tick repellent

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by Fortun81:
Hey Gate Keeper! Here is a link to Tractor Supply (that's the name of the place). It's called Permeitherin 10 ($5.99 for a 32oz bottle).

   http://www.tractorsupply.com/livestock-fly-control/insecticides/permethrin-10-livestock-premise-spray-8-oz-2212873  

I also have a bottle of the Sawyer brand, I think I bought from Cabelas. It worked really well too.

Perfect!  

[uglyjake]

I contacted Durvet and their Permethrin is not labeled for clothing.  Ther recommended Sawyer.  Any updates on what other Permethrin is greatly appricated.  Thanks for all the informaion.

[tecum-tha]

@Fletcher: I hunt middle TN for years and the ticks are thick there as well. If you pay attention and in combination with the rynoskin and my repellent I did not have a tick for several years. And there is actually a shot for lyme disease here in the US.They can do that, because it is a limited amount of different disease causing bacteria here in the US. There is none for the european lyme desease, becasue there are too many different bacterias causing the disease.
  http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-lyme.pdf

Yep, this vaccine was pulled back by the manufacturer because of "greedy" class action law suits. What a shame... There is no scientific proof the vaccine caused the problems associated. Maybe a generic is still available...

[Northwind]

rhyno skin is excellent. I also wear white pants when cutting trails or setting stands during peak tick season which seems to run from April thru late October in my area.  I'm always amazed at the sheer numbers of nymph ticks that readily show up on the light colored pants.  Ticks don't like bright sunlight. That's why one usually finds more of them under the canopy of the woods.  Ticks tend to hang out on the underside of low leaf vegetation and hitch a ride as prospective hosts travel by. So its a good idea to keep clean trails through your stomping grounds.

[Northwind]

rhyno skin is excellent. I also wear white pants when cutting trails or setting stands during peak tick season which seems to run from April thru late October in my area.  I'm always amazed at the sheer numbers of nymph ticks that readily show up on the light colored pants.  Ticks don't like bright sunlight. That's why one usually finds more of them under the canopy of the woods.  Ticks tend to hang out on the underside of low leaf vegetation and hitch a ride as prospective hosts travel by. So its a good idea to keep clean trails through your stomping grounds.

[Northwind]

rhyno skin is excellent. I also wear white pants when cutting trails or setting stands during peak tick season which seems to run from April thru late October in my area.  I'm always amazed at the sheer numbers of nymph ticks that readily show up on the light colored pants.  Ticks don't like bright sunlight. That's why one usually finds more of them under the canopy of the woods.  Ticks tend to hang out on the underside of low leaf vegetation and hitch a ride as prospective hosts travel by. So its a good idea to keep clean trails through your stomping grounds.

[rluttrell]

I dont spray my panties and tshirts

I am new to this site and enjoy reading and learning from it. I have to say , what Dan wrote had me laughing out loud. I didn’t know that traditional archers wore panties. There are some things I will change to be a better archer but I will not change  my boxers for panties.
On a serious note, is spraying just the closes ok? What about the exposed skin what do people do for that?

[Fortun81]

I only put permethrin on the outside of my boots, and spray it on my belt. I don't put it on anything that touches my skin. That's bad juju...

[Living_waters]

Have a 10% permethrin mixture, what is the dilute ratio?

[Fortun81]

10% should be fine if your mixing it yourself (bulk from tractor supply or somewhere like that). If you use the sawyer spray brand, just spray it on at least 24 hours prior to going hunting, and make sure to NOT put it anywhere it will touch your skin.

[Hoyt]

Originally posted by Living_waters:
Have a 10% permethrin mixture, what is the dilute ratio?

If you want .5%, mix 1oz of 10% permethrin with 20 oz of water an you will have .5% permethrin.  


 Most store brands are .5% permethrin

[deadmule]

Seven dust in a sock or rosin bag works extremely well as long as you just pat it on your boots and the bottom of your pants. I've never got it on my skin so I don't know the effects of that (Probably don't want to know either) but it sure works good if your in a pinch.

[SELFBOW19953]

Ticks are pretty common around here in Delaware.  I pulled a nymph off last night.  Chiggers/redbugs are really bad.  I always use some permethrin product-Sawyers, Tractor Supply, etc.  Wikipedia says "it has a low mammalian toxicity and is poorly absorbed by skin".  I spray the outside of my clothes with a permethrin product, let it dry, and venture forth.  After 20 years, I don't see that I have any ill effects-my wife, on the other hand, will happily tell anyone about my "problems"!!!!

[charlie phillips]

I use SULFUR powder.It works good.


    TXCP

[Hoyt]

The manufacturer of Dur-Vet Permethrin 10 said that many agricultural products are oil based to aid sticking. Use on clothing would result in stained clothing and long drying time and wasn't recommended. Also some agricultural product also containd Piperonyl Butoxide (PBO) which is toxic.

Duration TM Pemethrin 10% Concnetrate from Amazon claims to be the only EPA registered permthrin 10% concentrate approved for use on clothing. It is intended for use as a soak, but I deluted it to .5% and use it as a spray like Sawyers.
Mixed 20 to 1 it will make 168oz. of .5% spray or equal to 7 of the 24oz. bottles of Sawyers. Thats $30 vs $90.

One soak is suppose to last through 6 washings...I don't know how long it will last sprayed. I used my sprayed set of camo's for over two months without a tick or chigger and sprayed again.

[screamin]

Originally posted by charlie phillips:
I use SULFUR powder.It works good.
TXCP

I have a post way back in this thread about sulfur which I take by mouth in the form of msm, 1 cap a day. This summer I have discovered another benefit to taking it. All through my life I have been a mosquito magnet, the little buggers absolutely love sucking my blood... no more. This yr I have made a half a dozen trips to Utah to do a little fishing and I have yet to get bit. They definitely buzz my head and generally be a pest, saw and heard em, but not once in all these trips have I got bit. I like it!

[RedShaft]

sawyers.. can get it from cabelas.

[razorsharptokill]

BAD stuff for humans! Dont spray it in enclosed areas! Spray it a day brfore out doors and let it dry. Not worth getting sick!