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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: leswad]
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05/26/21 01:24 PM
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Flatcreek
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My chigger prevention, put about a 1/2 - 1 cup sulphur in an athletic sock, tie it off, dust my waist, ankles, etc., store the sock in a ziplock bag. Works well for me. Hate the scrotum biting bastages!
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: ILUVBIGBUCKS]
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05/26/21 01:29 PM
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skinnerback
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Hate those little red bastards. But I once got into seed ticks and they were even worse. Itched for about a damn month from em. I was ate up with seed ticks and chiggers. All the bunks were full of them. I never scratched so much in my life.
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: leswad]
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05/26/21 01:32 PM
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stxranchman
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What I have found works for me is to take a Zyrtec if I know I am going be in taller grass or weeds that have chiggers. I found this out about 3 or 4 yrs ago when I got chiggers on my ankles. I had allergies bad that same day and took a Zyrtec and noticed the chigger bite did not itch anymore. May not work for you but it works great for me.
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: leswad]
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05/26/21 01:49 PM
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For ones person-I use Sawyer- Permethrin on clothing Picardin lotion on skin
For yard, garden sprayer with Bifen and Termidors sc is my new go to yard treatment
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: leswad]
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05/26/21 01:55 PM
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Worst part is........ You can't get "the real Benadryl" these days......... Just some kinda hybrid crud............
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: leswad]
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05/26/21 02:20 PM
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Sniper.270
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I know God made all creatures, but he is going to have to explain chiggers, mosquitoes, and fire ants to me when I get to heaven. Skinner is right, if you get them bad you will almost set yourself on fire to get rid of them. Sulphur is about only thing I have ever found to really deter them.
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: Sniper.270]
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05/26/21 02:26 PM
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bill oxner
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I know God made all creatures, but he is going to have to explain chiggers, mosquitoes, and fire ants to me when I get to heaven. Skinner is right, if you get them bad you will almost set yourself on fire to get rid of them. Sulphur is about only thing I have ever found to really deter them. Easy peasy. To keep us ever vigilant. That means on tour toes, you know?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: Flatcreek]
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05/26/21 03:05 PM
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ILUVBIGBUCKS
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My chigger prevention, put about a 1/2 - 1 cup sulphur in an athletic sock, tie it off, dust my waist, ankles, etc., store the sock in a ziplock bag. Works well for me. Hate the scrotum biting bastages! OMG they used to get me when I was a kid and would traipse all over the farm. Holy crap it would itch so bad for a few days! HORRIBLE
High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: skinnerback]
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05/26/21 03:05 PM
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ILUVBIGBUCKS
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Hate those little red bastards. But I once got into seed ticks and they were even worse. Itched for about a damn month from em. I was ate up with seed ticks and chiggers. All the bunks were full of them. I never scratched so much in my life. That had to have been bad
High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: MikeC]
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05/26/21 03:40 PM
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John2
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I normally get eaten up with chiggers but I haven't gotten any yet. I'm thinking our chiggers have drowned. With all the rain I think you are right.
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: leswad]
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05/26/21 03:48 PM
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I missed an opportunity to get chiggers once... Family Reunion was planned out at my Late Great Grandparents old farm place out by Blanket... I got sick with a cold a few days before so i did not go, and almost everyone there got chiggers....glad i got sick
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: leswad]
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05/26/21 03:49 PM
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bill oxner
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Your lucky day.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: Sailor]
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05/26/21 07:39 PM
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MO
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Worst part is........ You can't get "the real Benadryl" these days......... Just some kinda hybrid crud............ I have been selling Benadryl since 1976. generic name is Diphenhydramine. It is the same product that has been sold since 1946. I don't know what you are buying , but the real stuff is still on the shelf Mo RPh
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: leswad]
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05/26/21 07:41 PM
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reeltexan
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Just kill the chiggers. Problem solved.
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: stxranchman]
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05/26/21 09:09 PM
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What I have found works for me is to take a Zyrtec if I know I am going be in taller grass or weeds that have chiggers. I found this out about 3 or 4 yrs ago when I got chiggers on my ankles. I had allergies bad that same day and took a Zyrtec and noticed the chigger bite did not itch anymore. May not work for you but it works great for me. Also works for mosquito bites, you can get some relief if you take any antihistamine pills.
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: leswad]
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05/26/21 09:43 PM
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Tbar
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We have had so much rain at the farm the cows can't even begin to keep up with the grass. It is already 2' tall in places and I can see it being 3' in the next couple of weeks. Prime habitat for chiggers. They don't bother me(knock on wood) but the grand-kids got a few bites. During the wet season, chiggers are usually found in tall grass and other vegetation.[26] During dry seasons, chiggers are mostly found underneath brush and shady areas.[25][27] Standing still or lying in tall grass gives them more time to climb onto a person.
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Re: Chiggers!
[Re: leswad]
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05/27/21 12:01 AM
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bill oxner
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I have a couple of harmless mud daubers in my house. They are worrying the snot out of me.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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