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05/24/2023 07:14PM
I have question about ticks have any of you outdoors veterans (experts) heard of anyone having natural immunity to the little b@#$&rd’s
I have been playing in the great outdoors for most of my 60 years and have never had a tick on my body or clothes but anyone with me will without fail will have at least one
Same for mosquitoes
Dean
I have been playing in the great outdoors for most of my 60 years and have never had a tick on my body or clothes but anyone with me will without fail will have at least one
Same for mosquitoes
Dean
05/24/2023 08:15PM
Ticks... "maybe". Mosquitos... I would say I find that hard to believe. You can honestly say that you've never had a mosquito on you or a mosquito bite? Please elaborate. You could get your DNA bottled and become a bazillionaire.
"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir
05/24/2023 09:00PM
burrow1: "I have question about ticks have any of you outdoors veterans (experts) heard of anyone having natural immunity to the little b@#$&rd’s
I have been playing in the great outdoors for most of my 60 years and have never had a tick on my body or clothes but anyone with me will without fail will have at least one
Same for mosquitoes
Dean"
I can't see any way any type of immunity would keep them off your clothes if you're in tick country.
05/25/2023 06:28AM
My wife is a Public Health Nurse and one of her areas of expertise is tick borne illnesses. She says while ticks seem to be more attracted to some people more than others, that there is no natural immunity and you should consider yourself fortunate.
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul" John Muir
06/03/2023 12:21PM
ticks are kinda seasonal. they are abundant when it starts to go from brown to green leaf season. that is when i do controlled burns on the farm. that takes care of ALot of the ticks. once summer hit s and its getting warm and dry out. tics just vanish around here. its june 3 today and dont think i have found 1 crawling on me or the dog in the last month. but i dont roll around in knee high grasss, if i can help it. even when i do. i dont find them in the dry season.. i rebuilt maybe a 1/2 mile of cattle fence, this spring and only found 1 crawling on my hat brim.
06/04/2023 08:22AM
My husband gets 3-4 times more ticks than me when we are in the same areas. He also gets attacked by a lot more mosquitoes than me...reading that linked list makes me see why...he has a lot more attractants. Also, when mosquitoes bite me, I don't notice unless it is finger or face and the bites don't itch. I travel in shorts most of the time.
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