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I’m allergic to deet I have used windex as an alternative on my shoes and ankles and around my tent openings. The mist can also be effective at controlling flying bugs, at least long enough to squash them. Probably not the best alternative but it is cheap. I also shower often and don’t use heavily scented soaps.
Love hearing Glover’s comments about wanting to be left alone. Ironically, that’s exactly what Randy Weaver said.. also a GB. I think history has proven the one thing the US never does, never has done is… left someone alone. Common sense video by the way. I personally just plan for temporary interruption in services with Antifa style protests. 6-12 months.
I'm no expert, so this is just from my personal experience. For years, every morning, Ive covered my whole body in St.Ives lotion after a shower. I've never been bitten by mosquitos or chiggers or anything else. Then, this summer, I've gone through absolute hell, covered in blisters from all kinds of bites. I couldn't even get from my apt to my car without getting bit. Then, one day, I realized that a couple months ago, I switched to a different lotion brand. So, I went back to St.Ives and finally relief. I don't know what's in it that protects against bites, but something obviously does. Nothing scientific about it, just sharing in case it works for someone else. 😊
Dusting your socks and waistband of underwear with powered sulfur, just a light dusting, does a great job of preventing chiggers as well. I have worked in the parks and farms for decades. This works, is cheap and safe to use. One dusting while dressing seems to protect me all day.
Alpha Gal Lone Star Ticks [Small Brown Ticks with a white dot resembling a star] If they eject their saliva into your body the Alpha Gal will cause an allergic response and thus make you "Allergic" to animals that have Alpha Gal proteins in their bodies. From my experience...Goat, Lamb & Cow can make me feel like I have the flu (no fever). So far pork seems to be okay for me. Quote: Alpha-gal syndrome, also known as red meat allergy or tick bite meat allergy, is a delayed allergic reaction to a carbohydrate called alpha-gal (galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose) found in most mammals.
I grew up playing in the fields and woods in central Virginia. Families did tick checks at bath time. Chiggers caused itching so we knew when we had those. The cure for chiggers was bacon grease. Don’t remember if it worked. It was the ritual. In the fifties kids were barefoot, shorts and shirts during summer.
Do not forget that chiggers, ticks & other bites can be killed quickly with lye soap (Octagon soap). Get in shower and soap with lye soap and you are done.
Mosquitoes are so bad even Bill Gates worked out it's impossible to stop their deadly effect on humans. Eat lots of Garlic, get stinky with it and the Mosquitoes will not bother you
Take it from someone who has had to deal with chronic Lyme’s Disease, a little permethrin is soooo much safer. I’ve always been able to intercept ticks before they dig in, but this little sucker got into my hair and dug in unseen (ixodes ticks are tiny). I found it washing my hair and felt this tiny little tick. Because Rocky Mountain Tick Fever is very common in the Piedmont of NC, I was on the lookout for a fever. I never had a fever and onset of disease was very insidious. It took seven years to get proper diagnosis. It has destroyed my former life.
Excellent video. Just a clarification regarding Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal) allergy. While the result of a bite from a lone-star tick (and possibly other vectors) is an allergy to red, mammalian meat, Galactose is actually a carbohydrate found in most mammals, including in red meat rather than can cause a serious allergic condition called alpha-gal syndrome (AGS). Our family has been dealing with AGS for 10-12 years after a family member experienced anaphylaxis ~6 hrs. after eating a beef hamburger and was diagnosed. Fish and poultry are okay, as are primates for most afflicted with the allergy. It will complicate your life.
- 00:55 👕 Proper dressing is the most crucial way to prevent bug bites; wear 8-inch boots and tuck pants into them for protection. - 02:29 🛡️ Tucking your shirt into your pants can reduce bug bites by 95%, especially effective without bug spray. - 04:05 💧 Mix your own permethrin spray for added protection, more cost-effective and potent than store-bought brands. - 06:26 🦟 Bugs, especially mosquitoes, are the leading cause of death among outdoor threats; protection is vital. - 08:07 🚫 Ticks carry severe diseases like Lyme and Alpha-Gal Syndrome, making proper clothing and chemical treatment essential. - 09:11 🏕 Dressing properly in the outdoors, even if unfashionable, significantly enhances comfort and safety from bugs.
Super interesting stuff. I'd like to see a break down and more detailed video about the bikes and gear they used. I'm thinking that in early 2026 I am going to take part in the Poller Roll in the minchigans upper peninsula.
How many hours do you suspect that will work? Because I've watched ticks crawl up freshly sprayed deet. Do you want to take the chance on cloves and get a life long disease.? Cause I don't. Read all the comments below of people that have it now
One little detail... if you're using a saw or ax, making a lot of wood chips, don't tuck your pants into the boots, pull them down OVER the boots. Then chips don't fall in and you're walking on little chunks of wood. To stop the bugs, put a heavy rubber band or tie a string around. I should know, see what my name is?
Totally agree. Campfires are for aesthetics, warmth, and drying out socks (possibly smores). Having a (small) fire under a tarp in bad weather just to whip up some coffee is a drag. Not to mention hard to control and will eventually compromise any DWR treatment on the tarp. Assuming you can get a fire lit in the first place. We've had almost 3 months of rain every day since the middle of May here in Wisconsin...OK maybe one or 2 dry days but still.
it truly amazes me that so many people, especially in survival and firearm training are pro-law enforcement, when, as can be seen during Katrina, cops were the ones doing the firearm confiscation. people really need to think hard about trusting or even associating with cops. cops absolutely do NOT protect citizens. cops protect government power, regardless of whether that government is harming or benefitting it's citizens.
I saw a reel about Him a women’s beauty routine basically, and they took smoke baths but never knew it killed bacteria and that’s why it kills the bacteria that causes smell until this video! Love it for the info!
Add the MSR Alpine 1L Tea Pot which nests inside of the 1.5L Pot. The Trangia nests inside the tea pot along with the handle. I've been using this kit for years and it is great.
Stand square to the tick/mosquito, palm outstretched and firmly say 'No THANK YOU!' in a firm tone, if necessary repeat the phrase and add 'Or else...' 😂
Apparently ticks do not get you through ladies' nylon stockings. There aren't enough ticks in my area to test it easily and I'm not going to wear stockings for months to find out no ticks bit me, because I've only had one suspected tick bite ever.
Fo you make jars to sell ❓❓I always get poison ivy would be a blessing to have some jars ..I hope you sell this online ❓❓ would better than going to eat to keep getting a shot almost every other week ... Out back yard has poison ivy it's not much of a yard to mow I got a horrible neighbor who turn ya in it ya don't mow every week .. she got issues .. same day same length ..what a crock of ya ask me ... I never get much time out to know what kind of plants ya use so I hope ya do sell this online sum where.....
We live in the ozarks and our vet recommended very expensive pills for our dogs to prevent everything, basically. But our dogs seemed to be tick taxis and we got lots of tick bites from ticks that would jump off them onto us. One of our friends said to bathe the dogs every couple of weeks with Hartz flea and tick shampoo. We exchaned the expensive pills for frontline to cover the heartworm. We haven't had a tick bite since. The shampoo .27 percent phenothrin, which is chemically similar to permethrin, both being synthetic pyrethroids. They both have very low toxicity to mammals, the exception being cats, which are more susceptible to pyrethrin toxicity
lol, you saying in you're video the ticks will feel a little woozy and drop off. lol how do you know the ticks are feeling woozy? Ah cute the way you commented on the ticks. Well here in Florida 6:55AM Sat. 8/10/2024
Hello, Susie here .ay all bei going good; Stafe Safe Love your knowledge, I'm thinking about van camping in my Nissan Questyear2000,lol, i call her Little Red I'm a woman by myself and since I was a child mosquitoes love me as my mother said they love my blood🙆💁Oh my, Thanks for reading Florida 10, Sat. 6:37AM 2024
Good vitamin B explains why I haven't been bitten. Ty i do take vitamin B also my other supplements. Is Vitamin D good to take as well as Vitamin C? Regards Sincerely. Do stay safe in your travels wherever they may take you. Fla. 10,Sat2024
Believe it or not but I use sun tan lotion usually "NO AD" and I put it on my face, neck, bottom of my pant leg's, and arm's! Sense I started doing that to me and my dog, neither of us have gotten any tick's. Still get mosquito bite's but I just cover up to prevent that!
