According to the product listing, it contains Citronella. Not an issue for wandering around the bush, EXCEPT for hunting something that can smell that stuff. Turkeys, not a worry. Deer..............not sure I want to smell like citronella....
Tick and Lyme Disease Awareness
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According to the product listing, it contains Citronella. Not an issue for wandering around the bush, EXCEPT for hunting something that can smell that stuff. Turkeys, not a worry. Deer..............not sure I want to smell like citronella....
Yeah, iff'in yer nawt'ome by midnite...................oh wait...........................
A good friend shared this article in Outdoor Life & it's worth the read: (just remove the space between the h and the t)
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Timely update. Had a range day yesterday and the ticks were out in full force. I had three on me (two in transit, one just about to latch on), one on the shooting bench, and one managed to follow me home - wife found it crawling around. Must've piggy-backed on one of my cases or bags. That one is swimming through the sewers now, but these little bastards are everywhere.
Out shoveling gravel for the pool bed, and just pulled a tiny one off my wrist. *never thought to take a pic.
In the backyard where the pool's going, is where the bird feeder is and it's where all the chipmunks n squirrels come. If I understand their life cycle correctly, a tick's first feeding when it's tiny like that, will usually be on a mouse or bird. After that first feeding, they get larger and go for larger targets like deer.
That's twice now that one of us has had one of those little ones on us, both times from working around the chipmunk rocks. Very hard to see, literally the size of a fat grain of sand.
Took a load of mulch to my walnuts in the back bush the other day. Thick stuff and deer trails back there. I was only off the quad for a minute, but found a regular sized tick latched to my kneecap after I got home, probably waiting on the long grass on the side of the trail.
Such gross little buggers.
In the backyard where the pool's going, is where the bird feeder is and it's where all the chipmunks n squirrels come. If I understand their life cycle correctly, a tick's first feeding when it's tiny like that, will usually be on a mouse or bird. After that first feeding, they get larger and go for larger targets like deer.
That's twice now that one of us has had one of those little ones on us, both times from working around the chipmunk rocks. Very hard to see, literally the size of a fat grain of sand.
Took a load of mulch to my walnuts in the back bush the other day. Thick stuff and deer trails back there. I was only off the quad for a minute, but found a regular sized tick latched to my kneecap after I got home, probably waiting on the long grass on the side of the trail.
Such gross little buggers.
UltraShield has an expiry date. With 4 litres, though, I assume you are also using it as aftershave. All good.
Just spent a week crawling around in "Tickville." I'm convinced that your best defense is covering up... I tucked my pants into my socks and wore 17" LaCrosse Alpha Burly's, I also wore a long sleeve shirt, tucked in tight (order tall sizes), that when pulled up to mid-forearm was tight enough to deny entry. I found dozens of ticks on my clothing, and crawling on my hands and forearms, and pulled a few off my neck, but to my knowledge was never bitten and did not find any on my body. Exterior clothing got a good going over before being admitted to truck or cabin... camo is definitely NOT your friend when tick hunting.
"...camo is definitely NOT your friend when tick hunting." 
You got that right!!! But I have one set that is sprayed with permethrin and wear it pretty much whenever I am in the woods. Just washed the pants today, will treat them again on a sunny windy day and hang them on the line. And I wear a mask, goggles and disposable gloves when I work with that stuff.
Doug
You got that right!!! But I have one set that is sprayed with permethrin and wear it pretty much whenever I am in the woods. Just washed the pants today, will treat them again on a sunny windy day and hang them on the line. And I wear a mask, goggles and disposable gloves when I work with that stuff.
Doug
I've removed a few crawling ticks and at least 2 attached ones over the last few years. I took the first one to the health unit and they said not to worry. It wasn't the kind that carries Lyme. They gave me a pamphlet and a tick key. Our local vet also give out the keys. I've heard people say, not completely in jest, that if you suspect Lyme, you should go to a vet. They're used to treating Lyme, so they're likely to do a better job of diagnosing it, even if they're no allowed to treat you.
Now a scary story about mis-diagnosis: A friend of mine was being treated at St Mike's in Toronto for ALS. She had the means to pay for private treatment, so she went to Texas to be treated by a doctor who was supposedly the world's leading expert in ALS. He said "You don't have ALS: you have Lyme" and began to treat her for it. When she went back to St Mike's, they said "he's crazy" and continued to treat her for ALS. Eventually, she died of ALS. For her, the Lyme diagnosis would have been good news. Lyme is often curable; ALS is always fatal.
Now a scary story about mis-diagnosis: A friend of mine was being treated at St Mike's in Toronto for ALS. She had the means to pay for private treatment, so she went to Texas to be treated by a doctor who was supposedly the world's leading expert in ALS. He said "You don't have ALS: you have Lyme" and began to treat her for it. When she went back to St Mike's, they said "he's crazy" and continued to treat her for ALS. Eventually, she died of ALS. For her, the Lyme diagnosis would have been good news. Lyme is often curable; ALS is always fatal.
Found my first tick the other day while loading up my truck after working on a tree stand where we hunt near Kemptville Ontario. It is a dog tick. Found it on my nylon bag that holds my chainsaw safety gear. It was ridig in my atv trailer.
My clothes are sprayed with the aformentioned Ultrashield and tucked in to my boots. It works great for all critters as i can walk through a swarm of mosquitos and they dont even try to land.
Apparently the dog ticks are much larger than the black-legged ticks. For scale i would say the tick would fit on the head of a pencil eraser. I believe the colour of the shield indicates it was a female. It was dead when i took the pic but it was alive when i found it on the gear bag.
Edited: wrong name for tick
My clothes are sprayed with the aformentioned Ultrashield and tucked in to my boots. It works great for all critters as i can walk through a swarm of mosquitos and they dont even try to land.
Apparently the dog ticks are much larger than the black-legged ticks. For scale i would say the tick would fit on the head of a pencil eraser. I believe the colour of the shield indicates it was a female. It was dead when i took the pic but it was alive when i found it on the gear bag.
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That is an American dog tick, which can also carry Lyme. Deer ticks and black-legged ticks are one and the same.
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/pest-control-tips/blacklegged-deer-ticks.html
Doug
PS) Lately, here in Kingston, we have been seeing about equal numbers of American dog ticks and black-legged ticks.
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/pest-control-tips/blacklegged-deer-ticks.html
Doug
PS) Lately, here in Kingston, we have been seeing about equal numbers of American dog ticks and black-legged ticks.
Sorry wrote down the wrong thing lol dog tick not deer I will update my post! thanks!
A story about the lyme vaccine LYMErix
https://slate.com/technology/2021/0...KYxE2yNeqF-tvcORd7idad8HdNGcpplQsVcUizXB8PyEg
https://slate.com/technology/2021/0...KYxE2yNeqF-tvcORd7idad8HdNGcpplQsVcUizXB8PyEg
