Yesterday I left the fields because I was covered with seed tics. ( : There are hunters clothing called "bug skinz", very tight fitting "stretchy" material for your upper body, and very comfortable. I like the control top variety, they make me look skinny again. Skeeters might be a different story but not the topic here. No tic or chigger no matter how small can get underneath or bite through. Yep, Conservation agent in MO at a Hunter Safety course shared that tip and he's 100% spot on. As for barrier, the best and most fool proof barrier for your lower body is, drumroll please, ladies nylon stockings. I don't like chemical's because of the scent, but sometimes acquiesce. so I do a fair amount of hunting in the summertime and tics, chiggers and the like are a real problem. The tick-borne diseases are no fun at all.ĭurham, North Carolina … Cotinis, 10 July, 2005 - 12:30pm I'm not trying to lecture, just to caution you. It also keeps ticks from being brought inside. This procedure has usually kept me from getting bit. When I come back in, I always put clothes immediately into the washing machine, do a tick check, and take a shower. I don't go out in brush any more without long pants tucked into my socks, long-sleeve shirt tucked in, and liberal application of strong DEET around my ankles and waist. Lyme disease is also apparently fairly common in the Carolinas. I had a high fever and horrible headache for several days, despite prompt treatment with antibiotics. Three years ago I got what was probably Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (or Erlichiosis) from a lone tick bite, obtained while out birding-walking through some tall grass. I'm much more paranoid about ticks than I used to be. Very nice mid-summer flowers-a season when we don't have a whole lot blooming. Look for the similar, but bright pink Virginia Meadow-Beauty, Rhexia virginica in similar places. The wildflower is Pale Meadow-Beauty, Rhexia mariana.
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