Ticks are BaD - need tick clothing.

[Short Track]

Hunted Turkey in Maine. Ticks are beyond bad this season. I picked up the Sitka Guard pants, but no back pockets, so I sent them back. How stupid !!!

Any other good tick clothing by Kuiu or another brand ?
I want insect clothing in addition to spraying my stuff down with Sawyers...

 

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Apr 12, 2025

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Elimitick - Tick Repellent Clothing

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[mtmontgo]

Hose your clothes down with permethrin. Completely safe for humans and animals, and it's toxic to flies, mosquitos, and ticks.

 

[rclouse79]

I hate those things. One must have attached to my dog in an a place we don’t pet him. It fell off in the hallway and my wife stepped on it, causing it to explode. It took her a minute to figure out what it was and when she did I thought she was going to lose her mind.

 

[SuperDUECE22]

permethrin​

 

[Mk44]

+1 permethrin

 

[RuggedYogi]

Permethrin is cheap and effective. I didn’t even know “special” clothes were a thing. Kinda silly.

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Don't just spray your clothes with permethrin. Soak them in a five gallon bucket.

19:1 Ratio of water to 10% Martin's permethrin.

3 Gallons of water (384 oz) mixed with 20oz of 10% Martin's permethrin for a 0.5% dilution. Soak for 2-3 hours. Spin cycle in the washer then hang dry.

 

[Mighty Mouse]

Another vote for soaking in permethrin. My turkey hunting clothes (and everyday around-the-farm clothes) get dunked in a DIY permethrin mix every spring. I buy 36.8% concentrate and dilute it down to 0.5% (2 oz concentrate + 1 gal water). Try to find a concentrate that doesn’t say “contains petroleum distillates” on the label. The petroleum-containing concentrates will leave your clothes with a fairly strong diesel-like odor. The odor does wane over time and is a small price to pay for preventing tick bites, but avoid the odor issue if you can.

 

[SuperDUECE22]

I didn’t even know “special” clothes were a thing. Kinda silly.

The same "special" people should send me $5,000 for their vehicles extended warranty

 

[dtrkyman]

Along with the treated clothes you can get some soaps to wash yourself in that ticks do not like.

I was using top secret scents body and clothes wash , they discontinued it or went out of business, too bad it worked great and smelled good!

Dr. Bronners tea tree is supposedly good from what I have heard, Eucalyptus oil, Peppermint oil, Lavender oil, Lemon grass oil, Geranium oil, and Cinnamon oil. are all said to be good tick repellents, I believe the top secret had Geranium in it as well as a few others.

Was considering the Guard pants as well as hoody, no back pocket's is kinda stoopid, though it is a couple less places to forget where I put something!

Just looked, there is a soap called tick me off, 3 bars for 35 bux on Amazon.

Rynoskin is another clothing line.

 

[silasbowhunter]

The same "special" people should send me $5,000 for their vehicles extended warranty

I’m one of the special people who wear an Equinox Guard Hoody religiously outside when mosquitoes are around. I get demolished by bugs. They love me, I’ll get 20-30 bug bites sitting around the patio while my wife next to me gets 0. It’s worth every penny to me ha


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[Short Track]

There's this company in Maine that has a tick guard. I think it's double sided tape around your leg. The webpage is terrible, but I will dig it up.

 

[Jpsmith1]

Don't just spray your clothes with permethrin. Soak them in a five gallon bucket.

19:1 Ratio of water to 10% Martin's permethrin.

3 Gallons of water (384 oz) mixed with 20oz of 10% Martin's permethrin for a 0.5% dilution. Soak for 2-3 hours. Spin cycle in the washer then hang dry.

Never tried the soak. I just mix up a pump sprayer full and keep my gear treated

 

[Short Track]

Equinox Guard Pants have NO BACK POCKETS !!!!!!!!!!! Total Stupidity !!!! with an amazing sock design. I just can't get over girlie no back pockets !!!

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Spent 9 full days in Idaho spring bear hunting. Not a single tick, and they were around. I’m sold on the soaking method.

Also, tucked pant legs into socks and shirt tucked in of course. I think the former plays a big role too. Make em travel 3 feet up permethrin impregnated fabric to try to get to ya.

 

[Rich M]

New england is ate up w ticks, bad.

Permethrin. Buy concentrate and either soak the clothes or mix heavy for spray.

Works. $500 pants - thanks anyway. Permethrin concentrate at tractor supply.

 

[sanpedroranch]

I duck hunt like crazy and early teal in flooded rice with blinds on the side of the impoundments are a haven for mosquitoes and ticks. Soaking in a permethrin solution is the only that works. Guys on my lease have all the high dollar gear with bug guard fabric. I’m usually the only one who never has a tick, flea, or mosquitoe bite at the end of the hunt.

 

[Short Track]

Why do you dilute it so much? Why not go stronger ?
or why not just spray the hell out of them with sawyer's ? until they are dripping wet.

and why spin in the washer? why not hang dry ?

 

[NRA4LIFE]

A combo of pyrethrin and permethrin. I don't remember, but one of them you can put on your skin, the other only on your clothes. It's been a couple years since I was in tick country in the spring (MO) but it worked. Spent 4 days in tall grass and didn't get a bite. Picked a couple off my boots that were very lethargic, that was it.