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[endless]

Seems like like every year they keep getting worst. Almost every adventure out now for me requires picking of more than two ticks at a time. Today while out fishing I had to pick off two. One was red with a bright dot. Do anyone know if their is a certain one, color, or can all ticks carry the lyme disease? I am just wondering and would like some precautions if there is any? My father n law had a scare last year.

[clayton86]

Make sure you check good everywhere we had a guy on this mob down in Mississippi get one on his you know.......... it rhymes with tick........... glad im not the medic to help him with that one lol. Knock on wood iv never had one that I know of and im always rolling around in the woods

[craww]

They've said this is gonna be one of the worst years on record because of the mild winter in Va endless. I've never gotten them in my yard, now we're getting them constantly. I usually keep a bottle of deepwoods off in my truck for pond/river hopping. Works like its supposed to.

[00 mod]

Pretty sure it is just the deer tick that carries Lyme. I could be wrong though, just what I have always thought!

Jeff

[00 mod]

Ok, just checked with WIKI, and the deer tick (Ixodes scrapularis) is the main culprit, but all "hard ticks" can carry the disease!

Jeff

[endless]

They've said this is gonna be one of the worst years on record because of the mild winter in Va endless. I've never gotten them in my yard, now we're getting them constantly. I usually keep a bottle of deepwoods off in my truck for pond/river hopping. Works like its supposed to.

That's what I was afraid of. My wife picked me up some OFF Smooth and Dry so I'll see how that works for any bug.

[WookieeJedi]

You can dust with powdered sulphur to keep them off. Put it around your waist and ankles to keep them out in addition to using insect repellant. I got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever two years ago. I'm really careful now, that stuff is no joke. Any tick can carry RMSF or Lyme, it is just more common in deer ticks. If you have dogs, make sure you keep them freshly treated, too. They bring them into your yard like crazy. I got some diatomaceous earth to dust him with too, it is supposed to keep them off.

[endless]

You can dust with powdered sulphur to keep them off. Put it around your waist and ankles to keep them out in addition to using insect repellant. I got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever two years ago. I'm really careful now, that stuff is no joke. Any tick can carry RMSF or Lyme, it is just more common in deer ticks. If you have dogs, make sure you keep them freshly treated, too. They bring them into your yard like crazy. I got some diatomaceous earth to dust him with too, it is supposed to keep them off.

Really works? Can you buy powder sulphur anywhere? Just waist and ankles? Might have to try this and I do have dogs that I'm going to have to keep check on.

[deaknh03]

lavender and geranium oils mixed together make just as an effective repellant as off, and is not poison like off is either. Ticks, as well as mosquitos and black flies, hate the smell and taste of both of those oils, and together they make a potent repellant. Your skin is your biggest organ, so if your spraying poison on it, you might as well be drinking it.

[GrundleLove]

Wear long pants.

BAM

Problem solved

[endless]

lavender and geranium oils mixed together make just as an effective repellant as off, and is not poison like off is either. Ticks, as well as mosquitos and black flies, hate the smell and taste of both of those oils, and together they make a potent repellant. Your skin is your biggest organ, so if your spraying poison on it, you might as well be drinking it.

Thanks Deak!!

[endless]

Wear long pants.

BAM

Problem solved

Yea ok If you believe that works.

[WookieeJedi]

Really works? Can you buy powder sulphur anywhere? Just waist and ankles? Might have to try this and I do have dogs that I'm going to have to keep check on.

The sulphur works. You can get it from a pharmacist, I ordered mine from Amazon. This will be my first year trying the diatomaceous earth, so I can't yet say if it works or not.

[Aluma-Bass]

wait till you get into a patch of chiggers! To me they are worse then ticks!

[preach4bass]

Wear long pants.

BAM

Problem solved

They craw up your pants leg, under your shirt, and hide in the hair on your head. Pants don't solve the problem, they simply give the ticks a longer route to travel before they get to your flesh.