Don't get Ticked off.

[FullChoke]

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Whether you use a commercial spray product or make your own soaking solution, take the time before season opens to prepare your hunting clothes with a Permethrin based treatment to eliminate the threat of tick and chigger bites this year. Ticks can be a very real problem in different areas of the country in the spring and can carry and infect you with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. People are becoming more aware of the long term problems that tick bites can create.  Do yourself and your loved ones a favor and treat your clothes.  Permethrin doesn't just repel ticks, they actually die quickly from contact with it on your clothes. It has been proven to be benign to humans when applied per instructions and allowed to dry completely prior to wearing.  Since I have been using Permethrin on my turkey hunting clothes about 14 years ago, I have found ZERO ticks, redbugs or chiggers on me. Zip, zero. nada!

Enjoy everything about your spring turkey season.

Cheers 

FullChoke

[Roost 1]

I agree....

[afhunter1]

I've been doing this for years and it works great.

[reflexl]

A word of warning. I have been using permethrin for years. It definitely helps. One tick slipped through the gauntlet 2 years ago and it took it till December 2024 to finally get diagnosed. I now have alpha-gal. That means no beef or pork. They said I am reactive to deer but thank the Lord I haven't reacted to deer yet. Even treating your clothes get your wife to look you over good when you get home. Alpha-Gal is awful.

[FullChoke]

A word of warning. I have been using permethrin for years. It definitely helps. One tick slipped through the gauntlet 2 years ago and it took it till December 2024 to finally get diagnosed. I now have alpha-gal. That means no beef or pork. They said I am reactive to deer but thank the Lord I haven't reacted to deer yet. Even treating your clothes get your wife to look you over good when you get home. Alpha-Gal is awful.

Great heads-up on even diligent actions to keep ourselves safe. So sorry that you were effected like this.

FC