Ticks!!

[twistitup]

After a bad winter....they are still thriving in NWA. I cut back some fence rows today and found 5 on me. How?

Ticks suck, no way around it

[pigture perfect]

That doesn't bode well for Turkey season.

[grayhawg]

Permethrin works for me, spray cloths until damp and let them dry overnight and it will last a couple of weeks and a light washing or two. Dick's Sporting goods has a brand called "Sawyers" and its the best I have ever used, seems to last longer and it kills the little buggers.

[pigture perfect]

Yeah. Sawyers Is good.

[twistitup]

Thanks for the tip in Sawyers. Hopefully cabelas or academy carries it, no Dicks around here I don't think

[LSUFan]

We don't have ticks in S. La, the damn fire ants eat them, the rest probably wind up in a gumbo.

[Rzbakfromwaybak]

After a bad winter....they are still thriving in NWA. I cut back some fence rows today and found 5 on me. How?

Ticks suck, no way around it

Ticks, the first part of March?  Right after another dose of snow & ice?  You better stay out of those fence rows & woods this Spring & summer, or we won't be seeing any posts from you by Fall.....

[twistitup]

Ticks, the first part of March?  Right after another dose of snow & ice?  You better stay out of those fence rows & woods this Spring & summer, or we won't be seeing any posts from you by Fall.....

I couldn't believe it either.....I looked down and saw the first one - then screamed into the air-  Nooooooooooo

We've had the worst winter in years, those little devils are survivors for sure

[showhimthewhip]

Natural Selection at its finest.

[cal34]

The Permanone or Sawyers works great,  been using it for years.  I can walk through high grass & no seed ticks.  Best place to get it is at Dick's.  The cans there are cheaper than the pump bottle at Walmart.  I don't think the winter has much effect on the bugs or snakes.  Snakes have been out pretty good on the warm days.  I was hand holding my Gopro filming a Water snake from the Kayak Monday afternoon and he struck it,  lightning fast!  My first strike with the Gopro!  Hopefully many more to come.

[CampuspostmanHOG]

Wife killed a mosquito yesterday.

[LSUFan]

Wife killed a mosquito yesterday.

I'm calling PETA

[showhimthewhip]

Ive been finding ticks ALL winter.  Not at a high rate, but enough.  I'd be willing to bet a found at least one tick every other week all winter.  But I raise and train squirrel dogs, and have around 4 dogs to hunt (one at a time) at any given time, so I spend more time in the woods than most.  I hypothesize that they are becoming more hardy, cold doesn't do to them what it used to.

[twistitup]

Ive been finding ticks ALL winter.  Not at a high rate, but enough.  I'd be willing to bet a found at least one tick every other week all winter.  But I raise and train squirrel dogs, and have around 4 dogs to hunt (one at a time) at any given time, so I spend more time in the woods than most.  I hypothesize that they are becoming more hardy, cold doesn't do to them what it used to.

A bit off topic but...
What age do you start taking your dogs to the woods? I just got a 9 wk old rat terrier I'm going to train. What do you do w/ young pups to get them on the right track?

[showhimthewhip]

I usually start taking them on SHORT walks through the woods at about 6 months.  Emphasizing short because the quickest way to get a dog to shut down is to let them get bored.  When they get bored, they tend to come follow you instead of go out hunting.  I call from 6 months to a year the "exploration" stage.  Every trip to the woods is a fun exploration for the pup.  I don't expect much out of them other than for them to stay gone farther and for longer increments at a time with each trip.  The most important tip I can give you is to go to a place there is a lot of squirrels.  A lot of people try to train squirrel dogs in a little patch of woods where there aren't many squirrels.  Sometimes, this requires driving somewhere and leaving the trusty deer hunting patch of woods behind.  There are a few good WMAs around.  Let me know if you would like that info.

[DeltaBoy]

Sulfur works use an old baby powder bottle and dust your ankles ,socks and waist good .I mix it 60% Sulfur and 40% Sevin dust.

[grayhawg]

Sulfur works use an old baby powder bottle and dust your ankles ,socks and waist good .I mix it 60% Sulfur and 40% Sevin dust.

That will work, but the side effect is deer smell the sulphur and leave the area.

[DeltaBoy]

Deer might but what about those deer in parts of ARKANSAS where the water got sulfur smell.