Originally Posted by Lloyd3
More cornpone it seems. Ed if you were to lay down in those woods now you would get up covered with ticks. I wouldn't recommend that.

That is a definite concern for hunters these days Lloyd, as you know from your ordeal. I was cutting up a storm felled tree about a week ago and felt a tick crawling up my arm. I put the little bastard on the hood of my Massey Ferguson tractor, and gave it a quick spray burst of the .5% Martins Permethrin solution I use to treat my hunting, hiking, and outdoor work clothing and boots. I assumed that would send it to critter Hell in mere moments. It crawled around for a full 3 minutes before it finally pulled its' legs in and expired. Now I am wondering if a .5% permethrin solution is strong enough for tick prevention.

A couple years ago, I was deer hunting in early December, and dressed a bit too warmly. I began perspiring while hiking to my afternoon stand, and decided I needed to remove a layer before making any more excess human scent. I removed a Thermax long-john top and put it in a plastic bag, and then sat there bare chested for a while to cool off before putting my hunting coat, shirt, hat, etc. back on. While sitting on a log working on my sun tan in December, I felt a little tickle, and noticed two ticks crawling in my chest hair. The temperature was only a couple degrees above freezing. This freaked me out a bit because during most of my hunting career, I never picked up any ticks, until I pulled one out of the back of my neck around 12 years ago.

I've read that ticks latch on to people with type A blood more than any other blood type. I am not type A. [Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]

Recently I went to a retirement party for an old co-worker. Another guy there told me his knee was shot, but that his surgeon refused to do knee replacement surgery until he was cleared of the Lyme Disease he thinks he acquired turkey hunting last Fall. I know quite a few people who have been treated for it, and also know many more who continue to play in the woods and fields without any concerns.

I understand that Phase 3 Clinical Trials are now underway for a Lyme Disease vaccine. Sure hope this turns out better than the Covid19 vaccines.

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