Pre-trip regime. Spray permethrin onto: Inside surfaces of ALL clothing Outside surfaces of clothing at entry points (lower 8” of pant legs and shirt tails, waist & groin, bottom half of sleeves, collar area Hat & socks inside & out Sleeping bag inside & out Tent screens, inside perimeter,& ceiling Anything else I can think of. Be generous on drying time, open air, and sunshine As a result, I don’t have any ticks for “pick and show” like the other kids do. 🙂 Courtesy of Half Vast
Hello from Oklahoma! Good Video! When I took care of cows I would get "Ivomec pour on" on my skin while treating the cows and calves. Consequently, Ticks weren't a problem. Now since I'm an old fart and don't work cows anymore. Ticks are a problem. I Like to use a bug spray with permethrin in it. I'm gonna have to try this stuff. Thanks for the Good information! God Bless!
Thanks Dave, a definite epidemic now days. I have Lyme disease (Bartonella) in remission. Ivermectin is the cure and having it in your blood stream is important.
Florida is a challenging environment. If possible I like to rake the entire layer of loam on the campsite down to the bare dirt into the fire pit and burn it. Then i spray everything with the biggest jug of the cheapest stuff i can get. I only use fully enclosed shelter. If i see them I crush them with a lighter or remove them with a needle I tape to the lighter, tape the tick up and into the fire.
Way to go dave it's 10:00 pm my wife and I sitting on the couch watching you itching and scratchin like your digging for bugs got both of us off the couch huntin and fetch like we was possessed. ant bin out in the woods for days. way to go boss man. Do so love your vids..👍👍
I’m southern Illinois and like your area of Ohio, this is tick country. Born and raised around them. Taking care just becomes second nature. Can barely walk across a yard without getting one. I use natural sprays and they help. I’ll give the soap a try.
Recently I was camping and was in my tent when I noticed a tick above me but like five feet off to the side so I decided to watch it. I was really tired though and decided to take a nap after watching it move about two feet in about half an hour so I decided to take a nap. I woke up about an hour later looked around for the tick then looked straight up and as I did it fell right next to me head. This was definitely a very natural observation. They will hunt you down stealth like or latch on if you make contact with them. Dynamic little creature.
In my experience where I live you can predict and avoid tick rich areas. They seem to really like transitions area on the edges of tree lines and banks of water bodies. Also sometimes they prefer certain evergreen plants like red cedar, pine, and mountain laurel thickets. They also love to hang around deer trails
I use 100% DEET spray for my boots and socks, and my pants leg. This usually keeps ticks, flying insets, and no see ems at bay. For my exposed skin, I use a deet combination spray and whipes. That helps. If I find a tick on me I use a tweezer to remove them, then use an alcohol pad to clean the area, then I use AfterBite to relieve the itch. When I set up my camp for the night I will use " smoke bombs" ( the little round ones) a light them spacing them out every ten feet or so. This really helps to get rid of bugs around your camp. If I really want to keep the bugs at bay, I will bring a can of spray like YardGuard and spray after I use the smoke bombs. Using those smoke bombs with also run out any snakes in your area
The smaller the tick the harder they are to see. A "normal" size tick i can feel crawling on me. A number of years ago i was doing a military land nav course, sat down for a break as it was quite warm out and i was nearly done and had plenty of time remaining. As i went to stand up, due to uneven terrain, i used one hand and arm to push myself up. Once up and while double checking to ensure i had all my equipment, i looked at my hand and it was literally covered half way up to my elbow in tiny 'seed ticks'. I began immediately getting them off, but i was finding quite a few on me and my clothes and boots over the next twelve hours. Thankfully that situation hasn't happened again but im definitely mkre vigilant about checking and especially even if i remotely feel like something is crawling on me. So now I generally spray my self and clothes down pretty good if I know I'm going to be in the woods off trail for any reason.
My uncle somehow found a tick that had crawled inside hus urethra and latched on. I don't know if he was walking through the woods naked or what, but he sure doesn't like ticks now 😂
Hiked a 6km trail last weekend. Pulled and killed over 80 ticks off, 4 on my skin, one trying to dig in. Not a single deer tick, was all brown ticks (wood ticks), i am in Northwestern Ontario. Wore light coloured clothing and majority were on my socks and boots. I also feel them on me.
When you were here for dual survivor in Nova Scotia there probably weren't too many people talking about ticks. I was 42 before I ever had one get me. they sure are plentiful now. I have to look in to this permethrin stuff see if you can get it here. No dam ticks keeping me out of the woods though. I use flydope and stay vigilant, avoid heavy bushwhacking when possible. Thanks Dave great video!
I always heard you should keep the ticks you pull out... similar to any venomous bug or creature if you can safely catch it/kill it if necessary, so if you do find yourself on the way to the doctor you have something for the lab to identify, analyze, and use to dial in treatment. If you use the VA, call it in after you pull it out. Atleast for the location i use, it creates a walk in situation for my provider rather than a visit months out if i choose to use the VA.
On maintained grasses and pasture I have had lots of luck in Texas by broadcasting nematodes after the last freeze in early spring. My main target is the enemies of mankaind: fire ants.
I'm outside sitting in the grass or gathering suplies in the 'woods', here in Holland almost every day and haven't seen any anywhere this year. And it is about 90 degrees. Still I'm wary, and happy to be out. 😄
I used to wear No Pest Strips on each ankle. I stopped finding ticks do I guess they worked. Now I treat my clothing with chrysanthemum extract (permethrin). I also eat lots of garlic a few days before heading out. Don’t really know if that works but I do love garlic and I do really hate ticks. 😂😅
In 1992 my unit 2nd Plt B/3/22 (The Unit from the movie Platoon) deployed to JRTC, I think this was before they were at Fort Polk, LA where we went in '94. Any way, we went to Fort Chaffee for 7 days to acclimatize since we were from HI. With in 24hrs, I personally had 13 ticks and a 6 inch band around each ankle, a band around my waist, my crotch, my arm pits full of chiggers (approx 500 that took nearly a year to fully heal). Back to the ticks. Twice a day we would spread out a poncho and strip down for the medic to check and remove ticks. He used some pointy tweezers. No one in my company got any disease though we were miserable from the chiggers. You can't afford to be bashful during tick check. I had 1 attached to my scrotum and another on my penis. Thank you BDUs for button fly. From then on out it was commando in the field to lower the temperature and humidity in these areas. A few gallons of DEET on 1qt spray bottles would have saved everyone alot of misery. Needless to say we got slaughtered at JRTC because morale was it the toilet.
Pulling them SLOWLY and STEADILY is the key. Panic and pull quickly, they will puke (empty their stomachs) inside the bite before you extract them. Then you're screwed. Also, in addition to burn gel and anti-diarrheals, tweezers belong in every woodsman's IFAK.
People over here in Australia who know a about ticks wear pantyhose men and women no tick has a head small or a neck long enough to get threw the mesh Women keep all the good stuff to themselves
in alberta canada. holy ticks every were here. I'm looking forward to this video. grabbing my coffee and sittitng back. ill say one thing iv noticed. they like hanging out by animal trails or ppl trails. easy meal for them was we walk by and bush up on stuff. iv gotten less ticks staying off heavy traffic trails, animal or ppl.
Does it work for gnats and chiggers? I don't have much problems with ticks. Don't know why. But, I get eat up with gnats and chiggers! People around me get covered in ticks. I get surrounded by gnats and covered with chiggers!
Check your butt crack and crotch area especially. They love to crawl into those areas. Permethrin works great on clothes and gear. Rynoskin clothing works good too.
I swear ticks are attracted to long hair being down. Back in my teens and had long hair and kept it up most of the time. I barely saw any ticks while camping. But I put my hair down and brushed it out and checked my head/hair Nothing. 30 minutes later I found 3 in my hair
As someone who's had Rocky Mountain spotted fever, can tell you once the tick attaches, you can start feeling sick. Well then the next day you feel awful. They fall out of trees on you which is good if you were a boonie hat and put repellent around the rim. Favorite method is to crawl up your legs and go for your crotch. Old Vietnam veteran told me that he cupped his pants legs up and poured kerosene around them. When he wore short pants, he would wear long socks and put kerosene around the top of them. The last few years I knew him he also used repellent on his body as well. Around your house keep your yard cut short; in tall grass they climb to the top and it's easier for them to get on you and up your legs. Ticks and fleas were ao bad near home few yeara ago, went to Coop got Tempo and spray misted the yard. If you don't have a set of tweezers you can heat up the tip of your knife blade and edge it up to their head and push him out. If you're indoors and you discover one attached, one of the best tricks that someone showed me was, you take a q-tip and dip it in alcohol. Run the q-tip up in front of the tick to its head and firmly push down and turn the q-tip in a backwards motion. The tick will let go and actually grab hold of the q-tip where you can walk to the toilet shaking him in and flush him down. If you have been bitten and you keep feeling sick or worse or start getting red spots or dots, seek medical help immediately. Usually they give you course of doxycycline. This is a great video Dave and I appreciate you putting it up here. A sign of a true instructor and leader is someone that cares about the other people that follow. Thank you ❤
My grandpa showed me a trick with ticks I swear to God this works no mouth parts left behind. You do the same thing with tweezers you get them as close to the head as you can and you apply steady pressure gently but firm until you feel him let go, you will fill it release without tearing his mouth parts off if your careful. It's fast an works amazing. Then wash there area I use alcohol swab to make sure. Also if you have chickens they are amazing at eating up ticks hahaha
My Grandpa always swore the reason he very seldom had a problem with tick's was because he wore a union suit year round. I guess a lot of the Older generation wore union suit's even after they went out of fashion. Goes along with them always having their top button of their shirt always done up and long sleeves always rolled down. All of that in combo with a wide brimmed hat kept them from skin cancer. Something we don't often think about these day's until it's too late. Probably could learn a ton more from their way's.
If you have a large lot of land, is it practical or legal to raise and release turkeys native to your area? I know those and guinea hens were the most effective way I dealt with the tick issue i was having on my prooerty. The guinea hens were very noisy. Increasing the wild Turkey population seems like they might help the tick issue at the school.
I’m from the uk and every year I get bitten a few times by something but have never had a tick latched yet but I am left with a clear bite point that has a small white spot with red ring around it that spreads to around 2 to 3 inches and inches like fuck for about 2 weeks,is this a tick bite or from some other bug?
Dave, I just want to say I am so glad to see you’ve kept going after the fire. My heart broke for you brother. I’m about to embark on an adventure, in Alaska. I purchased 5 acres and I’m going to build my life in the way Dick Proenneke did. Your channel, videos and books have helped my skills over the years. Thank you for always making relevant content for us self-reliance warriors.
I got Lyme disease at a Bsa camp. If you have camped in a place that has been known to have ticks and get flue like symptoms a month later. You might have Lyme disease. I live in an urban area and my doctor didn’t believe think l had Lyme disease until I told him were I had camped and my blood test came in. It took we 3 week before I could return to work and 2 years before the fatigue went away. I was lucky to caught it early. Lyme disease is no joke.
I never really thought about a mirror and the importance of carrying one (even on my little day hikes…) until I got a rose thorn in my eye and needed to get it out, had to hike a half mile holding my eye open to stop from blinking to get to help. I despise ticks, there are very few things that creep me out. Ticks, flystrike, and botflies being the top of the list.
Id like to add that you need to check the inside of your clothes when you take them off at night. Those buggers will attach themselves to your clothes, just waiting for the opportunity to get ya!
I don’t like sleeping on the ground in the winter. The cold ground is like sleeping on ice cube. If I got sleep on the ground I use my army shelter half tent and i dig out the ground put hot rocks from fire about 6 inches under dirt the put bed roll on top. Then it’s toasty
I have heard if you must sleep on the ground.. make sure you have a ground sheet.. even if you have a tent . Have the ground sheet slightly larger than the footprint of the tent and treat the ground sheet with permethrin...
What I do with my hammock ropes is the following. You know those adhesive stript you have in the barn etc to catch flies? Well ... I take such a strip and stick it to a strip of duck tape and that combination I stick to my ropes in the cone shaped form of such a dog collar they get after an operation ... You probably know them. Not a tick gets by that (so far) 😂
Personally, I prefer bare legs to long pants tucked in socks and all that. I can feel a tick (most times) on my skin eventually. They can be hard to feel but extra time on me helps notice it. They crawl up to dark, moist spots. With long clothes they can go up a back and into the hair or neck and you wont notice or be able to see them there. I get fewer in me now.
Thank you for the lesson . This year is going to be hiking and camping year. So, this ? Is really great to learn . Much Respect and Blessings to you and your family Sir . 🤠🖖 ♨️
I use tee tree oil inside my home... my cats keep bringing their friends inside whenever they come in. I have a small dish that is just for ticks. I put one or two drops of tee tree oil in it, then drop the tick in it. For good measure i drop another drop of tee tree oil on it. One drop on them will kill them instantly. I also spray my clothing with deed as well as my cap, before wearing them, and going into my woods.
Pantyhose. I'm totally serious, lol. I know, I know. But, I'm telling you, it works, 100 percent, guaranteed. That takes care of your lower half. I make sleeves out of a second pair, and wear a hat with meeting, or a cloth that covers the back of my neck. Zero ticks. I don't trust man-made chemicals, and prefer to use the natural stuff as infrequently as possible, but will use eucalyptus, etc., in areas known to be bad. But, here in Juneau, they aren't as bad as the lower 48. But, thanks to global warming, they're slowly becoming a serious problem, even here.
I remember when in Army Basic the city boys would loose their sh$t when they found ticks in their groin. They, especially the black guys, literally were screaming and crying while screaming for a medic. Us country boys were rolling on the ground laughing. 😂 For those that are secure in their man-hood, buy and use panty hose with bug repel sprayed on them. Only a few “seed” ticks can get through the mesh. Try it!
Great one Dave ! Some more input: I made plenty of videos where you can see my leech-socks that also work against ticks. T-shirt in pants, pants in socks, if you only go in the bush for a few hours, they will not have time to reach your skin, they'll still be on your clothes. Some bug repellents like DEET can dissolve plastics, and thus melt your hammock, resulting in an epic fail. I EDC the UncleBill Tweezers for splinters /first aid and a tick remover. It's kinda mini crowbar for ticks.
T Y again, Dave! I have had a fair amount of tick experience, including what doctors will do, or not. Your video is a must-see, including the many great Comments. I will read and study every one included with this video. I most often wear tan or khaki long cargo pants in tick country. Not hard to see most ticks if you are looking. Borrelia burgdorferi is the most common tick that transmits Lyme. Ticks tend to carry several other kinds of problems, so you don't want to take them for granted. If a tick gets into me again, I will make sure to keep it in a jar to show a doctor, just in case. Deer, bear, dogs, cats, horses, rodents, and many other animals are tick hosts. Anything more that I need to say is likely found in other Comments here.
This is great information. Ticks are nasty and dealing with them outdoors is a constant problem. Another nasty bug is a chigger. Dave's comment about high grass reminded of the time I got into a mess of chiggers (also known as "No-see-ums") I was covered with them. I wonder, how effective is Dave's bug chasers on chiggers? I now of only one cure for chiggers, told to me by a doctor. Strip down, put your cloths in the wash on the longest possible cycle, get in the shower and wet down. Step out of the spray and soap down, starting with your head then work your way down to your feet. stand away from the spray for about 3 to 5 minutes, then rinse down starting with your head. repeat the process 2 more times. You're looking at an hour long process. I got 99% of the nasty buggers off. '-)
Before going out in nature eat some raw garlic. Also garlic essential oil on your clothes works. Than catnip and neem oil are good as a repellant. A friend ofme uses nicotine extract from tobacco and the ticks hate it😊
Im a land surveyor in the field everyday weekday for 20 years. Mainly coastal wetlands. I probably get 50 bites a month despite using permethrin tucking and taping cuffs etc. All my bites disappear within 2 days because apply a pharmaceutical grade essential oil of lavendar to them 2 or 3 times a day. Lime disease sucks. Stay safe
This time last year in April i got tick fever broke out with a rash the took over mist of my body beside palm's of hands and bottom of feet also my face didnt breakout other than that i was covered in the rash had to go to the ER and the medications they gave me helped also took a vinegar bath two days in a row
