4:43 This would be a reasonable exoedient method in an unexpected situation, but for deliberate planning purposes, I strongly recommend high-leg boots (minimum of six inches from the inside surface at the heal to the top of the boot) and use strong elastics on the inside of the pant legs around the boot. The military have been doing it this way for a couple of centuries (albeit with leg bindings prior to elastics) for a reasn: It works! Elastics have many useful appliucation and this is but one of them. Well worth keeping some in your kit!
I've never heard the twisting thing, but I've also never had a tick attach itself to me despite spending years hiking, camping & hunting in tick country. The way I've avoided ticks is with the very liberal use of properly applied bug spray. In addition to wearing primarily BDU style pants with tied off cuffs, I would heavily spray the tops of my socks, the tops of my boots, the cuffs & lower legs of my pants, my collar and the inside of my hat with a bug spray containing a high concentration of deet, Deep Woods Off for instance. (I would also spray the underside of my hat's brim, but that was more for mosquitoes than ticks.) Of course I would also properly check myself, and then, when I got home, I would borrow my dog's flea & tick shampoo and wash my hair in it just to make sure that I didn't miss any. The result was lots of years in woods ranging from Minnesota, Wisconsin & Upper Michigan to Illannoy, Kentucky & Tennessee to Idaho & Wyoming to New Mexico and a lot of places in between without a single tick bite...so far. :)
Use Permethrin on your clothes. I have not had a tick since I started doing this. Highly recommend it. I use the Sawyer brand but whatever you can find should work.
So the ole wives tale I have always followed (for no reason other than it always worked) was true! Give them a lil twist counterclockwise and they pull right out. Great explanation as to why it works! Thanks Mors!
There are ticks where I live, and tick-fever is a problem: there have been fatalities, and I remember at least one case with severe brain damage in a young man in his twenties that left him in a weel-chair for life!Lots of clothes do not stand Deet or similars chemicals (specially artificial fibers) and so the Old Man advice seems more than reasonable!!! I'm definitely trying the twist&pull technic…Thanks Mors, you are the BEST!!!
When I lived back in Nova Scotia, we were having a tick epidemic! So glad for frigid winters and forest fires. LOL. Ticks are the most disgusting thing on earth.
I've recently watched Survival Russia and the trousers they use there have tick traps - one part comes inside the boot and one goes outside. When you have such overhanging clothe it works as a trap because ticks crawl up or sideways and not down. I use to shave ticks off with a knife at 90 degree angle. Squeezing it in any way can release the infected saliva. The same thing happens when you cover it with a spit or oils or whatever else. If there's something left in the wound it's not such a big problem. The skin will get rid of it or I use the tip of the knife or a needle. Then turpentine, hydrogen peroxide, bleach and other disinfectants. One research says that if you find it in 24 hours the bacteria doesnt adapt to the immune system but it has multiple strains, parasites and viruses in it so I kinda have a solid phobia by now. Of course I blame ticks for my chronic headaches, joint problems etc. Nature wants to kill us. This is her evil bio-weapon. This planet is obviously a hell
in regard to the saliva and swirling around the tick. this most likely covers the spiracles, smothering the tick. It therefore needs to pull itself out in order to breathe.
Very interesting in regards to the migration and increased population. This gave me a good reason to do some arachnid research. Who's the head of the entomology department at the local university? Again, thank you for your ongoing educational efforts.
Now I don't know what to think. My Veterinarian tells me to NEVER twist while pulling a tick. Always pull them straight out or you'll have a good chance of leaving the head. He gave me a hemostat to pull ticks off the dogs (and me) and it works great.
WOW, i have lived around ticks all my life. people rush to get a tick off, i think that one should twist slowly to get it off. i havent tried this but i will. thanks for the info.. peace
I've heard that you smoke out your shelter to force out the bugs that may be hiding in the leaves and such, is it right to assume this will force all the ticks out too?
With regards to transmitting of Lyme disease the alcohol is said to cause the tick to 'vomit' and transfer the Lyme bacteria in the bite wound before it lets go. If you are worried about Lyme alcohol is not a good practise.
Strange I recently went camping at an Ontario provincial park and their hand out publication states not to twist .A quick search on google came back with same result stating you could pull off the head or leave parts of the insect in your skin ?
How does this cork screw method effect the transfer of lyme disease? Is it through the mouth of the tick or via defecation, that lyme disease is transmitted?
I have been taught that the Lyme bacteria live in the stomach of the tick and that when the tick is fed and lets go of the host it (could) return a little of its stomach content into the wound thus infecting the host. So it's vital that the tick is removed before it is fed and when removing it it needs to be pinched by the mouth/head closest to the skin, not the body of the tick that swells. Turning it might be easiest way but certainly it is important to remove it with a swift action. The less fiddling the better in order to 'take it by surprise' so to say and not upset it. Certainly no alcohol or rubbing etc. which will cause it to let go by itself.
One product that twists the Deer tick out is the ticklasso. I have used it a couple of times and it works almost effortlessly. Certainly recommend it over tweezers. I suppose one may be able to fashion a similar tool with fishing line?. www.mec.ca/product/5025-913/trix-ticklasso/
I have heard that pantyhose keep ticks, leeches and I'm not sure if it was fleas or something else, from biting. Has anybody else heard or had experience with this?
this is really good information and as many ticks as I yanked out of me I never knew this!
And to think I was almost going to skip this video because I knew everything there was to know about ticks, thanks again Mors!
I listen over and over to respect what will always be safe in survival
4:43 This would be a reasonable exoedient method in an unexpected situation, but for deliberate planning purposes, I strongly recommend high-leg boots (minimum of six inches from the inside surface at the heal to the top of the boot) and use strong elastics on the inside of the pant legs around the boot. The military have been doing it this way for a couple of centuries (albeit with leg bindings prior to elastics) for a reasn: It works! Elastics have many useful appliucation and this is but one of them. Well worth keeping some in your kit!
Thanks Mors. You always give the best advice. Nice to hear your stories. Sage. Well done.
I've never heard the twisting thing, but I've also never had a tick attach itself to me despite spending years hiking, camping & hunting in tick country. The way I've avoided ticks is with the very liberal use of properly applied bug spray. In addition to wearing primarily BDU style pants with tied off cuffs, I would heavily spray the tops of my socks, the tops of my boots, the cuffs & lower legs of my pants, my collar and the inside of my hat with a bug spray containing a high concentration of deet, Deep Woods Off for instance. (I would also spray the underside of my hat's brim, but that was more for mosquitoes than ticks.) Of course I would also properly check myself, and then, when I got home, I would borrow my dog's flea & tick shampoo and wash my hair in it just to make sure that I didn't miss any. The result was lots of years in woods ranging from Minnesota, Wisconsin & Upper Michigan to Illannoy, Kentucky & Tennessee to Idaho & Wyoming to New Mexico and a lot of places in between without a single tick bite...so far. :)
Use Permethrin on your clothes. I have not had a tick since I started doing this. Highly recommend it. I use the Sawyer brand but whatever you can find should work.
Extremely informative, thank you. i didn't know about rotation, so this helps me.
Very well explained. Thanks for sharing!
So the ole wives tale I have always followed (for no reason other than it always worked) was true! Give them a lil twist counterclockwise and they pull right out. Great explanation as to why it works! Thanks Mors!
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Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I hate ticks, great video.
Excellent
There are ticks where I live, and tick-fever is a problem: there have been fatalities, and I remember at least one case with severe brain damage in a young man in his twenties that left him in a weel-chair for life!Lots of clothes do not stand Deet or similars chemicals (specially artificial fibers) and so the Old Man advice seems more than reasonable!!! I'm definitely trying the twist&pull technic…Thanks Mors, you are the BEST!!!
When I lived back in Nova Scotia, we were having a tick epidemic! So glad for frigid winters and forest fires. LOL. Ticks are the most disgusting thing on earth.
A latex glove helps you get a good grip on them too. Thank you Mors for the information.
Thanks for this information!
Great info as always.
makes sense to me.
thank you
As soon as I hit the woods I always tuck my pants into my sock's.. I look silly but it's worth it..
Hey good topic this time of year.
This may work, a twist, but the sites I have read recommend a tweezers close up and pull out.
I've recently watched Survival Russia and the trousers they use there have tick traps - one part comes inside the boot and one goes outside. When you have such overhanging clothe it works as a trap because ticks crawl up or sideways and not down. I use to shave ticks off with a knife at 90 degree angle. Squeezing it in any way can release the infected saliva. The same thing happens when you cover it with a spit or oils or whatever else. If there's something left in the wound it's not such a big problem. The skin will get rid of it or I use the tip of the knife or a needle. Then turpentine, hydrogen peroxide, bleach and other disinfectants. One research says that if you find it in 24 hours the bacteria doesnt adapt to the immune system but it has multiple strains, parasites and viruses in it so I kinda have a solid phobia by now. Of course I blame ticks for my chronic headaches, joint problems etc. Nature wants to kill us. This is her evil bio-weapon. This planet is obviously a hell
in regard to the saliva and swirling around the tick. this most likely covers the spiracles, smothering the tick. It therefore needs to pull itself out in order to breathe.
I've heard that it takes too long to detach itself so it always sufocates and realeases some infected vomit
Very interesting in regards to the migration and increased population. This gave me a good reason to do some arachnid research. Who's the head of the entomology department at the local university? Again, thank you for your ongoing educational efforts.
use gaiters.
Now I don't know what to think. My Veterinarian tells me to NEVER twist while pulling a tick. Always pull them straight out or you'll have a good chance of leaving the head. He gave me a hemostat to pull ticks off the dogs (and me) and it works great.
WOW, i have lived around ticks all my life. people rush to get a tick off, i think that one should twist slowly to get it off. i havent tried this but i will. thanks for the info.. peace
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I've heard that you smoke out your shelter to force out the bugs that may be hiding in the leaves and such, is it right to assume this will force all the ticks out too?
It's common practise here to use a cottonball with alcohol on the tick for a moment before twisting them out.
With regards to transmitting of Lyme disease the alcohol is said to cause the tick to 'vomit' and transfer the Lyme bacteria in the bite wound before it lets go. If you are worried about Lyme alcohol is not a good practise.
Strange I recently went camping at an Ontario provincial park and their hand out publication states not to twist .A quick search on google came back with same result stating you could pull off the head or leave parts of the insect in your skin ?
I always put my socks over top & some tape over them
How does this cork screw method effect the transfer of lyme disease? Is it through the mouth of the tick or via defecation, that lyme disease is transmitted?
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I have been taught that the Lyme bacteria live in the stomach of the tick and that when the tick is fed and lets go of the host it (could) return a little of its stomach content into the wound thus infecting the host. So it's vital that the tick is removed before it is fed and when removing it it needs to be pinched by the mouth/head closest to the skin, not the body of the tick that swells.
Turning it might be easiest way but certainly it is important to remove it with a swift action. The less fiddling the better in order to 'take it by surprise' so to say and not upset it. Certainly no alcohol or rubbing etc. which will cause it to let go by itself.
Hi Lee.
One product that twists the Deer tick out is the ticklasso. I have used it a couple of times and it works almost effortlessly. Certainly recommend it over tweezers. I suppose one may be able to fashion a similar tool with fishing line?. www.mec.ca/product/5025-913/trix-ticklasso/
I live in Oklahoma ( alot of tickss)we grasp the tick with thumb and forefinger, then smash the little sukers between between thumbnails .
I have heard that pantyhose keep ticks, leeches and I'm not sure if it was fleas or something else, from biting. Has anybody else heard or had experience with this?