DIY tick/pest repellent


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Interesting.  Have used the same stuff for many years on horses and cows.  What you have in the pic for the video appears to be the same brand I currently have, gordons?  The permethrin  has a slight odor to it that I can smell(if I can smell it, I know a whitetail deer can smell it), does your scent away hide that?  

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Permethrin beats any other repellent hands down.  Been using it for years.  It'll kill wasp also if you spray enough on them......learned that when last summer when I opened my box stand and had a swarm in there.  The only thing I had in the truck was the permethrin but it worked good enough.

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On 8/24/2018 at 1:32 PM, Rdy2hnt1 said:

Will have to give it a try. I got a bad case of the chiggers right. The itching will drive you crazy.

Was told by some geniuses on another site that chigger bite itching is after the chiggers have already bitten you and that they are not alive in or under the skin.   BUT I have used permethrin cream after getting bites, and it does seem to end the itching.  

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NW Indiana had a lot of rain and warmer winters over the past several years.  I had 3 ticks last season and early spring scouting this year.  I thought I had Lyme disease and even got tested for it, but luckily no.  Doctor had to remove 2 of them since no one at work (surprise surprise) would get the 2 off me.   Pitiful when you live and work near a city. 

Will be getting this beginning Sept.  Another mild winter is assured to have more ticks out in the field in 2018. 

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