothes just for scouting after that. My nieces husband is a K9 officer and was out with his dog training the other day and had a lone star tick on him, he's pretty worried right now. My vet said it was going to be a bad year for ticks.
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I picked up a tick in the woods in Georgia in DECEMBER! Guys THE single most dangerous creature in the woods is smaller than the end of your little finger!! USE PERMETHRIN!!
I will be spraying all my hunting cloths and boots this weekend. Everyone needs to do this and stay safe!
I spray all my outer wear, also shower in that top secret bio shield stuff, and use their laundry detergent on all my socks and undies and such all season!
No tick issues in a long time!
If anyone has the chemical aversion to permethrin or would rather apply directly to skin, picaridin is almost equally effective and the red repel bottles last a while for $7
Going to listen for gobbles in the morning, then spraying all my hunting clothes after that.
Jim
Quote from: Cut N Run on March 27, 2020, 10:25:08 PM
Going to listen for gobbles in the morning, then spraying all my hunting clothes after that.
Jim
Bingo. Doing the same rite now and when I get home. Nothing better than sitting here listening to the woods come alive. Well except for hunting one. Lol
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Ticks are bad, but the permethrin will help with those hummingbird sized mosquitoes in Baka woods and those nasty redbugs as well. I thoroughly spray down before hitting the woods.
Quote from: Southerngobbler on March 27, 2020, 04:47:34 PM
You could have the corona and the lime at the same time
:TooFunny: That's a good one! We could all use a little humor right about now.
Spayed all my clothes, vest, etc before the season and reapply every couple of uses just to be safe.
TTT. With more states opening this weekend and next, I wanted to bring this back to the top one more time. Use the permethrin, we don't need people getting their corona with their lyme (Good one Southerngobbler). Good Hunting to ALL!
Guess I am a day late and a dollar short been turkey hunting for 15 years on my own
And just now heard of permethrin I guess I will have to give it a try and maybe this year I will break out
The thermacell everyone says they don't go hunting without it bought one 3 years ago and never took it out the box I just can't bring myself to carry a bunch of stuff
I picked up some permethrin to mix my own this year. With the way this virus has gone I may change locations and not need to treat my clothes. Any idea of the shelf life of permethrin?
Joe
Quote from: Syn on April 02, 2020, 06:59:47 PM
I picked up some permethrin to mix my own this year. With the way this virus has gone I may change locations and not need to treat my clothes. Any idea of the shelf life of permethrin?
Joe
Joe, I normally buy a quart of 10% at a time. I will give my hunting buddies some. I've had the same bottle of the concentrate for 4 or 5 years (using the last of it this spring). I keep it in a cool place when I don't need it and it's still very effective. I will mix a quart bottle of spray at a time and I wet everything thoroughly, hanging on a clothes line. I've read, it is effective for up to 28 days. I will normally reapply when I wash my clothes or half way through the season.
I just bought this at Walmart. New Jersey + New York is coming up and Deer Ticks are thick up here.
Quote from: bbcoach on April 02, 2020, 08:33:26 PM
Quote from: Syn on April 02, 2020, 06:59:47 PM
I picked up some permethrin to mix my own this year. With the way this virus has gone I may change locations and not need to treat my clothes. Any idea of the shelf life of permethrin?
Joe
Joe, I normally buy a quart of 10% at a time. I will give my hunting buddies some. I've had the same bottle of the concentrate for 4 or 5 years (using the last of it this spring). I keep it in a cool place when I don't need it and it's still very effective. I will mix a quart bottle of spray at a time and I wet everything thoroughly, hanging on a clothes line. I've read, it is effective for up to 28 days. I will normally reapply when I wash my clothes or half way through the season.
Thanks Coach. I'll keep it put up then, whatever I have left.
Joe
One more thing, don't allow the wet spray to come in contact with your cats if you have them. Permethrin is a neuro toxin and it can kill them. Once the spray dries, you should be ok as long as the cats don't lick your clothes.
Question for you all. I'm curious about toxicity to humans after it dies. Obviously you don't want to get it in your eyes or even skin while spraying, but once it dries, are you good to go with touching it?
The examples that come to mind is laying your favorite snack food on your pant leg, touching clothes then using your mouth call ect.
I've always used DEET, but sprayed my clothes down with Permethrin yesterday and plan to use that this year.
When you mix the concentrate with water (20 to 1) the percentage is 1/2 of 1 percent (.5%). Sawyers is mixed to the exact ratio. I'm not a chemist or a doctor but if a company manufacturers this at the same ratio and assumes the liability that goes with it, I would say their research says it is ok. I would think the threat would be low.
I found a tick on myself while working on a job site back in February. I had just gotten finished petting the homeowner's dog, which is always in the woods. Ticks are out and about even before season.
This is sticky at the top of the General Forum page with lots of good info in it: http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php/topic,88456.0.html
I spray all my hunting clothes before the season and reply after every 2 or 3 times i wear my clothes.
I've hunted 12 days this season and no ticks. I stopped on the way home from work Friday to check a trail camera while in my work clothes. I walked down the road and changed cards and walked back down the road and into my truck. I found two ticks crawling on me on the drive home.
Makes me a believer in Permethrin.
Getting Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever was enough to make me make sure I always wear permethrin