+Waynelipp Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 How many ticks have you ever had on you in one geocache trip? I just got back from walking through a nest looking for a cache with 100+ on me. Quote Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Do you have any blood left? 6 was the most for me. All small. El Diablo Quote Link to comment
+Team Shydog Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Hunting a cache in OK. led to me getting 5. That was pleanty for me. Quote Link to comment
+Waynelipp Posted September 4, 2006 Author Share Posted September 4, 2006 Do you have any blood left? 6 was the most for me. All small. El Diablo I was lucky. I needed a gallon of water to do the cache so I washed half of them off. The other half came off at home. Most of them did'nt get a chance to bite. Quote Link to comment
MouseFart Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I guess that is the ONE good thing I have to say for the infestation of fire ants here in Tx, they sure keep the tick population in check. Quote Link to comment
WolfWalker Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I'm actually allergic to tick bites, they itch intensely to me, even worse than a mosquito bite. I hunted a cache last summer in a park that's about 30 miles or so from my home. On my way driving home both of my legs started itching like well.......badly enough I couldn't stand it any more, so I pulled over into some truck stop and got out to pull my jeans legs up. I couldn't see anything so I thought that maybe I walked through some poison ivy or something. Once I got home I got ready for a shower and I finally spotted all these tiny red dots on my legs! Baby ticks......I couldn't even tell you how many there were, but yes, they were ALL attached and feeding! It took me well over an hour to detick myself, and that itching lasted at least 3 weeks, I finally found relief by using deodorant on the bites. I even carry scars now from a few of the worst bites! WolfWalker (who now uses repellent spray.........LOTS of it!) Quote Link to comment
+Airmapper Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Over 50 maybe 100 at one cache in particular, and they were the slightly larger "fastrunners." I've had thousands on me at a time, those "seed ticks" that get on you in wads. Quote Link to comment
+Team Perks Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Never actually been bitten (yet)...but I've come crashing through bushes with what must have been hundreds (or at least dozens) of them on me at once. There's truly something to be said for wearing long sleeves and pants even on the hottest of days... Quote Link to comment
+Subterranean Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Luckily, I almost never get ticks. Some people attract 'em, some don't, I guess. Quote Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 It's routine for me to find a couple ticks on me after a woods hunt, but after exiting the woods Dixie Highway Waterfall, I found my legs were almost completely covered in tiny ticks. There must've been at least a thousand. Thankfully I had tucked my pants into my socks before putting on my boots. I shucked my britches by the side of the road, sprayed on a bunch of bug killer and stuffed them in a gallon ziplock. I can't imagine what the passersby were thinking. Quote Link to comment
+jamrasc Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 We did a cache locally last weekend and when we came home everyone got a shower. After our showers, myself and 2 of the girls were literally covered in tiny ticks. We only knew they were ticks when they moved. It was horrible. Four others with us didn't have any ticks on them. I think myself and 2 of the girls must have walked through a nest along the way. I didn't sleep that night thinking they were still crawling on me. I itched for days. That was the worst experience ever. Quote Link to comment
+Super_Nate Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Oh my goodness....another tick thread! My firepowers are flameing again....I think my record of ticks on one trip didn't exceed 5, but knowing me........one tick will get me ticked off if you know what I mean! This is to good....gotta bump the other thread so they can be together. Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I pulled forty off of me after doing this cache. Bret Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I'm actually allergic to tick bites, they itch intensely to me, even worse than a mosquito bite. I hunted a cache last summer in a park that's about 30 miles or so from my home. On my way driving home both of my legs started itching like well.......badly enough I couldn't stand it any more, so I pulled over into some truck stop and got out to pull my jeans legs up. I couldn't see anything so I thought that maybe I walked through some poison ivy or something. Once I got home I got ready for a shower and I finally spotted all these tiny red dots on my legs! Baby ticks......I couldn't even tell you how many there were, but yes, they were ALL attached and feeding! It took me well over an hour to detick myself, and that itching lasted at least 3 weeks, I finally found relief by using deodorant on the bites. I even carry scars now from a few of the worst bites! WolfWalker (who now uses repellent spray.........LOTS of it!) I had the same thing happen to me last week after doing this cache (which is a straight bushwack, by design). This after several weeks on our local forums about how the area the cache is in "doesn't have ticks" After 5-6 showers and about half hour with some tweezers, I got all but 1 that I got the next morning. It looked like dirt after getting out of the shower... dirt that wouldn't scrub off. I still itch, got some Chigarid today which seems to help. Just over a week down though, if I got 2 more weeks of this itching I'm going to go nuts! Quote Link to comment
+Foothills Drifter Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Howdy...... ZERO There ain't none in eastern San Diego County... Vern...[/size] Quote Link to comment
+Jhwk Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Over 50 maybe 100 at one cache in particular, and they were the slightly larger "fastrunners." I've had thousands on me at a time, those "seed ticks" that get on you in wads. Yes - YES, the horror, the horror Quote Link to comment
+Hula Bum Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 38 of California's finest.... Quote Link to comment
+Maingray Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 I'm actually allergic to tick bites, they itch intensely to me, even worse than a mosquito bite. I hunted a cache last summer in a park that's about 30 miles or so from my home. On my way driving home both of my legs started itching like well.......badly enough I couldn't stand it any more, so I pulled over into some truck stop and got out to pull my jeans legs up. I couldn't see anything so I thought that maybe I walked through some poison ivy or something. Once I got home I got ready for a shower and I finally spotted all these tiny red dots on my legs! Baby ticks......I couldn't even tell you how many there were, but yes, they were ALL attached and feeding! It took me well over an hour to detick myself, and that itching lasted at least 3 weeks, I finally found relief by using deodorant on the bites. I even carry scars now from a few of the worst bites! Be glad you mount a big local response to them... it seems from studies that you will have a less likely chance to get any disease from the ticks! My son gets the same reaction. I've had about 80-100 nymhs on me about 3 times now. Takes a while to de-tick, but worth the time Quote Link to comment
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