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What preventative measures do you guys take against tick bites, mosquito bites etc? We live with in 300yds of the Sundays River and these vicious buggars are trying their best to kill me! Help needed please.Thanks | ||
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I always find that having an overweight client with high colesterol arround draws all the biting things away from me  | |||
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Ganyana, I didn't know we had met.  | |||
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The best way to avoid/deal with ticks is to spray your clothing & shoes with Bayticol and every couple of days, substitute your shower gel/soap for a dog tick and flea shampoo. With mosquitos, a good repellant and sensible clothing help dramatically. If they're a real pain in the arse at night a mosquito net is a Godsend...... as is air con and a can of Doom..... if you don't have air con at home, fly screen the windows. | |||
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As Steve said, dog shampoo for ticks and for mosquitos try using Aquafresh mouthwash by spaying it all around you where you sit... Dream it...Discover it...Experience it... Patrick Reynecke Outfitter and Professional Hunter Bushwack Safaris Box 1736 Rustenburg 0300 North West Province South Africa www.bushwacksafaris.co.za Cell: +27 82 773 4099 Email: bushwacksafaris@vodamail.co.za | |||
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Peaceful sleep And a mosquito net, only sure fire way I know to keep mosquitos off humans. Large quantities of Gin and Tonic also has its merits, you will feel the mosquito bites less as the evening progresses. Pepper ticks, wipe parafin on your legs from the knee down. I found bayticol gives me a headache so stopped using it. One thing that does work well is to mix powdered garlic in water and sponge it onto your legs, we use that for the trails horses here in Hluhluwe. I would however recommend sticking with peaceful sleep as the wife will not like the garlic much. Good luck Ian | |||
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For the little things : a constant topping up of Capt. Morgan Dark Rum. For the slithery and crawly things : a big stick For the large and nasty : A BIG Bore... http://www.bigbore.org/ http://www.chasa.co.za Addicted to Recoil ! I hunt because I am human. Hunting is the expression of my humanity... | |||
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OK Stephan, Where would we but Steve in there Capt.Morgan, big stick or big bore,  I think big stick but thats just me  | |||
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Just put me next to the bottle mate and I'll be just tickety boo!!  | |||
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I just happen to have two count them two bottles in my bags now waiting!!!!!!! and I might be talked into sharing!!! DAM weight restrictions on airlines  | |||
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I'll bring the booze you bring the marmite | |||
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Steve, best offer I've seen in my life! Booze for Marmite. I bet he gets tired of Marmite long before were' tired of the booze  http://www.bigbore.org/ http://www.chasa.co.za Addicted to Recoil ! I hunt because I am human. Hunting is the expression of my humanity... | |||
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Stephen, Too bloody right my friend! | |||
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Ivan Carter and I use an empty Altoids tin....You would not believe how many Tetse flys it can catch....That is after we swatted them and filled it up while driving around the bush...  | |||
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The trick with tsetse is to catch them, pull a wing off and then drop them into someone's pocket, down their neck or arse crack without them noticing........ Funny as hell!  | |||
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marmite is a scares commodity for me I can not get it here so I do enjoy it when I can get it. best breakfast i evr had was watching the sun come up in the Bush at Tsavo and haveing my chi and marmite toast | |||
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Dog tick and flea soap!!!!! so thats how your hurt your neck!!!!!!! showered then sitting on the couch licking your nuts dry and feel off couch!!!!!!!!! | |||
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Strange as it sounds, Avon Skin So Soft works great for me! I just smear it all over my face, neck, arms and ankles every day, and no bug bites all day. It has worked for buff hunts in African, water buffalo in the Northern Territory, and bantang hunts in Coburg. Don't know why it works, but somebody told me to try it and it did! | |||
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Avon Skin-So-Soft now comes with an insect repellent. Works fairly good and some say it keeps the Tsetse flies away. I get it locally. Another good idea is to take Vitamin B-1 everyday. As for ticks, nothing available here in the States will kill any better than Duranon Permanone...period. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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I used the Avon skin so soft with the Picardin (sp)this year in the Selous and believe me it works on bugs especially TSETSE's. I have used deet and other repellants multiple apps, but the AVON one application did the job. If you find a Avon store the spray is much cheaper then on line. PVT said it has beaten any repellant he has used by far. I purchased for him 5 spray bottles (white) and one pack of toweletts. Living by the river every evening a small smokey fire. Mike | |||
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I remember when I was a kid, the Avon lady used to come by and visit my mother on a regular basis with her little bag of samples. I don't know if they still have Avon ladies? Had to order mine on line from the internet. | |||
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hell, that's at least 80% of Americans, isn't it??? Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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No mate, I damaged my neck when I ran out into the middle of the road and then stopped to lick my balls..... then a truck hit me! More seriously, In the old days when cars had steel hub caps, every truck had one on the roof rack or in the load bed and we always used to keep a couple of dried elephant turds smoldering away. Used to keep the tsetse flies away a treat. It's also a good tip to use whenever you stop for lunch in a not so perfect area or if you need to wait a while for the truck to arrive. | |||
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showing off again licking you balls in public??? | |||
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the first bullshitter never stands a chance on here. It's why I stayed on the couch this time. Couldn't run with the big dogs today... Rich | |||
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Dont go outside! Deet! Deet! Deet! DRSS Member | |||
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