Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
- Stanley
- Honorary Moderator
- Posts: 18734
- Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:18 am
- Facebook: None
- Location: Iowa
- Status: Offline
Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
Permethrin is the active ingredient in all of them that work. What you need to do is head down to tractor supply, Farm&Fleet, lowes etc. Usually you can get a bottle of concentrate called Ortho Total Kill or a strait bottle of concentrate. If you get the Ortho, its a 2.5% permethrin, youll will mix this 5:1 with water. This gives you the same concentrate as No Stinkn Ticks, Sawyers, Repel (.5%Permethrin). Check the bottle to see what your percentage is, obviously if it’s higher than 2.5 you need to redo the ratio to make it the same.
Put that concoction in a cheap spray bottle from the dollar store or where ever. Take it outside with all your clothes you plan to wear and DOUSE IT! DO NOT LET THIS MAKE CONTACT WITH YOUR SKIN OR SPRAY YOUR SKIN DIRECTLY JUST LIKE OTHER TICK PRODUCTS. Let it dry outside until its 100% dry. Next time you hunt, you won’t have a tick in sight. I lay it heavy on my pants, shirt, socks, hat, anywhere you see they can get in.
If a tick gets on you, you’ll see it get sick quick and fall off. Its also... scent free ONCE DRY. And will last up to 4 weeks of use or 4 washes whichever comes first. I usually redo after 2 weeks to be safe.
Here are a couple of pictures of what you are looking for. I bought the brown bottle at Farm & Fleet on clearance for about $2.75 last year. Beats paying $6.00 for a small can of Repel that will do a pants and shirt. Did I mention I hate ticks!!!
Put that concoction in a cheap spray bottle from the dollar store or where ever. Take it outside with all your clothes you plan to wear and DOUSE IT! DO NOT LET THIS MAKE CONTACT WITH YOUR SKIN OR SPRAY YOUR SKIN DIRECTLY JUST LIKE OTHER TICK PRODUCTS. Let it dry outside until its 100% dry. Next time you hunt, you won’t have a tick in sight. I lay it heavy on my pants, shirt, socks, hat, anywhere you see they can get in.
If a tick gets on you, you’ll see it get sick quick and fall off. Its also... scent free ONCE DRY. And will last up to 4 weeks of use or 4 washes whichever comes first. I usually redo after 2 weeks to be safe.
Here are a couple of pictures of what you are looking for. I bought the brown bottle at Farm & Fleet on clearance for about $2.75 last year. Beats paying $6.00 for a small can of Repel that will do a pants and shirt. Did I mention I hate ticks!!!
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
- jlh42581
- 500 Club
- Posts: 2001
- Joined: Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:10 am
- Location: PA
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
who told you about that
- Stanley
- Honorary Moderator
- Posts: 18734
- Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:18 am
- Facebook: None
- Location: Iowa
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
jlh42581 wrote:who told you about that
Cabbaged on to that on a different hunting site last year I believe. Stuff does really work well as you know.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
- Spysar
- 500 Club
- Posts: 3974
- Joined: Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:23 pm
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
jlh42581 wrote:who told you about that
Looks like your post from archery talk, word for word.
A buck will see you three times, and hear you twice, but he's only gonna smell you once.
- jlh42581
- 500 Club
- Posts: 2001
- Joined: Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:10 am
- Location: PA
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
Spysar wrote:jlh42581 wrote:who told you about that
Looks like your post from archery talk, word for word.
LOL it is
I dont care, it needs shared. At one got bumped back up, I posted it last year. I orginally obtained how to make it from another forum so glad anyone can find it.
- Stanley
- Honorary Moderator
- Posts: 18734
- Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:18 am
- Facebook: None
- Location: Iowa
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
jlh42581 wrote:Spysar wrote:jlh42581 wrote:who told you about that
Looks like your post from archery talk, word for word.
LOL it is
I dont care, it needs shared. At one got bumped back up, I posted it last year. I orginally obtained how to make it from another forum so glad anyone can find it.
I did pleasurize it almost word for word I didn't know who the post was started by. Great information needs to be spread around.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
- jlh42581
- 500 Club
- Posts: 2001
- Joined: Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:10 am
- Location: PA
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
Agreed stan, no point in retyping it out. It is, what it is.
- gjs4
- 500 Club
- Posts: 1917
- Joined: Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:11 pm
- Location: Western NY
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
An old guy told me once if you start a week or two before turkey season and take a shot glass full of red wine vinegar every morning you will not have to worry about mosquitos ticks or black flies...and he was serious ....but i never hunted with them and i am gullable.... ANyone ever try this? (not to hijack the thread)
Green and growing... Or red and rotting
- jlh42581
- 500 Club
- Posts: 2001
- Joined: Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:10 am
- Location: PA
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
gjs4 wrote:An old guy told me once if you start a week or two before turkey season and take a shot glass full of red wine vinegar every morning you will not have to worry about mosquitos ticks or black flies...and he was serious ....but i never hunted with them and i am gullable.... ANyone ever try this? (not to hijack the thread)
I recall something about that causing stomach issues. Ill pass lol.
- hoyt
- Posts: 257
- Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:45 am
- Location: Illinois
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
I use DurationTM Permethrin 10% Concentrate from Amazon, mix it .5% and use as a spray. It's about $40.00 shipped. However, even at that, mixed up it's about the equivalent of 7 of the 24oz. bottles of Sawyers, which would be around $90.00.
The ticks are absolutely terrible around here and since I started using that formula I haven't had a one...and no chiggers either, which are also terrible. This mild winter is going to make ticks and chiggers even worse. I've picked off close to 20 ticks already. I reached up on the refrigerator to get the concentrate and found the bottle empty. It was laying on it's side and everything seeped out. Had to order more and should be here tomorrow.
The ticks are absolutely terrible around here and since I started using that formula I haven't had a one...and no chiggers either, which are also terrible. This mild winter is going to make ticks and chiggers even worse. I've picked off close to 20 ticks already. I reached up on the refrigerator to get the concentrate and found the bottle empty. It was laying on it's side and everything seeped out. Had to order more and should be here tomorrow.
-
- Posts: 69
- Joined: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:25 am
- Location: CenLa.
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
Does this do anything for mosquitos?? There seems to be a bumper crop of them this year.
- Stanley
- Honorary Moderator
- Posts: 18734
- Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:18 am
- Facebook: None
- Location: Iowa
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
spring creek wrote:Does this do anything for mosquitos?? There seems to be a bumper crop of them this year.
This is a clothing treatment. The mosquitoes won't bite through the treated clothing. Skin is a different story.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
- jlh42581
- 500 Club
- Posts: 2001
- Joined: Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:10 am
- Location: PA
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
So I just stopped to get a new bottle of Permitherin 10 at Tractor Supply.
8oz bottle is 6.99
Looks like this
IT IS 10% permitherin
Sawyers is .5% permitherin by volume 24oz is $17.51
Looks like this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images ... ting-goods
If you take the 10 and cut it properly to get the same formula as sawyers you looking mixing 20oz of water for every 1oz of Permitherin 10
8x20 = 160oz / 64oz in a gallon = 2.5 gallons of spray
You would need 6.6 full 24oz bottles of sawyers to get the same thing costing you $115.56
So... you can spend $6.99 or $115.56 over the same period of time... not a very hard choice
8oz bottle is 6.99
Looks like this
IT IS 10% permitherin
Sawyers is .5% permitherin by volume 24oz is $17.51
Looks like this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images ... ting-goods
If you take the 10 and cut it properly to get the same formula as sawyers you looking mixing 20oz of water for every 1oz of Permitherin 10
8x20 = 160oz / 64oz in a gallon = 2.5 gallons of spray
You would need 6.6 full 24oz bottles of sawyers to get the same thing costing you $115.56
So... you can spend $6.99 or $115.56 over the same period of time... not a very hard choice
- Stanley
- Honorary Moderator
- Posts: 18734
- Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:18 am
- Facebook: None
- Location: Iowa
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
jlh42581 wrote:So I just stopped to get a new bottle of Permitherin 10 at Tractor Supply.
8oz bottle is 6.99
Looks like this
IT IS 10% permitherin
Sawyers is .5% permitherin by volume 24oz is $17.51
Looks like this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images ... ting-goods
If you take the 10 and cut it properly to get the same formula as sawyers you looking mixing 20oz of water for every 1oz of Permitherin 10
8x20 = 160oz / 64oz in a gallon = 2.5 gallons of spray
You would need 6.6 full 24oz bottles of sawyers to get the same thing costing you $115.56
So... you can spend $6.99 or $115.56 over the same period of time... not a very hard choice
Great information. If anyone is out where there are ticks this stuff is way cheaper than a trip to the doctor for a tick bite. Even if you don't get Lyme disease a tick bite can fester for months. Play it safe, spend a couple bucks and keep those stinking ticks off. I hate ticks.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
- Southern Man
- 500 Club
- Posts: 3827
- Joined: Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:04 am
- Location: Extreme Western Kentucky
- Status: Offline
Re: Making an inexpensive tick repellant.
Bought the Premetherin 10 today and a couple spray bottles. Mixed up 3 quart bottles and ready to go. Soakin the clothes tonight.
We have a youth turkey hunt this weekend at LBL and with the temps in the 80's, the ticks are rollin. Hope this works or I'm up a creek!
We have a youth turkey hunt this weekend at LBL and with the temps in the 80's, the ticks are rollin. Hope this works or I'm up a creek!
You Can't Argue With A Sick Mind
-
- Advertisement
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 29 guests