There Is A Tick On My.....

[jdmidwest]

I am already missing the freezing weather and cold. Hot humid days full of things that like to bite and pester.

Buffalo gnats bloomed the last few weeks from all of the rain, there were times I wished I was wearing my bee gear when I was on the lake fishing. In my nose, ears, and mouth all day. They have been bad around the house also.

Mosquitos have been hiding in my strawberries waiting for me to pick them. Swarms of them come buzzing out when I start picking.

Deer flies have been nailing me too.

A big horse fly nailed me on the back while I was replacing the battery in the mower tonight.

Then the ticks. I was surprised that I was able to work the bees for a whole morning Monday at the farm without picking a few off of me. I switched to shorts, and was soon picking them off of me while helping Dad in the garden and just sitting outside watching the thunderstorms roll thru. Then last night something was itching and sure enough, there was a yearling chewing on me.

Of course, there was a bee sting to the inner thigh, but that was my fault.

Swelled up and itching all over.

[moguy1973]

Ticks and chiggers are my least favorite. I can live with the mosquitos but those other buggers that burrow into your skin can just stay away for all I care.

[Quillback]

I hate ticks...

[Feathers and Fins]

Get "Nix" its the spray you use if you have lice on your bedding. Spray it on your shoes and pant legs and hat it will help keep the ticks off.

[Leonard]

try Vick vapor rub.... rub you ankles and upper arms.... just these 2 spots is all you need...

it help...

skeeters wont come around it...

ticks hate it..

chiggers flee from it...

the knats.... while it doesn't seem to bother them.... but a little around your ears and forehead keeps them from landing in your eyes ..

Bonus:
if you have allergies this also helps you withstand longer times outside

[Feathers and Fins]

forgot about Vicks, it has eucalyptus in it which flea's and ticks HATE.

[jdmidwest]

Used too, tick diseases were rare. Now I hear about several people getting something each year now it seems. Rocky Mountain, Lymes, and now the Heartland disease. And tick bites seem to fester up more now than before.

I will have to try the Vicks.

[5bites]

Ticks this year were absolutely crazy while turkey hunting. I ended up with Lyme disease, or at least the symptoms of it. I passed on taking the blood test to confirm it since going to the doctor is bad enough. Antibiotic cleared me up. After this years miserable turkey hunting for us I may just stay in the boat next April where the ticks can't get me.

[Old plug]

I have a friend who's wife felt like she had a cold in a matter of a day she became very. sick and went into a coma. They could bot find a thing that was causing it.They had video hook up in her room from the CDC and barnes Hospital in St Louis. She stayed that way for weeks. then improved very fast. No ody has ever pin pointed that it was caused by a tick. but they think it was. those little red ticks are the worst.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I can tell you that ticks are a lot more common then they were 50, 40 or 50 years ago. I have no idea why, but they used to be confined to wooded areas mostly and you seldom got them out of grassy areas. Now they're everywhere.

I suspect it might be related to the increase in deer.

We put down an insecticide on the areas where we spend a lot of time and a a swath around the perimeter of the yard and woods to catch travelers. When we do this in the spring we generally don't see ticks after the middle of June.

If you really want to get rid of them get chickens and let them roam free.