yeah man, it's getting pretty bad. I'm in New Jersey and the tri-state area is getting hammered.

Ticks aren't too bad where I'm at this year.

Few times mushrooming I've had 50+ on me at once years ago.

Or times where you had to stop every 30 seconds and pull off 5 or 6 making their way up your shoes and pants.

Avoid weeds, especially big fields of them. Areas with pricker weeds and various other kinds growing wild.

If they are real bad, I'll put rubber bands around the bottom of my pant legs, or tuck my pants into my socks so the ticks can't get in that way from the bottom. Ticks hang out on vegetation and wait for something to walk by and brush up against them and then they attach and try to find a spot to eat. If they cant crawl up your pant legs they have to crawl outside your pants which makes them easier to spot and remove. You should avoid thick areas and walk in the center of trails to avoid coming into contact with them. You can buy stuff called permethrin that kill ticks. Permethrin can be used to treat boots, clothing and camping gear and remains protective through several washings. Use an insect repellent that has DEET to keep them off your skin. Hopefully this helps you out.

This post was edited by SheriffCool on Jun 17 2017 07:37am

Must have died from ticks.

The wilderness would need to survive me

Fuken cuck that it is

I am the true alpha

This post was edited by Trugbug on Jun 20 2017 06:17pm

I feel pretty safe in the wilderness, until I venture out to around lvl 40 wildy, then I get a bit scared

Looking for a knife that can do it all. Trying to keep it under $200.

Depends on what your definition of do it all is, but I have a kershaw with changeable blades thats really nice. It has a saw blade, a hunting/gutting blade, and a filet blade. I think I gave around 120-140 for it I forget. I usually carry that and a Gerber Multi tool and can take care of about anything I run into.

Ticks can jump too supposedly...

I got bitten a week or so, got a small rash right now hoping it's not Lyme disease or i'm gonna rage

ahh a classic case of Borrelia burgdorferi transmitted by the Ixodes tick

does the rash look like a target? red in the center and then a space and then surrounded by red?

if sooo you fucked