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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 15, 2024 20:36:08 GMT -5
I went for a walk in the woods today. I just found a small tick buried deep in my chest. I don't think I've ever got one in February before.
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Post by 36fan on Feb 15, 2024 20:39:46 GMT -5
I don't like the sound of that.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 15, 2024 20:43:17 GMT -5
That cold spell must not have hurt them much.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Feb 15, 2024 20:47:08 GMT -5
Seems permethrin is pretty much needed all year round anymore.
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Post by duff on Feb 16, 2024 4:58:17 GMT -5
I don't think cold kills any of them. If they are on a host they are safe. If they are off a host I am sure they go dormant until safe.
Just like spiders and bugs that become active under right conditions.
I got a few ticks deer hunting Newport in late December years ago. If I remember it was below freezing in AM but 50s for the high.
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Post by beermaker on Feb 16, 2024 5:42:23 GMT -5
If the current temperature trend continues, I'll be mowing grass in a few weeks. I say that as the weatherman on TV is talking about 2-3" snow this afternoon, but we were in the 60's the last two days.
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Post by HuntMeister on Feb 16, 2024 7:36:03 GMT -5
I have found them on me a couple times over the years in January and February. It was always unseasonably warm when it happened.
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Post by steiny on Feb 16, 2024 9:10:13 GMT -5
Do you suppose there are chemical differences between individuals that cause ticks to be attracted to one person -vs- another? Reason I ask is because I hear lots of people that mushroom hunt, turkey hunt, fish, etc. constantly dealing with and worrying about ticks.
I do as much of this outdoor stuff as anyone and see a few ticks, but rarely have issues. Maybe I just stink?
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Feb 16, 2024 10:01:29 GMT -5
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 16, 2024 10:01:29 GMT -5
Do you suppose there are chemical differences between individuals that cause ticks to be attracted to one person -vs- another? Reason I ask is because I hear lots of people that mushroom hunt, turkey hunt, fish, etc. constantly dealing with and worrying about ticks. I do as much of this outdoor stuff as anyone and see a few ticks, but rarely have issues. Maybe I just stink? I think there's something different among people. I get chiggers terribly bad. If I walk through my yard barefoot I'll have chigger bites up to my waste the next day. My wife can do the same thing and not get a single bite. Once things green up I don't go in the woods or weeds without soaking my body and clothes in off bug spray and permethrin. One summer I had to get IV antibiotics twice for infected chigger bites. I've been like this since I was a kid.
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Post by welder on Feb 16, 2024 10:34:27 GMT -5
Do you suppose there are chemical differences between individuals that cause ticks to be attracted to one person -vs- another? Reason I ask is because I hear lots of people that mushroom hunt, turkey hunt, fish, etc. constantly dealing with and worrying about ticks. I do as much of this outdoor stuff as anyone and see a few ticks, but rarely have issues. Maybe I just stink? ABSOLUTELY! If you ever want to go to the woods and not get ticks, take me with you!!
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Post by omegahunter on Feb 16, 2024 11:06:55 GMT -5
Do you suppose there are chemical differences between individuals that cause ticks to be attracted to one person -vs- another? Reason I ask is because I hear lots of people that mushroom hunt, turkey hunt, fish, etc. constantly dealing with and worrying about ticks. I do as much of this outdoor stuff as anyone and see a few ticks, but rarely have issues. Maybe I just stink? They've actually done studies on mosquitoes and ticks on preferences of blood type. Mosquitoes prefer O blood and then B with A being the least. Ticks prefer A and then O and B being the least. I'm O neg and mosquitoes and ticks find me very easily.
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Post by bill9068 on Feb 16, 2024 11:21:37 GMT -5
I don’t have to tell you guys but be careful of tick bites especially with your children. Since I’ve been diagnosed with Alpha-Gal, I know of 4 kids under 12 who have also been infected. As a reminder Alpha-Gal makes an infected person to be allergic to mammal products ( meat, milk, etc) to the point in some that the reaction could be fatal.
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Post by beermaker on Feb 16, 2024 12:27:34 GMT -5
Do you suppose there are chemical differences between individuals that cause ticks to be attracted to one person -vs- another? Reason I ask is because I hear lots of people that mushroom hunt, turkey hunt, fish, etc. constantly dealing with and worrying about ticks. I do as much of this outdoor stuff as anyone and see a few ticks, but rarely have issues. Maybe I just stink? They've actually done studies on mosquitoes and ticks on preferences of blood type. Mosquitoes prefer O blood and then B with A being the least. Ticks prefer A and then O and B being the least. I'm O neg and mosquitoes and ticks find me very easily. I don't know her blood type, but our youngest daughter is an absolute mosquito magnet. We can all be in the same place and she will get bit far more than anyone else. It has been like that her entire life.
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Post by ms660 on Feb 16, 2024 18:40:08 GMT -5
I don't think cold kills any of them. If they are on a host they are safe. If they are off a host I am sure they go dormant until safe. Just like spiders and bugs that become active under right conditions. I got a few ticks deer hunting Newport in late December years ago. If I remember it was below freezing in AM but 50s for the high. I agree with you about the cold having any effect on killing ticks. I have proof it doesn't. Many years ago I went bear hunting in Canada. It gets really cold up there and ticks are terrible, but that's not proof however I did kill a bear that was covered in ticks. I put the skin in dry ice for the drive back to Indiana. When I got home I put it in my Mom and Dad's freezer. It stayed in there for at least 3 years. It was not a big bear so I thought I would save the claws and skull. I thawed it out and I found several ticks were crawling on it after being in the freezer for 3 years alive.
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Post by greghopper on Feb 16, 2024 18:49:43 GMT -5
I don't think cold kills any of them. If they are on a host they are safe. If they are off a host I am sure they go dormant until safe. Just like spiders and bugs that become active under right conditions. I got a few ticks deer hunting Newport in late December years ago. If I remember it was below freezing in AM but 50s for the high. I agree with you about the cold having any effect on killing ticks. I have proof it doesn't. Many years ago I went bear hunting in Canada. It gets really cold up there and ticks are terrible, but that's not proof however I did kill a bear that was covered in ticks. I put the skin in dry ice for the drive back to Indiana. When I got home I put it in my Mom and Dad's freezer. It stayed in there for at least 3 years. It was not a big bear so I thought I would save the claws and skull. I thawed it out and I found several ticks were crawling on it after being in the freezer for 3 years alive. That very common for sure… Ticks and mosquitoes will one day change the way most folks hunt IMO
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Post by saltydog on Feb 17, 2024 6:15:23 GMT -5
I hate ticks !
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