Chigger question
#11
RE: Chigger question
We're used to them down here. For the most part you just watch where you step. If your in a really thick shady grass (like crab grass) area you can bet they will be hiding out for you. Or a wet thick grassy area (like near a pond) Make sure you wear long pants and keep them tight around the ankles of your boots. If they do get in it's all over. They prefer the crotch area. Once you've been bitten there isn't much you can do but wait it out. The trick is to not get eaten.
#12
RE: Chigger question
I like to use a solid piece of ice and freeze em as soon as they start to itch then let it air dry and use nail polish or if your really tough and want to dry them up fast nail polish remover.
#13
RE: Chigger question
There was a convicted murderer who escaped from the prison in southeastern OK, he was hidden in the woods for 3 days in August and they couldn't find him no matter how hard they tried. Finally, he gives himself up and they ask him if it was the intense manhunt that made him come to his senses and he replied, 'No it was those #%@! chiggers, I just couldn't take anymore!' That's how bad they are.
#14
RE: Chigger question
If you wear your scent-loc, after it's been washed in UV eliminating soap, tuck your pant legs into your dream season boots and spray down with scent killer before going into the woods they won't be able to see you, smell you or bite you. [8D]
#15
RE: Chigger question
I always wipe the bitten area with ammonia. It burns for a bit and then sweet relief! Have you ever seen a product in stores called the "Afterbite Stick"? Its active ingredient is ammonia.
#16
RE: Chigger question
I've always used bleach as soon as I got home... leave it on for a few minutes then wash off... It works. I keep a small spray bottle of it handy.
And you're right Greg, Ammonia soothes the bites.
And you're right Greg, Ammonia soothes the bites.
#18
RE: Chigger question
ORIGINAL: early in
Chiggers? Only something I've heard of. Iknow nothing about them, other than you don't want to get them. I don't even know what kind of enviornment they prefer. I don't know if their even in my woods.[&:]Can they even be seen with the naked eye?Let's hear it.
Chiggers? Only something I've heard of. Iknow nothing about them, other than you don't want to get them. I don't even know what kind of enviornment they prefer. I don't know if their even in my woods.[&:]Can they even be seen with the naked eye?Let's hear it.
Bruce good post. The other remidies will also work.
#19
Boone & Crockett
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 1997
Location: Cheasapeke and Delaware Bay Region
Posts: 10,485
RE: Chigger question
Well it wasn't me that had them. My daughter called and said a friend of hers son had them. I take precautions by using Peramone before entering the woods. I have almost always to the best of my knowledge got them while walking through the leaves on the forest floor. Since using Peramone I never had a return bout with them nasty devils. Thanks for the remedies, I'll pass them all alone.
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: pa soon to be greenup county ky
Posts: 315
RE: Chigger question
ORIGINAL: NavyDeerHunter
If you wear your scent-loc, after it's been washed in UV eliminating soap, tuck your pant legs into your dream season boots and spray down with scent killer before going into the woods they won't be able to see you, smell you or bite you. [8D]
If you wear your scent-loc, after it's been washed in UV eliminating soap, tuck your pant legs into your dream season boots and spray down with scent killer before going into the woods they won't be able to see you, smell you or bite you. [8D]