Post by: turkey slayer on March 22, 2010, 08:35:53 AM
Post by: huntlakewood on March 22, 2010, 08:37:27 AM
Post by: sneakyjake on March 22, 2010, 08:47:12 AM
Post by: turkey slayer on March 22, 2010, 08:55:08 AM
I don't no how high you hunt, but the snow line is about 3100 to 3500 rite in there in my area. Ya with this early snow melt and early spring they are going to be heavy.
Post by: wastickslinger on March 22, 2010, 09:25:11 AM
They are worse than i have ever seen.
Post by: sneakyjake on March 22, 2010, 09:34:12 AM
Post by: Elkpiss on March 22, 2010, 09:47:49 AM
11? I found 11 having a party on my neck at one time. :bash: I think I picked about 80-100 by the end of my walk on Saturday. No joke. No inflation eather. It was at least 80. I peeled my shirt off twice during the day and cancelled the tick party. :yike: :yike::cryriver: I hate ticks... It makes me want to go hunting in one of these.. :con:... I flicked 19 off me in one day and one off my balls, I dam near passed out.. I thought my balls were going to fall off for 3 months.. :ACRY: But god willing :angel: their still dangling!! :tup: :llam: Get tick spray!!
They are worse than i have ever seen.
Post by: Axle on March 22, 2010, 09:49:42 AM
I walked about 70 yards and realized the dark patches were hordes of tick mites. It looked like millions of them once I got out in the open away from the dark timber and had light enough to see.
I picked ticks off for the rest of the day. I burned her hide after skinning her.
At least it still isn't as bad as places like Oklahoma.
Post by: Houndhunter on March 22, 2010, 11:34:27 AM
Post by: turkeydancer on March 22, 2010, 01:01:16 PM
:twocents:
Post by: baldopepper on March 22, 2010, 02:54:31 PM
Post by: yelp on March 22, 2010, 02:56:56 PM
Post by: wastickslinger on March 22, 2010, 02:57:46 PM
Post by: boneaddict on March 22, 2010, 02:58:17 PM
Post by: BIGINNER on March 22, 2010, 03:00:12 PM
Post by: HHPro on March 22, 2010, 03:09:24 PM
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on March 22, 2010, 03:18:30 PM
Post by: turkey slayer on March 22, 2010, 06:15:22 PM
Post by: yelp on March 22, 2010, 07:08:36 PM
Post by: amosmoses on March 22, 2010, 07:42:09 PM
Post by: Tom Tamer on March 22, 2010, 07:52:49 PM
Post by: yelp on March 22, 2010, 08:05:20 PM
Or your skin tag has legs. :chuckle:
Post by: Antlerking on March 22, 2010, 08:14:00 PM
Post by: DeerHarvester on March 22, 2010, 08:35:16 PM
Post by: Phantom Gobbler on March 22, 2010, 10:12:38 PM
Just another reason for newbies to avoid the turkey woods this spring and take up golfing!!!!! :bdid:
Post by: wastickslinger on March 22, 2010, 10:32:22 PM
Every time I hear the work tick I start itching.
Post by: Phantom Gobbler on March 22, 2010, 10:39:28 PM
Post by: ICEMAN on March 23, 2010, 06:07:11 AM
Post by: BLUEBULLS on March 23, 2010, 06:19:47 AM
Wastickslinger walked through the woods and took every one of them with him :chuckle:
Post by: Elkpiss on March 23, 2010, 07:26:19 AM
I tuck everything in! Pants in your socks, shirts in your pants and cuffs in your gloves.And if I think I feel something crawlin' I look!If you don't you'll wish you did.100% deet doesn't even stop 'em.But you have to admit that turkey hunting is pretty much making yourself tick bait. :bdid:... :dunno:But what if you got to take a piss? :dunno: Thats when the vampire latched on to my balls! :'(.. I asked my buddy what do i do, he said yank it out.. Thank god :angel:, it just latched on or it would have been ugly!! I would have been doing this to my balls :cue:... :cryriver:.. Tuck your clothes in is the only advise i have.. and Tick spray..
Post by: wastickslinger on March 23, 2010, 08:30:35 AM
it's official, the ticks are gone!!!
Wastickslinger walked through the woods and took every one of them with him :chuckle:
Not funny. Now you know why I hate those things. They love me. I gotta find a repellant that works.
Post by: Machias on March 23, 2010, 11:10:35 AM
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Post by: wastickslinger on March 23, 2010, 11:24:04 AM
Here you go wastickslinger, perfect stuff. Important though, hang your clothes on a line and stay upwind, spray your clothes down and let the stuff dry, spray your boots and let the stuff dry. Your good to go for up to six weeks, doesn't repell ticks it flat out kills them.
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Seriously I need that!! Have you tried it? I am ordering some today. I might even pay the extra to overnight it. :chuckle:
Post by: Machias on March 23, 2010, 11:33:36 AM
Post by: turkeydancer on March 23, 2010, 11:39:40 AM
:twocents:
Post by: KimberRich on March 23, 2010, 11:48:42 AM
Yep, all you guy and gal turkey chasers ....... just hunt Easterns in tick-free Western WA this year and you will have nothing to worry about!! :P You also probably won't have to worry about having your bird(s) checked by the WDFW. Just look at the historical harvest numbers for the wetside! :rolleyes:
Less ticks maybe but the west side is definitely not tick-free! I wish.. Dog got one next to his eye a couple months back. This whole thread has me itching and I'm sitting inside.. Yuck!
Post by: Houndhunter on March 23, 2010, 11:53:05 AM
Here you go wastickslinger, perfect stuff. Important though, hang your clothes on a line and stay upwind, spray your clothes down and let the stuff dry, spray your boots and let the stuff dry. Your good to go for up to six weeks, doesn't repell ticks it flat out kills them.
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works pretty good for me, i use that than bug spray before i head out. that and wearing clothes that they dont stick too like fleece and suede
Post by: Tom Tamer on March 23, 2010, 06:37:18 PM
Post by: mtnseth on March 23, 2010, 11:00:13 PM
I've already picked off a few scouting on the west side this year.
Post by: huntlakewood on March 24, 2010, 05:43:47 AM
I am going to go get some myself I hate those little things tooHere you go wastickslinger, perfect stuff. Important though, hang your clothes on a line and stay upwind, spray your clothes down and let the stuff dry, spray your boots and let the stuff dry. Your good to go for up to six weeks, doesn't repell ticks it flat out kills them.
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Seriously I need that!! Have you tried it? I am ordering some today. I might even pay the extra to overnight it. :chuckle:
Post by: Elkpiss on March 24, 2010, 07:42:31 AM
Post by: BPturkeys on March 24, 2010, 08:49:15 PM
Post by: elkaholic123 on March 24, 2010, 09:51:13 PM
Post by: UncleBuck on March 25, 2010, 06:49:02 AM
11? I found 11 having a party on my neck at one time. :bash: I think I picked about 80-100 by the end of my walk on Saturday. No joke. No inflation eather. It was at least 80. I peeled my shirt off twice during the day and cancelled the tick party. :yike: :yike:Slinger , I've told you before if you'd stop belly crawling trying to sneek up on sheds you would'nt get so many of those damm things! :chuckle:
They are worse than i have ever seen.
Post by: yelp on March 25, 2010, 02:14:31 PM
:hello: hey everybody Lets tell are best Tick stories!! :P :yike:
Back in "93 up in the Tucannon I lost 2 pints of blood to one of them critters. I thought the lump was a hemmroid and then I saw the legs wiggling! :yike: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: I took my camo glove...LOL :chuckle:
Post by: Austrian Hunter on March 25, 2010, 02:28:45 PM
Post by: Rob on March 25, 2010, 02:52:46 PM
Anyone know if a thermacell has any effect on them? Or is it more for the winged bloodsuckers. I know it works well on skeeters and no seeums
I second that question... anyone know?
Post by: yelp on March 25, 2010, 02:55:31 PM
Anyone know if a thermacell has any effect on them? Or is it more for the winged bloodsuckers. I know it works well on skeeters and no seeums
I second that question... anyone know?
I don't think so..but I have mine and I use it from time to time..Nothing beats underarmour and permerithrin spray..It kicks butt. Lasts for 2 weeks.
Post by: Axle on March 25, 2010, 03:03:36 PM
Post by: PA BEN on March 25, 2010, 04:02:30 PM
Post by: hornhunter on March 26, 2010, 05:38:39 AM
:hello: hey everybody Lets tell are best Tick stories!! :P :yike:
Back in "93 up in the Tucannon I lost 2 pints of blood to one of them critters. I thought the lump was a hemmroid and then I saw the legs wiggling! :yike: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: I took my camo glove...LOL :chuckle:
Did you stand and squat over a mirror on the ground? :puke: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: hornhunter on March 26, 2010, 05:42:24 AM
:hello: hey everybody Lets tell are best Tick stories!! :P :yike:
Iread a post on here last year one of the guys posted, guy claimed he had one IN his ear latched on :yike: had to go to the hospital and have it removed. Every time I see a tick or hear a tick story since then I think about that story :o Who is the Tick IN the ear guy?
Post by: jager on March 26, 2010, 05:58:15 AM
Yea....that was me.
It was attached to my eardrum.
The worst part wasn't the tick..... or the hypodermic in the ear...but when the anesthesia was wearing off...that was some serious pain!
I despise them! :mgun2:
Post by: yelp on March 26, 2010, 06:56:56 AM
:hello: hey everybody Lets tell are best Tick stories!! :P :yike:
Back in "93 up in the Tucannon I lost 2 pints of blood to one of them critters. I thought the lump was a hemmroid and then I saw the legs wiggling! :yike: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: I took my camo glove...LOL :chuckle:
Did you stand and squat over a mirror on the ground? :puke: :chuckle: :chuckle:
No... I had my friend hold a mirror...LOL We then tied a rope around it and he pulled it off... :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: 180-GRAIN on March 27, 2010, 02:48:08 PM
Post by: hornhunter on March 28, 2010, 10:57:26 AM
Post by: lokidog on March 28, 2010, 04:15:14 PM
Yep, all you guy and gal turkey chasers ....... just hunt Easterns in tick-free Western WA this year and you will have nothing to worry about!! :P You also probably won't have to worry about having your bird(s) checked by the WDFW. Just look at the historical harvest numbers for the wetside! :rolleyes:
There be ticks here on the wet side also.... I have seen them in the Tenino and Rochester areas.
If you take your dogs out in the field, you should put that stuff down their backs so if the ticks bite them the ticks die. I think it is the same stuff that you can put on them for fleas.
I still have a lump on the back of my head at the hairline where my mom was trying to get a tick out by using a match to heat it so it would back away. She burned up the tick but it left its head in there....
Post by: Cascade on March 28, 2010, 08:52:05 PM
Post by: Elkpiss on March 29, 2010, 07:30:04 AM
Buddy and I did some hiking around in the foothills around Dayton this weekend. We each easily pulled 80 ticks off on one little hike this morning! We thought we had them all off. On the drive home he found 2 more on him and I had one trying to drop on me from the roof of my truck....Damn near ran off the road trying to get that little *censored* out of the truck. My skin is still crawling.Man reading these stories makes me not event want to go turkey hunting.. :'( WHat do we do :dunno:.. I love to turkey hunting so much but with these little *censored* eating people it gives me the willies... :ACRY:.. I am so confused right now.. :cryriver:..Freaken Ticks.. One Horned SPike, COugrKlr.. We are going to be Tick Hunting while we are Turkey Hunting.. You Too Titan1.. :tree1: Ticks :pee:!!
Post by: Dustin07 on March 30, 2010, 11:14:17 AM
Ticks are icky.
Post by: Elkpiss on March 30, 2010, 02:57:48 PM
its funny to consider the torrential weather, waves, currents, etc I'd take a boat in for duck hunting... and consider the big game that we see in the wilderness while chasing turkeys. Sleeping among bears, wolves, pissed off Meese, etc... And yet these tiny little critters bug us more than anything. this thread made me throw up a little in my mouth :chuckle:Did you say Meece?.. :chuckle: I love it, is that moose plural?
Ticks are icky.
Post by: Dustin07 on March 30, 2010, 03:03:17 PM
Post by: BIGINNER on March 30, 2010, 03:06:36 PM
Post by: hirshey on March 30, 2010, 07:14:27 PM
There be ticks here on the wet side also.... I have seen them in the Tenino and Rochester areas.
We were shocked this last fall when our Rooseys were covered in ticks. My boyfriend caped his bull and sold the cape in exchange/partial payment for a euro mount... and when we got to the shop there was over a hundred ticks crawling on the hide and in the sack.. so much for a tick-free elk season!
Post by: yelp on March 31, 2010, 09:00:45 AM
Post by: Dustin07 on March 31, 2010, 09:03:32 AM
Post by: yelp on March 31, 2010, 09:13:10 AM
thats it I'm going fishing this year.
in a boat :chuckle:
Post by: Dustin07 on March 31, 2010, 09:14:55 AM
Post by: Elkpiss on March 31, 2010, 01:51:56 PM
Don't wait until you get home to deal with them...or else.. :chuckle: :chuckle:That is so sick.. :puke:.. Thanks again for the visual Yelp.. Imagine one of those latched on to your balls!! :'(
Post by: yelp on March 31, 2010, 03:02:51 PM
Post by: Dustin07 on March 31, 2010, 03:04:31 PM
Don't wait until you get home to deal with them...or else.. :chuckle: :chuckle:That is so sick.. :puke:.. Thanks again for the visual Yelp.. Imagine one of those latched on to your balls!! :'(
Yelps got two hooked on right now for fun. 8)
Post by: bobcat on April 05, 2010, 12:32:37 PM
There be ticks here on the wet side also.... I have seen them in the Tenino and Rochester areas.
I've pulled two ticks off my dog in the last couple of weeks and we've only been around home. This isn't normal. Very seldom have my dogs picked up ticks from this side of the mountains. I'm afraid it's going to be a terrible year for ticks even over here. I'm curious to see how covered in ticks the deer and elk are going to be this fall.
I still have a lump on the back of my head at the hairline where my mom was trying to get a tick out by using a match to heat it so it would back away. She burned up the tick but it left its head in there....
That seems like a hard way to get a tick out. I just grab them with tweezers and pull slowly. Course I've never had to pull one out of myself, only my dogs. I'm thinking this might be the year though. :o
Man reading these stories makes me not event want to go turkey hunting.. :'( WHat do we do :dunno:.. I love to turkey hunting so much but with these little *censored* eating people it gives me the willies... :ACRY:..
I thought about doing some turkey hunting this year, but this makes the decision easy. No way am I going turkey hunting! Hunting turkeys involves too much time sitting still and giving them time to dig in. Not gonna do it. Course bear hunting may be just as bad. :dunno:
Post by: hirshey on April 05, 2010, 12:46:00 PM
That seems like a hard way to get a tick out. I just grab them with tweezers and pull slowly. Course I've never had to pull one out of myself, only my dogs. I'm thinking this might be the year though. :o
That's the best method of extraction. Just make sure you get them by the head with the tweezers or as close to it as you can. Burning them off causes them to regurgitate part of their digested meal/ some sort of fliud back into your bite and can cause problems. Same with pinching them with the tweezers too far from the head or treating them with oils/chemicals to drown them like I've heard happens sometimes.
Post by: alan on April 05, 2010, 12:55:05 PM
Post by: lokidog on April 05, 2010, 03:27:43 PM
That seems like a hard way to get a tick out. I just grab them with tweezers and pull slowly. Course I've never had to pull one out of myself, only my dogs. I'm thinking this might be the year though. :o
That's the best method of extraction. Just make sure you get them by the head with the tweezers or as close to it as you can. Burning them off causes them to regurgitate part of their digested meal/ some sort of fliud back into your bite and can cause problems. Same with pinching them with the tweezers too far from the head or treating them with oils/chemicals to drown them like I've heard happens sometimes.
I don't think my mom was planning on actually burning it, just heat it to get it to back away. That was pretty standard 35+ years ago when this happened. :chuckle:
There are little tools like one called "ticked off". I bought a couple of these two years ago after getting into ticks down by White Salmon. Did not have to worry about it last year due to all the snow....
Post by: tlbradford on April 05, 2010, 04:04:02 PM
Post by: bobcat on April 05, 2010, 04:33:33 PM
I brought a few home to bed with me and the wife was none to happy when we would be reading in bed and a tick would start crawling on her arm. :chuckle:
:lol4:
Post by: hirshey on April 05, 2010, 08:39:34 PM
I don't think my mom was planning on actually burning it, just heat it to get it to back away. That was pretty standard 35+ years ago when this happened. :chuckle:
That's how my mother tended to a couple I ended up with on my scalp 15ish years ago as well. Even up to a few years ago in CPR and First Aid courses they would teach this as an acceptable method. These past two refreshers had been the first I had heard of burning being such a negative method.
Post by: Instinct on April 05, 2010, 10:48:27 PM
Post by: wastickslinger on April 05, 2010, 11:01:48 PM