BBQing a tick

thecfarm · May 20, 2018, 06:29:27 PM

First cookout of the year and I looked down on my wrist and saw a tick.
Ayup,BBGed him right than and there. ;) He won't be bothering no one again.

Magicman · May 20, 2018, 06:47:47 PM

Do ya mean dat ya didn't even skin it first??

I would hate to think that I got tick hair between my teeth!!

submarinesailor · May 20, 2018, 07:58:24 PM

:D :D :D :D

POSTON WIDEHEAD · May 20, 2018, 09:10:32 PM

5 more and you would have had a mess. :D :D :D :D

thecfarm · May 20, 2018, 09:57:43 PM

Yea I know,I was thinking about deep frying it,dip it chocolate, maybe fry it in butter,but than I dropped it in the coals. ;D

mike_belben · May 20, 2018, 11:56:30 PM

Have they been terrible everywhere else this year too? This is worst season ive ever seen. Had 6 in me yesterday and i didnt even go in the woods. Avg day with me, kids and dog is grabbing and halving 15+

thecfarm · May 21, 2018, 04:53:05 AM

I had no ticks here 5 years ago. Or never found any on me.Seem like we found no more than 10 on us this time of year,than the rest we find none. I hope this year will turn out the same way.

sprucebunny · May 21, 2018, 05:24:38 AM

I think they are bad this year. I've caught 4. Three different kinds !

Peter Drouin · May 21, 2018, 06:49:49 AM

Not bad here cfarm, I'm sure we have some around.

petefrom bearswamp · May 21, 2018, 07:18:42 AM

Wife had one running up her arm 2 weeks ago and i had one embedded in my right thigh last week.
I usually check myself pretty good when showering at the end of the day, but didnt discover this bugger until I was in my hot tub.
Got antibiotic from the doc.

Magicman · May 21, 2018, 08:16:41 AM

So you rubbed antibiotic on the tick to keep it from getting sick?? :D

mike_belben · May 21, 2018, 09:32:19 AM

Try alcohol. Gets em drunk enough to fall out of their chair. Acetone and ether work pretty good too.

The tick tornado little remover tool is a miracle. Spins em right out intact every time. The trick is knowing that our ticks are SAE left hand, fine thread. And dont overtorque em.

petefrom bearswamp · May 21, 2018, 12:03:37 PM

there were times in my younger days when any bug that bit me could be in trouble due to my blood alcohol content but not so much anymore,
Antibiotic wouldnt have helped.
We have a little tool called ticked off that works really well, but is always out of reach when I decide to remove them,
I use my thumb and index finger tweezers on em and havent had a problem getting the head out so far.

rjwoelk · May 21, 2018, 03:48:23 PM

I got some permethrin from cabalas. Damped the pant legs waist band outside only. The shirt as well. Boots.
Let dry over night.
Well wearing them the next day spotted a tick in the grass.
Let him crawl on my finger and he made a beeline up my bare arm.
Removed him to my pant leg
He traveled about 3 to 4 inches and fell off craweled around for 5 seconds then was dead.
This stuff is 2200 times more deadly to ticks then humans.
If it gets on your skin your body destroys it.
This is the same ingredient as in the chrosynthomom plant.
Also one spraying of the clothes is good for 5 to 6 washings. It adheres to the cloth. Do not use were cats are apparently it will kill them for some reason so i read. You only apply to clothing

Magicman · May 21, 2018, 06:07:59 PM

james · May 21, 2018, 08:50:00 PM

Sweet Baby Rays?
local BBQ sauce?
inquiring minds want to know ??? ???
james

thecfarm · May 21, 2018, 09:05:50 PM

Well of course Sweet Baby Ray's. :D :D

PineNut · May 22, 2018, 12:54:53 AM

I use permethrin also. It is also available from Walmart in a 0.5% working solution. Believe I got mine from Amazon. A 32 oz bottle of 36% cost about $25. After diluting it to 0.5%, it makes almost 20 gallons of working solution. Permethrin is readily available from many sources. From what I hear, it is only dangerous to cats when it is wet. After it is dry, there is no problem.

ToddsPoint · May 22, 2018, 05:19:09 AM

I've not seen a tick this year. I've been in the woods too. We had some really cold, sub-zero weather for about a week last winter and everyone around here thinks that zapped them. Last year they were thick. Gary

Chuck White · May 22, 2018, 08:17:52 AM

That's what I was thinking last Fall!

If we were to have a "cold spell" during the Winter, with bare ground (the snow is an insulator), it should destroy a lot of the tick population!

mike_belben · May 22, 2018, 12:35:18 PM

This hopefully links or displays the image of that tick tornado thingy. My wife would buy all that other junk and id toss it.

https://goo.gl/images/2TCTWK

Youre trying to get them out intact, not rip it out. Well, on me or the dog id just grab and snatch but the kids will not hold still for any pinch or pain so thats always been a wrestling match.

Ticks come out painlessly when spun counter clockwise. Its hard to go 3 spins with tweezers. I usually used a set of forceps i ground down but on a fat tick its like injecting a ketchup packet.

Put premethrin on cotton balls and stick them in paper towel and toilet paper rolls near any mouse droppings you see. Theyll bring the cotton ball into the den and itll kill all the ticks that ever catch a ride on it. A tick has to feed on a mouse then you to give lymes, RMSF etc. The more mice you kill the safer your family is.