stumblingjoe
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Light weight merino wool as crazy as that sounds.
Ya, I wear mine for the coolness and mosquito protection in the tree stand...I had some mesh camo once and all was good until I stuck an arrow in one and I think I hit a bush full of seed ticks dragging it to the road. I have had them rascals eat me up a few times though, no matter what I wore and how much or what kind of spray I used. After that time, I just started wearing a pair of blue and green plaid comfortable shorts and a t shirt. They didn't protect any better, but if I got into them again it was faster to wipe down at the truck with a lighter fluid soaked wad of paper towels and get some relief.
Good advise. I had Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever when I was a kid, about five or six years old. Wasn't a good situation. Thankfully it was caught in time that I only spent about a week in the hospitalSide tangent :
I see a lot of guys commenting they are wearing shorts with short sleeve shirts.
Treat your boots with Permethrin, wear long socks and take 1 shot of Apple Cider Vinegar starting 3-4 days prior to hunting. In September/October it’s good to do this daily or until the chance of being bitten by ticks is limited.
Lime, Alpha Gal, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and plenty of other tick-bourne diseases are crippling.
I’ve dealt with them personally and treated numerous patients with the above. They’re life altering diseases that oftentimes have no cure if not treated in time.