It's tick killing time again

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Ikarus1

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Time to make the tick tubes again. Had one crawling on the back of my ear after mowing and spraying the property we are about to build on. I haven't bought a bottle of Sawyers permethrin in 3 or 4 years i just use it and refill with the 1:10 ratio of Permethrin 10 and water. Same mix as i use to spray my clothes during hunting season

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I have had good luck with SevinDust and a fence for my .5 acres. Early Spring and again mid to late Summer, I will spray about a 10’ swath along my property lines (5’ on the other property and 5’ on mine) and we have not had ticks for the last 15 years (knock on wood)
 
The problem with Sevin and really any wide-spectrum pesticide is that it affects good and bad insects alike. The tick tubes are targeted at the nymphs that live in mice nests, thus killing the target species at the earliest stages. Lyme disease starts in the mice, and the tick is just a carrier.

IOW, It's a scoped rifle instead of a shotgun with open choke. As a gardener, I like bees...alot.

I'm treating over 6 acres with these tubes and it all but eradicated them last year on about a 2 acre portion using 18 tubes. I'll probably put out 50 in spring and fall each year from now on
 
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I put them out this year and they’ve seen a lot of activity. Of course my dog had to eat one and for the cost of the vet bill I could have hired 20 people to just roll around naked for a couple days to collect all the ticks. Heck if I hired the right 20 I’m sure I could get another 20 of you to volunteer to help.
 
COLTIMPALA said:
What's the general idea with the tubes, and how are they made/ where are they placed? You've got my attention.
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Watch the vid in the other thread. Thermisol teamed up with an Ivy college (I can’t remember which) to study ticks. They found a majority of the nymph stage ticks are on mice. Mice take the cotten balls for nesting material, the nymph ticks die.
Get cotton balls, TP tubes, permethrin, dilute it to ~0.1%, spray/wet the cotton, let it dry, place in tubes, place the tubes 10-20 yards apart. The tick population should drop dramatically in a month or two.
 
My property I shoot on has tons of ticks if I go into the woods, both dog type and the tiny deer type. I've never seen a mouse on that property, I've always assumed the deer kept them alive. Sounds like this solution is geared more for urban environments.
 
Flashpoint said:
My property I shoot on has tons of ticks if I go into the woods, both dog type and the tiny deer type. I've never seen a mouse on that property, I've always assumed the deer kept them alive. Sounds like this solution is geared more for urban environments.
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A lot of animals will use it in their nests. Squirrels, voles, raccoons, etc.
 
Flashpoint said:
My property I shoot on has tons of ticks if I go into the woods, both dog type and the tiny deer type. I've never seen a mouse on that property, I've always assumed the deer kept them alive. Sounds like this solution is geared more for urban environments.
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From what I’ve read, mice are mostly nocturnal.
 
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Pink_Vapor said:
I suggest using Martin's over the brand in the picture. Martin's is scent free when dry, that stuff stinks a block away.
https://www.domyown.com/permethrin-sfr-368-p-445.html
More Tick Tube info on this thread as well.
https://www.carolinafirearmsforum.c...yme-disease-and-tick-tubes.26526/#post-453532
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The Sawyer bottle is just an empty bottle I have had for years, but the brand of permethrin (Permethrin 10) I get is from tractor supply, and once you dilute it to the recommended .5% solution, you can't smell it appreciably. I spray it on my hunting clothes in the same strength and see plenty of deer every year.

My tubes are already working, but I need more. 11 acres will probably take around 100 tubes
 
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