How do you keep track of clothing permethrin applications?

[Erict]

Deer season the ticks here can be bad, spring turkey season they can be horrendous. If you treat your own clothes (or ground sheets, tent liners, etc), do you have a "system" to track when individual items were last treated with permethrin?

(It's wasteful and unnecessary to treat a pair every time I use them. I have a big jug of concentrated stuff so it's not about the cost.)

 

[sneaky]

Retreat them once they stop being effective. Hard to give an answer because we don't know how you launder your hunting gear.

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[resident vs nonresident]

i use SAWYER products, they clearly call out that it lasts about 6 weeks or 6 washes.
i always do a head to toe outfiits treatment a day or so before Spring Turkey Hunt, its a 7 week season and i have not had any issues or need to re-apply. but i also dont wash inbetween (except baselayer)
i will also do a complete spay/treatment right before start of Archery season. by the time 1st rifle rolls around 5/6 weeks later, ticks are not an issue here in CO.

 

[Meshnasty]

I do a heavy application at the beginning of the season, often the day before I go on my first hunt.

It’s pretty easy for me to remember when the first time I got out for the season was, but to be fair I end up spraying at least my boots/pants/belt line each time I go out so I really don’t worry about going past the 6 weeks. I hate ticks.

 

[Corvus Corax]

I pick a nice warm day in the weeks before turkey season. I string up a clothesline and spray my gear. I use a lot of my gear later in the year so it gets washed at least a couple times before it gets retreated. The spray is cheap.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

I usually do once before bear season and then again mid August. I haven’t pulled a tick while hunting in 3-4 years so seems to be working.

 

[summs]

I give most all of my clothes a good spray. and then before going afield for trout or turkey, I do a quick 5-10 sprays base of pants/socks, waist, shirt sleeves and hat.

 

[Zdub02]

I spray everytime I go turkey hunting. Mainly just a leafy suit that I throw over whatever clothes I have on. I seem to be a tick magnet so I tend to overspray and apply heavily.