Are you guys seeing a crazy amount of ticks in your neck of the woods?
I would have thought that our winter weather would have been enough to kill off a goodly amount,,, but wow.
And it seems to be the tiny ones too.
I never really messed with any kind of bug spray to keep them off,,, but this year is going to be different.
I honestly don’t believe I’ve ever experienced this many ticks.
Luckily none were attached… and this whole alpha gal thing those ticks carry ,,,is absolutely scary to a carnivore.

permethrin, permethrin, and then some more permethrin.

permethrin , say it again , soak all your outer layers in it

pants , shoes , jackets , over shirts , hats

let them dry

Mix 1oz to 19oz water to make 20oz .shake and stir in a spray bottle.you end up with a 0.5 solution to spray your clothes with.let clothes dry before wearing.

2 or 3 every day off my dog ?
Is there anything that keeps them off ?
Glad she's white colored, helps with the tick search .
Mostly little ones on her.

We haven't had rain in 5 weeks and counting. Northern part of the state has. I've found if it's dry ticks aren't as bad.

LOL. More like 20-30 a day here on our dogs.

Find a water base permethrin, the regular premise spray has a oily smell that lasts...Sawyer brand is the main one but expensive, found a gallon ready to spray for about half on Amazon...

My wife has a friend that lives in St. Louis and has all her life. I was laughing yesterday because her dog had a tick and she was upset and took it to the vet.

yeah, its been terrible, I'm out in the woods pretty much everyday.
So far I have had 1 tick.

To be honest thats about typical for me, usually get one every spring.
I've got lots of work to do in the woods in addition to morel hunting in the next month or two.
If I get another tick it'll be a record spring for ticks for me.

Gotta love prescribed burns in the woods.

It was 15 degrees this morning, so the ticks are still slow. When I trapped in the spring I would have 10-20 a day crawling on me and the dog would have 30-60 at the peak.. I would have a couple bit on pretty much every day. When I would get in the PU in the morning there would be four or five crawling around in side it. You are not going to die if a tick is crawling on you or bit on. The secret is not leaving them bit on for a couple days. I did spray my cloths too and it helped.

Lots here already.

Started picking them up in February

Winter weather don't kill them here anymore. I see more in the Winter than I do in the Summer.

see previous answer Permethrin , Permethrin , Permethrin , Permethrin.

https://www.fleetfarm.com/detail/co...i-mg9etRkzkY1E2pcB6_NnfNWdaIE5CzXmw3PTQE
follow the dog and cattle wash concentration in label directions

Dog ticks don't bother me, we've had them here forever, deer ticks invaded some years ago and cause problems but usually only if they're attached at least 24 hours,,,it's the lone star ticks that scare me, can affect you at the moment of attaching and they're quick to do it...Alpha Gal syndrome is real and I'd rather not eat fish and chicken the rest of my life...

Thank you.
I'll check it out when I get back to town.
First thing I think about when she jumps on my furniture and bed.
Lol

Thanks GreenCountyPete

Had problems with spiders and ticks. Dumped a whole bottle of 10% perm with water in my food plot sprayer and did my lawn. Off the paved roads, country. Haven't found a tick in 4years.

We plan on setting off some bombs in the house before leaving for church today.

My first tick bite of the year was the 2nd week of february...Found 4 on myself so far total this year

Ive never used this permithrin before how well do you get your clothes covered damp,soaking wet and do you let them completely dry and how long does it usually last.thanks

I hang my cloths on the line , spray with a 2 gallon pump up garden sprayer , then let dry

6 weeks or 6 washings so just make a plan to do it every month there isn't snow on the ground and you are good.

I just took a dog tick off the lower left side of my back. We have had to deal with ticks on us, or the house dogs, almost every warmer day, for about 3 weeks. Every little itch or tickle makes us think there's a tick on us right now.

Keith

Ok thanks iam only doing a couple pair of bibs,jacket and hat so you just wet them down and let dry.how much to 2 gallons of water?

Forgot the actual ratio, I get the premix water base stuff cause I can't stand the "oily" smell.
Directions say to spray till damp, no need to soak, and let completely dry...should get 6 washings out of a dose, more if you line dry, but I'd re dose it by then...You can do pant's, socks, boots, tents etc....

X 1,000 on the Permethrin, I use Sawyer's brand.

I spray my hunting clothing once a year before the season starts. Spray until damp then let dry.

The stuff just flat out works.

I've picked upwards of 100 off my yellow and red labs on hunt days. I don't even try to see them on the black lab.

I use Credelio, a once-a-month chewable for my dogs. It doesn't keep the ticks off them but it keeps 99% of them from biting and the few that do die quickly. It is actually effective for six weeks or longer so that is the frequency I use. I stop giving it in November and start again in March

Pete, I'm not sure the stuff in your link is safe to put directly on dogs?

it is the active ingredient it flee and tick shampoo for dogs

there are label mixing directions on the Country Vet brand for Kennels that is strong and a weaker mix for dog and cattle bathing.

you have to let the kennel fully dry before you let the dog back in.

You can NOT get it on cats or in water with fish

once it is fully dry it does not kill fish when you wade through a creek with treated pants.

Its just that time of year. Daily thing here.here. had a deer tick walking across my phone when I was in the living room last week. Wife had one dug in this morning I got off her. Normally we feel them crawling and remove them but do have several get dug in a year

Pete, what is the ratio for the dog wash?

this is 13.3% Farm Guard brand
16.5 gallons/8= 2.06 gallons per ounce.

Thanks!!

this is the concentration of 1 ounce 13.3% to one gallon of water I use for clothing and to spray around the foundation , doors and windows of the house.


wife had an ant issue with them coming up form the concrete floor under the carpet at her office when she worked for the farm co-op in town , I went in at 4:30 on Friday and sprayed all the baseboards in the office and all the way around the building it was a little old cement block building with lots of cracks.
let it have all weekend to dry and she was vacuuming up dead ants Monday.


for ease of application I will get 2 of these and do the yard inside the fence and a little over the fence.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Cutter-...trate-Insect-Killer-HG-61067-8/100211822

my fenced area is 120x120 approximately

I don't do my garden or my herbs that area is about 40'x50'

I do that about the time I start noticing mosquitos regular , cut the grass on a sunny day then put the dogs in the house for a little while and spray the yard they can go back out when it is dry.


my son didn't trust my permethrin spray or mix so I bought him a bottle of ready to use dog flea and tick shampoo , it is easy to use and he bathed the dogs so I wasn't complaining cost comes to around 60 cents a use so not awful and it doesn't smell bad and it lathers so I guess that helps keep it there. I can confirm dead ticks in the tub after a bath with it.

my dogs also have the lymes vaccine and take a monthly chewable so we only really use the shampoo in early hunting season.

so technically with my readers on in the better light

phenothrin is the active in the dog shampoo vs the Permethrin in the concentrate.

they are in the same family

source
https://www.epa.gov/mosquitocontrol...umithrinr-synthetic-pyrethroids-mosquito

Permethrin, Resmethrin, d-Phenothrin (Sumithrin®): Synthetic Pyrethroids For Mosquito Control
Pyrethroids are synthetic chemical insecticides that act in a similar manner to pyrethrins, which are derived from chrysanthemum flowers. Pyrethroids are widely used for controlling various insects. Permethrin, resmethrin, and d-phenothrin (Sumithrin®) are synthetic pyrethroids commonly used in mosquito control programs to kill adult mosquitoes.

Permethrin has been registered by the EPA since 1979. It is currently registered and sold in a number of products such as residential indoor and outdoor insect foggers and sprays, treated clothing, flea products for dogs, termite treatments, agricultural and livestock products, and mosquito abatement products. It is also regulated by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment of head lice and scabies. Permethrin is the most widely used mosquito adulticide in the U.S. and is used to treat 9 to 10 million acres annually (out of 32-39 million acres treated with a mosquito adulticide). Permethrin’s widespread use can be attributed to its low cost, high effectiveness, low incidence of pest resistance, and broad labeling.
Resmethrin has been registered by the EPA since 1967. It is currently registered for use only in public health and vector control programs to control adult mosquitos, biting and non-biting midges and blackflies. Because of its toxicity to fish, resmethrin is a Restricted Use Pesticide that is available for use only by certified pesticide applicators or persons under their direct supervision. The resmethrin registrants voluntarily canceled all of the resmethrin products. After December 31, 2015, resmethrin registrants will no longer be able to sell and distribute resmethrin products. However, user will be able to continue using any product they have purchased.

D-phenothrin (Sumithrin®) has been registered by the EPA since 1976 for use to control adult mosquitos and other nuisance insects indoors and outdoors in residential yards and public recreational areas. Use sites include in and around residential/domestic dwellings, commercial and industrial buildings, transportation vehicles, recreation areas, animal quarters, direct animal treatment (dogs). While there are no direct applications to food crops, d-phenothrin labels allow for applications to control mosquitoes over agricultural as well as non-agricultural areas.