Ticks

[Wild Ridge]

My Mom had me eat a spoon of sulfer each spring and another mid summer to keep the chiggers off us kids. I don't know if it worked but it seemed to make Mom happy.

When I was a kid, you just picked a tick off ,smashed it with a rock and went on, Now when I get a tick on me it makes a sore that don't seem to get well for months and months.

My questions are) 1. is there any thing you can eat or take that will keep ticks off ?
2. What is the best way to doctor the sore after you get a tick off ?

[rabbithunter30]

This what i always do i tuck pants in my socks, tuck in my shirt and spray down with Cutter Deepwoods that seems to help alot...

What to do about a sore after you get bit i dont know i wish i did know...

[Dale Pea]

I bet Alalbama John knows what to do.

[10ACbeagles]

This what i always do i tuck pants in my socks, tuck in my shirt and spray down with Cutter Deepwoods that seems to help alot...

Tuckin pants in socks/tuckin shirts in works like a charm for me as well.I use Sportsmans repel 40% deet on socks/boots and around waistline.I find the occasional one crawlin but Ill take one crawlin over havin to pull one anyday..on a side note if you pull ticks out and have a sore for a month(s)you might wanna make sure heads not still in it.Dont think ive had a sore last more than a week or 2.Not scratching them might help.

[smitty46]

I spray my clothes with repel (permanone) clothing & gear insect repellent . do not apply to skin. I also use it when turkey hunting. can set in the woods for hours and no ticks. can be bought at wal-mart

[cpuckett]

i've tried everything from deepwoods off to permanon to cutters and some do slow them down some but none of it works 100% we have big dog ticks smaller ticks with a white speck then a smaller one then that then what alot of us around here call seed ticks or turkey ticks that are smaller then a grain of pepper,and all of them are alful right now and it is early. but the best product i have found to be very close to 100% effective is called COULSTON'S DURANON TICK REPELLENT.....there address is COULSTON'S PRODUCTS INC.P.O.BOX 188 SAFETY HARBOR FL 34695..this product work's better then anything that u can get at walmart i can only find it at a little sporting good store in bardstown..do not spray this on your skin it's for your close only it will burn your skin....

[mud]

permanone works best for me also.Spray on your clothes not your skin. It will keep ticks and turkey mites off you.I found the best price at drugstore.com

[Wild Ridge]

Thanks houndsmen. I am being eat alive this year already. I am a freckle face person so that give them tick a chose between dark or light meat . Like eating turkey on thanksgiving.
I pull the ticks off with twezers but they still make sores that last fo months.

I'll try all the chemicals that was called out.

[Dale Pea]

Wait until Alabama John weighs in. The garlic thing will help repel them. I am sure he has got a solution for the welt that they sometimes leave.