There Is A Tick On My.....

[ness]

BilletHead recommended permetherin last year when I was grumbling about ticks while mushroom hunting. Got a bottle of Sawyer brand stuff at Wal-Mart and sprayed it on my duds. It really seemed to keep them away.

[ness]

Good point, Wayne. When I was a kid it was very rare to end up with a tick -- and we were outside all day long. Never saw a deer (or goose, turkey) in town but they're common now.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Permetherin is what I use in my garden and it's natural, chrysanthemums, but I would hope the stuff yoiu put on you doesn't stink like the garden spray.

[Terrierman]

I think ticks must be allergic to me. After two or three days, they swell up and turn grayish purple and fall off.

[5bites]

Wow that's funny, but very gross!

[Njardar]

I think ticks must be allergic to me. After two or three days, they swell up and turn grayish purple and fall off.

I'm sure you already know that frontline is only for animals and not a cologne. ;>)

[jdmidwest]

I have always wondered why they have not come up with a Frontline for humans yet. It can't be all that bad, most people take a higher regard to their pets than their own kids nowdays. If it does not hurt a pet, why not try it on a human?

Ticks have been around for as long as I can remember. I used to get loaded with seed ticks during the summer when I was a kid. Mom would dab fingernail polish on them to smother them. Dad blames the horses for the ticks all around the farm now. We raised cows and pigs when I was a kid and did not notice the ticks on them. Pigs always had lice, cows had flies.

Chiggers are something that have never been a problem to me. I did get some wade fishing one time, I must have hit a nest of them at knee high level. My knee started swelling and itching a few hours later, full of many tiny little red bumps with a red spot in center.

[moguy1973]

Chiggers are something that have never been a problem to me. I did get some wade fishing one time, I must have hit a nest of them at knee high level. My knee started swelling and itching a few hours later, full of many tiny little red bumps with a red spot in center.

Chiggers really suck...I had so many around my waist and ankles once when I was a kid when I was out fishing with my grandpa that it was hard to tell where one chigger bite ended and the next one started. Actually caused me to get sick and had to go to the doctor. Never had them that bad since then but they are horrible when you do get into a mess of them.

[Quillback]

I hate chiggers...

[ness]

Me too -- and ticks. What a couple of worthless creatures.