Just curious what everyone is using for tick control on their clothing while hunting ? Last year was brutal...
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Just curious what everyone is using for tick control on their clothing while hunting ? Last year was brutal...
This time of the year?Quote:
Originally Posted by higgy
In the spring Icaridin or Permethrin permeated clothing......
One dog came in with two on him other morning nice dogs are all white show up easy
Permethrin 100%Quote:
Originally Posted by gbk
My neighbour takes his two dogs for a good tour up the unmaintained concession across the road from me and the other day he said his dogs had 17 ticks on them. Now he has them on Bravecto but still does a thorough check on both when he gets home. So the ticks are certainly still about.
As for clothing the best way is to take a dedicated outfit and spray it down to the point of wet and then let it dry and air out for a few days. Absorbine Ultra EX contains Permethrin and Pyrethrin and will kill ticks and other insects on contact and will last for a long time including several wash cycles. It can be used on your dogs as well.
https://absorbine.com/products/ultra...x-quart-gallon
I’ve never encountered ticks in the fall. Spring and summer are normally peak times in my neck of the woods.
I've gone through two cans now of Icaridin over the last few years for mosquitoes and black flies and I'm not impressed at all. It doesn't work near as well as deet, doesn't last very long and leaves an oily film on the skin. I won't buy it again. Now if I had young kids I'd still be likely to use it on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by gbk
Had one on me the other day while deer scouting. I’ve gotta get some permethrin!
sawyers permethrin, I had to order mine through the usa or stop at walmart when I was allowed over there. Works great, you can even wash your clothes multiple time and its still effective.
The Ultra EX does the same thing. I buy mine at the local TSCQuote:
Originally Posted by klums
But unlike the sawyers which is scentless, the Ultra has a strong citronella scent to it and is meant for horses. I tried it and couldn't stand the smell. Took me more than 10 washes to get it out of my clothes. Be warned!Quote:
Originally Posted by smitty55
Sawyers permethrin works really well, I don’t have a clue how you get it in Canada now these days.
Other than that I either use 30% deet on skin and clothing , or 20% picardin. I found in the napanee area at our camp that the ticks were fine all this year up until the fall… now they are currently worse than I’ve ever seen. Pulled around 80 off the dog pheasant and duck hunting one weekend and another 15-20 that were biting. The dog is on a tick med that kills them when they bite , but it’s still a huge sore. We also douse her in bug spray.
Also my girlfriend got Lyme disease and co-infections at one point and it messed her up for almost 2 yeArs. It took treatments from out of country to get her back on track.
That's a plus during Turkey Hunting for Mosquitos HaHa..Quote:
Originally Posted by Ahuntr300
I have been using Ultra Shield for 5 years now without ever picking up a single tick!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ahuntr300
I spray my 2-piece camo rainsuit and all my other gear w it outside, then let everything air out outside after for 3-4 hours. I then bag the suit in a plastic bag and don't put the suit on till I get to my hunting site - then rebag it again as soon as I get back to my jeep. I repeat the spray after 4 weeks or so.
Airing it out after spraying gets rid of the citronella stink.
As for misquitoes, I always use a Thermocell!
I was at bush helping open the trails with the land owner this morning an got a tick off my yellow lab. Last year while my pup was tracking a wounded deer she ended up with over a dozen on her and it was this time of year as well.
Ticks should disappear once the frost hits.
I guess its what your tolerance for the citronella smell is. For me it is overpowering, and detracts from the fall smells of the woods that I really love. Not to mention, it gets in your vehicle seats and gear and as I said before it is hard to get it out. I also had my buddies that did not want to get near me because it was so strong. I don't know, maybe I got a bottle with extra citronella scent in it lol. Wish they made a scentless version of it, but then again, maybe its on purpose, to discourage human use of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by genec
Don’t let them fool you tapping trees in late feb ticks are down in the leaves just waiting for a hostQuote:
Originally Posted by Sam Menard
I never bother with my clothing, I had one tick attached in all my life (20 years in ON and I've been to places where there were dozens of ticks on a dog after a walk). If you ever get a tick, remove ASAP and take one dose Doxycylcin, it's close to a 100% effective. I keep some on hand.
The best removal tool is tick key, the original, not cheap knock offs.
If you insist on treating the clothing, there's instructions on the net how to wash in Permethryn concentrate, I got some from Amazon years ago.
I use it to spray for ants, other bugs and spray coyotes before skinning.
For dogs I use Advantix, I get it from the US (much cheaper) and once in the sping and couple times in the fall. It only works 3 weeks for ticks, not one month!!! read the fine print. I had a bunch of ticks on dogs yesterday, so treated them again.
Here you go, all I know about tick control (almost).
Why on earth are you getting in your vehicle with that clothing on??Quote:
Originally Posted by Ahuntr300
Do what I do - use an outer layer sprayed with the spray, keep it tied in a garbage bag, just put it on when you get out of your vehicle to hunt, and reseal it in the bag when you get back to your vehicle. I have a 2-piece camo suit that I wear every hunt, sprayed with it.
Doing it the way you do, its no wonder you cant stand the smell - you are wearing it in enclosed spaces, which would drive anyone up the wall with the odour!!
When mixing check your percentages and compare to the Sawyer, but many of the spider sprays use peremethrin too. The Sawyer clothing spray is .5% so best to try and match that and if you can get it I would say get the horse version and dilute would be better by the way. Their page doesn't say it but the bottle shows the .5% if you copy the image and paste into paint you can read it.
https://www.sawyer.com/products/perm...bric-treatment
I ended up with the Wilson spider concentrate and mixed accordingly to get the right %, I put it on the exterior clothes and coverals and boots that I put on when I get there.
https://www.pesticideonline.ca/produ...ainst-spiders/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW5n3GXdSFw
Watch Your cat with Permethrin though-it is a death sentence for cats if one gets in on its hide..........
Yes - please be careful it's strong stuff. It has to be to keep away those nasty ticks. I think after its dry on the clothes it's okay, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by gbk
I found a supplier of 1.25% permethrin in Canada. I dilute it down to 0.5% with water and spray it or soak my outdoor clothing in it. It is unscented when dry and seems to work - hard to tell other than I don't ever get any ticks on me. I keep my pants tucked in to my socks and wear long sleeves - both pants and shirt treated.
https://thekoregarden.ca/product/gar...y-insecticide/