Another thing to keep in mind is Lyme disease. I have spent ALOT of time in the woods my whole life and this past summer I wound up with Lyme disease for the first time. Let me tell you my friends,it is MISERABLE!! I had a fever of 101 - 103 for 2 days straight and on the 3rd. day my knees,elbows,ankles,and wrists started swelling and getting stiffer by the hour. When I woke up on the 4th. day I could hardly walk,not because it was painful but because I physically COULD NOT bend my knees. My case got so bad because they mis-diagnosed me as having the flu the first time I went to the doctor and I thought they knew what they were talking about. It wasn't until the swelling started on the third day that I went to a different doctor and found out what it really was. It took the anti-biotics about 5 days to start working,so I missed a week from work. Really,it took almost 2 weeks for the stiffness in my joints to completely go away.Just something to keep in mind in your travels gents. Keep them ticks off!!
Aren't Ticks wonderful?
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I just got a tick off my arm a while ago, and got one off my back yesterday. And I wasn't exactly out climbing trees or rolling in the grass. Just walking around in the back lot at work looking at trees and plants and stuff. I think they parachute out of trees and land on you.
S.Kenton
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Last year I went down to Southern Ohio in the early part of May..I picked no less than 60 ticks of me while scouting out my hunting spot. THIS year I went back down..armed with rubber boots and EcoSmart Insect repellent(all natural). I sprayed my clothes and boots with the stuff and I had only one tick dare to get on me.I watched him and he seemed to grow sluggish and fall off my pant leg. I was very skeptical of the EcoSmart stuff..but it seemed to do it's job. I'm sure the knee high rubber boots helped as well.
I got the idea of rubber boots last year, my buddy who went with me scouting wore the rubber boots, while I wore my Wolverine workboots. I picked 60 off me throughout the day, he picked 5 off him. They seem to have issues climbing up the rubber knee high boots.. I try and go all natural with pesticides when possible,never know whats in em and the long term effects they may have on a persons body, whether inhaled or absorbed through the skin.
Just my 2 cents
I got the idea of rubber boots last year, my buddy who went with me scouting wore the rubber boots, while I wore my Wolverine workboots. I picked 60 off me throughout the day, he picked 5 off him. They seem to have issues climbing up the rubber knee high boots.. I try and go all natural with pesticides when possible,never know whats in em and the long term effects they may have on a persons body, whether inhaled or absorbed through the skin.
Just my 2 cents
hanshi
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What is so incredible is that so few doctors know much of anything about Lyme which is endemic, dangerous, growing like crazy and common. DUH! Hey, it's out there, physicians; start learning!
When I was a kid I was in the woods all summer and ticks were almost unheard of. Now they're everywhere. I spray my hunting clothes with Permethrin sprays and it works great. The only tick I've had so far was a gift from my dog. My better half was also gifted. But these two tiny, spoiled little guys sleep with us, so......
When I was a kid I was in the woods all summer and ticks were almost unheard of. Now they're everywhere. I spray my hunting clothes with Permethrin sprays and it works great. The only tick I've had so far was a gift from my dog. My better half was also gifted. But these two tiny, spoiled little guys sleep with us, so......
