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casinoman
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Permethrin
Yep, I have used this stuff, seems to work really well too. Typically pick it up at Fleet Farm, and sounds like I should start looking for it again.
Hang or lay out the pants and shoes and spray it on them, get a good coat of it on there, soaks in, let it dry really well and then off you go.
NOT for skin application... No real smell either once it is dry. |
I used it all last year and then stuff called Jungle Juice I got at REI for the skin and never had one on me all last year. |
I have used Jungle juice for years It has to be the best stuff out there for bugs.
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tesser
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| Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:53 am Post subject: |
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Permethrin
Yep, I have used this stuff, seems to work really well too. Typically pick it up at Fleet Farm, and sounds like I should start looking for it again.
Hang or lay out the pants and shoes and spray it on them, get a good coat of it on there, soaks in, let it dry really well and then off you go.
NOT for skin application... No real smell either once it is dry. |
I used it all last year and then stuff called Jungle Juice I got at REI for the skin and never had one on me all last year. |
I have used Jungle juice for years It has to be the best stuff out there for bugs. |
98.11% DEET! Holy Cow, no wonder it works! |
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GeoPierce
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| 98.11% DEET! Holy Cow, no wonder it works! |
And it even melts plastic!
http://www.rei.com/product/738782
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speedysk1
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BTW, the more DEET that's in it doesn't make it more effective, it makes it last longer. That's why Jungle Juice is rated for 10 hours of usage. And yes be careful with plastic and rubber items as DEET can and will melt them into a unrecognizable goo. I had a small bottle of off (maybe 18%? DEET) leak in my motorcycle tourpak and it ate through a bunch of things. Kept the mosquitoes away though. 
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NeoAddict
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Just a quick note: If anyone is out in northern WI, be prepared to pick LOTS of ticks off, both wood and deer ticks.
When hanging the laundry out yesterday (75 degrees, holy crap), I looked down at the basket which had been on the ground no more than 5 minutes and already there were 6 wood ticks and 1 deer tick crawling/reaching.
And I managed to pick 3 off the dog, one off my foot. |
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bflentje
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Just a quick note: If anyone is out in northern WI, be prepared to pick LOTS of ticks off, both wood and deer ticks.
When hanging the laundry out yesterday (75 degrees, holy crap), I looked down at the basket which had been on the ground no more than 5 minutes and already there were 6 wood ticks and 1 deer tick crawling/reaching.
And I managed to pick 3 off the dog, one off my foot. |
Time to bug bomb your yard.... |
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NeoAddict
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| Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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Just a quick note: If anyone is out in northern WI, be prepared to pick LOTS of ticks off, both wood and deer ticks.
When hanging the laundry out yesterday (75 degrees, holy crap), I looked down at the basket which had been on the ground no more than 5 minutes and already there were 6 wood ticks and 1 deer tick crawling/reaching.
And I managed to pick 3 off the dog, one off my foot. |
Time to bug bomb your yard.... |
Thankfully the Frontline is on the dog now. Wish I could put some on myself!
Last year we had some sort of fertilizer thing we spread with the hose that knocked out a lot of the ticks in the yard. Definitely have to do that again this year! |
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NeverSummer
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| Went and found "Horned Owl" in a Blaine open space and had 6 ticks...and still looking. Quite the outing! |
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andrewmcc
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I am crawling just reading these.
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EskoClimber
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| I found my first tick of the year but I had to travel 180 miles south to do it. |
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msrubble
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| Andy, I had 6 ticks yesterday: 2 deer ticks and 4 wood ticks. And you know where I was caching. Practically in your back yard. |
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andrewmcc
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| Andy, I had 6 ticks yesterday: 2 deer ticks and 4 wood ticks. And you know where I was caching. Practically in your back yard. |
Add that to the PI and the thorns and the Sand Dunes is a very pleasant place.
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former hawkeye
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No wood ticks in the Red River Valley yet-but they will be back when they get out of their subs they used to survive the flood. 
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bigred_librarian
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| Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject: I got Lyme's last August |
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I got Lyme's Disease last August (my opinion as I was really sick and had all of the symptoms but a negative test). I was diagnosed in January once I had ankle pain of all things. Not good at all. I spray down in the woods, so I am not sure where or when it happened exactly. So my advice is to have someone check you over after being out. It's a ritual in our house.
I like the ticker tape idea.
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tesser
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| Found a woodtick on my scalp in the shower yesterday morning. Eek! |
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