Peter_Puget Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 Hate 'em Every time I go out this year I get one or two! Despite anti- tick measures. PP Quote
minx Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 raises a good topic...lets see everyone's best anti-tick, anti-bug measures. Quote
erik Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 i dunno i see them on me, but they never dig. all i do is where pants and check peridoically throught the day. tho stay away from where the goatz hang and you should be releativly tick free. (looks like trask is at odds, no goatz or no ticks???) plus i just move really fast, they never have time to get me! Quote
allthumbs Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 Erik, It's nice to see you're finally wearing pants again. I'm sure the wildlife appreciate it. trask Quote
Off_White Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 Dog flea & tick collars on your wrists, ankles, and around your neck. Quote
catbirdseat Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 Just let trask run sweep on the trail in front of you. Between him and the goats that follow him (like the pied piper), you won't have to worry about ticks. Quote
AlpineK Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 Peter_Puget said: Hate 'em Every time I go out this year I get one or two! Despite anti- tick measures. PP I hear ticks are really attracted to smarmy art snobs. Quote
allthumbs Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 catbirdseat said: Just let trask run sweep on the trail in front of you. Between him and the goats that follow him (like the pied piper), you won't have to worry about ticks. have you voted for me yet, you cockbiter? Quote
Szyjakowski Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 PP- thats funny... the only ticks i have found remotely near me is on the family dog, Cedar.... there was one on my pad once but, in the car and Erik torched its ass... then another time Erik claims he saw one on my pant leg while hiking...me thinks Erik was ing without me... Secret: Don't touch the brush... Leave the goats alone... Like Erik said: Check alot and move fast. ALso Shave your head...easier to see ticks if there is not any Rastafarian knatty dreads...WEar a Hat and pants. Quote
minx Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 Szyjakowski said: PP- thats funny... the only ticks i have found remotely near me is on the family dog, Cedar.... there was one on my pad once but, in the car and Erik torched its ass... then another time Erik claims he saw one on my pant leg while hiking...me thinks Erik was ing without me... Secret: Don't touch the brush... Leave the goats alone... Like Erik said: Check alot and move fast. ALso Shave your head...easier to see ticks if there is not any Rastafarian knatty dreads...WEar a Hat and pants. that head shaving thing.....not gonna happen! i don't seem to have a prob w/them but seems like there's always someone griping about it. Guess i gotta quit hangin w/trask and his "friends" I do know someone who got a nasty ass virus from a tick while trail running...prolly wearing shorts though. Quote
lummox Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 true story: im out on a three day backpack trip by myslef. im enjoying the sunshine, the trail, and some quality herb. i stop to take a leak, and discover a tick on the end of my dick. embedded. i basically freak out. eventually i get the tick off, but am so paranoid from the xperience that inappropriate self-touching ensues for the rest of the trip. Quote
minx Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 just havin some fun and an attitude problem today. i'll change by the end of the day i'm sure be afraid.....be veeeeeeeeeery afraid Quote
allthumbs Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 minx said: just havin some fun and an attitude problem today. i'll change by the end of the day i'm sure be afraid.....be veeeeeeeeeery afraid swing by for lunch and i'll lick ya an attitude adjustment Quote
carolyn Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 Found 16 ticks on me and 12 on the young'en I took for a walk with this weekend. I like picking them off and blowing them up with a lighter! When I was in college (in southern Illinois) I worked at a camp where we collected 'seed' ticks. Often times we would have to go out and do line searches for kids. Usually one or more of us stepped into a nest and got covered. We would pick them off and put them in a jar of water. At the end of the summer we would have a "quess the number of ticks" contest. The first dumbass to open the jar to start counting won! Toward the end of every summer we started wrapping duct tape inside out around our legs. Funny to watch those suckers stick. I would take ticks over mosquitos anyday! Quote
Dru Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 mosquitoes are nothin' the bites dont even itch on me. i got the right DNA for the immunity protein black flies, horseflies noseeums and ticks are evil at least horseflies get big enough that when you hit em the guts come out in a grape sized blob of blood and pus if you do it right, makes good home decor for your trailer. Quote
kitten Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 carolyn said: Found 16 ticks on me and 12 on the young'en I took for a walk with this weekend. I like picking them off and blowing them up with a lighter! Carolyn you are funny. I can't stand the thought of ticks on me. Watch out because they can stash themselves in your pack and show up later for a surprise visit. I recieved my FIRST mosquito bite this year. The back of my hand swelled a bit and you couldn't see my knuckles for awhile. No big deal. But the damn thing will NOT stop inching. Quote
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