WHATS THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

[Hardy]

Re: WHAT'S THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

EAT FRESH GARLIC 24 HRS BEFORE YOU HEAD INTO THE FIELD 4 TO 5 BULBS WILL DO JUST FINE WORKS GOOD AS A BIRTH CONTROL TOO

 

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[Monty]

Re: WHAT'S THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

I love garlic as a tasty spice to cook with, but if I just ate 5 bulbs of garlic, my stomache would digest the rest of my body! It really upsets me if I eat too much garlic. It grows wild around where old homesteads use to be and a good tip for metal detecting is that anywhere you find garlic growing might be an old homestead. It looks a lot like wild onions only a lot stronger. It would work well for BC here in the states but in Korea especially, everyone smells like garlic! It is a food staple there. Spoiled cabbage and garlic mixed is a staple for all Korean tables. The mix it and bury it in the ground in big pots and let it ferment. Then they dig it up and eat it. The call it Kimche or something similar in spelling to that. How well you make out with a native Korean girl depends on how long you can hold your breath! Any ex-GI who has been in Korea can attest to that fact. Not being facetious, it's just a truism. Monty

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Re: WHAT'S THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

I love garlic as a tasty spice to cook with, but if I just ate 5 bulbs of garlic, my stomache would digest the rest of my body! It really upsets me if I eat too much garlic. It grows wild around where old homesteads use to be and a good tip for metal detecting is that anywhere you find garlic growing might be an old homestead. It looks a lot like wild onions only a lot stronger. It would work well for BC here in the states but in Korea especially, everyone smells like garlic! It is a food staple there. Spoiled cabbage and garlic mixed is a staple for all Korean tables. The mix it and bury it in the ground in big pots and let it ferment. Then they dig it up and eat it. The call it Kimche or something similar in spelling to that. How well you make out with a native Korean girl depends on how long you can hold your breath! Any ex-GI who has been in Korea can attest to that fact. Not being facetious, it's just a truism. Monty

Kimche is good so is baloots

 

[boodydarn]

Re: WHAT'S THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

http://www.wildernetwork.org/deet_vs_permethrin.html

Permethrin, we use it on our dogs and horses and it is approved for human use too. See the attached site

 

[PALEOMAN]

Re: WHAT'S THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

so thats why my md`er does`nt get ticks. its always going deet deet deet deet deet deet -----------------

 

[coin finder]

Re: WHAT'S THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

I used Tape . 8)

 

[UnEarthed72]

Re: WHAT'S THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

Something like this

 

[Don in SJ]

Re: WHAT'S THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

Interesting, cause i posted something similar last year as was already brought up. I have spoken to several friends who are hunters. They also rec comended REPEL., but not the bug spray. It is the REPEL for clothing and gear. Basically it is an aerosol, and you spray paint your clothes with it, then let it dry for 4 hrs. Don't get it on your skin while wet, but it bods to your clothes. It has pemethrin in it. I have never seen anything like it. It works the nuts. Once dry, it is good for about 10 days with no washing (I use a specific set of clothes), but if you wash them, just re apply. Only 6 bucks a can @ Walmart in the camping hunting section

I wholeheartedly agree REPEL for clothing - Works better than anything I have ever tried and South Jersey woods can be horrible for ticks.........
Spray footwear, socks and pants, outside of gloves if used. A bit hazardous to use in hot weather, since sweat and the repellent might react negatively to your skin, a burning type rash could result.

Don

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Re: WHAT'S THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

http://www.wildernetwork.org/deet_vs_permethrin.html

Permethrin, we use it on our dogs and horses and it is approved for human use too. See the attached site

nice link thanks I have used it on my cattle too but never me have to try it

 

[acedigger]

Re: WHAT'S THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

We do one of two things.

1. Put a tick collar for dogs around your ankle. Sounds weird but it works.
2. Growing up we used to have an old sock filled with sulphur. We would beat it on our shoes all the way up our pants legs. This works great also.

 

[simonds]

Re: WHAT'S THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

When I was in the army we put Hartz flee/tick collars around our lower leg under the pant leg blouse. I never had any bites all the time we were out in the woods.
Wish you all the best,
Clayton

 

[Bum Luck]

Re: WHAT'S THE BEST TICK REPELLANT?

I'm a land surveyor. I spend a LOT of time in the woods, regardless of the conditions. And I hate bugs; mosquitoes and black flies are my particular unfavorites. I usually don't get many ticks for some reason, but I understand getting up at 3 AM feeling a tick crawling on you. Makes it hard to get back to sleep. I used to wonder what chiggers were, but after a run in with these little buggers that lasted a week, I've added them to my "bad bug" list.

I have tried everything you can imagine, but the best thing I have found so far is Permethrin. Used on your clothes, it kills insects. I've never had one bite through it, even when the skeeters were voratious. They land, they die. Ticks too. Once they are exposed to Permethrin, they are goners, and just drop off before you know they're there. I spray my hair and that seems to work there (they advertise it for dogs).

As I understand it, if you put it on your skin, it metabolizes rapidly, losing effectiveness. So on exposed skin, I use DEET, but I don't like it. Too much makes my skin "crawl", and anything that melts plastic pencils may not be good for you. So, limit your exposed skin by using clothing you can use Permethrin on.

I am amused by "housewife" remedies like Skin so Soft, vitamin B, garlic (I love the stuff, and eat whole cloves of it). They may have a little effectiveness when the bugs are on "lazy", but I've noticed when I'm in the deep woods and the hordes are vicious, there is a distinct lack of housewives.