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Chiggers (red bugs) #1885186 10/20/16 09:56 PM 10/20/16 09:56 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,763 Lincoln bmc77 OP 10 point
bmc77 OP 10 point Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,763 Lincoln	I hunted most of the day tuesday and made the mistake of not using insect repellent.Fellas I am paying the price,these damn red bugs are trying to eat me alive.Never again will I not spray myself down when it's warm weather and track through the woods.I was a kid the last time I got in them this bad.A case of red bug bites would make even Hillary tell the truth.... Last edited by bmc77; 10/20/16 10:06 PM.

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1885277 10/21/16 02:25 AM 10/21/16 02:25 AM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 12,918 Old Florida Geno Booner
Geno Booner Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 12,918 Old Florida	I feel for you. Apparently there is only one cure. 10 days or so. Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1885289 10/21/16 02:48 AM 10/21/16 02:48 AM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 6,622 Lake View, AL Joe4majors 14 point
Joe4majors 14 point Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 6,622 Lake View, AL	I got in them twice this year. Terrible little critters.

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1885291 10/21/16 02:54 AM 10/21/16 02:54 AM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 7,076 TN Reaper 14 point
Reaper 14 point Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 7,076 TN	I hate those evil little bastards, they got me last weekend.

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1885442 10/21/16 05:35 AM 10/21/16 05:35 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 51,989 Round ‘bout there C Clem Mildly Quirky
Clem Mildly Quirky C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 51,989 Round ‘bout there	What repellent works on chiggers? "Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter "Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013 "Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: Clem] #1885459 10/21/16 05:43 AM 10/21/16 05:43 AM
Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 9,541 Montgomery, AL jbc 14 point
jbc 14 point Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 9,541 Montgomery, AL	Originally Posted By: Clem What repellent works on chiggers? I thought permethrin

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1885463 10/21/16 05:45 AM 10/21/16 05:45 AM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 12,918 Old Florida Geno Booner
Geno Booner Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 12,918 Old Florida	All of the regular repellent works on them. Once you got them, you got them though. Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1885465 10/21/16 05:47 AM 10/21/16 05:47 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,896 shelby county B buzzard 14 point
buzzard 14 point B Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,896 shelby county	put a cup or three of Clorox in a hot bath and soak a while. "Hell with them fellows, buzzard got to eat same as a worm" Josey Wales

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1891438 10/26/16 03:17 PM 10/26/16 03:17 PM
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,678 Alabama Honolua I'm Honey Lou Lou and I voted for Obama... Twice!!!
Honolua I'm Honey Lou Lou and I voted for Obama... Twice!!! Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,678 Alabama	Chigarid for the bites is AMAZING. Permethrin from TS is like $5. Dilute it and spray down your hunting clothes real good, Wash your clothes in scent free stuff and you will still be protected.

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1891458 10/26/16 03:28 PM 10/26/16 03:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,447 Highland Home, Al S Squadron77 10 point
Squadron77 10 point S Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,447 Highland Home, Al	get anything with Hydrocortisone and it will stop the itch in a couple of days.

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1891482 10/26/16 03:42 PM 10/26/16 03:42 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 31,681 Slidell, La perchjerker Freak of Nature
perchjerker Freak of Nature Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 31,681 Slidell, La	Wipe said area (balls) with gasoline. If that doesn't help light them. I promise chiggers will no longer be your main concern !!! Thomas Jefferson. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Life is too short to only hunt and fish on weekends! If being a dumbass was fatal some of you would be on your death bed!

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1891656 10/26/16 09:44 PM 10/26/16 09:44 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,763 Lincoln bmc77 OP 10 point
bmc77 OP 10 point Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,763 Lincoln	From feet to shoulders around 100 bites,it's under control now but damn they got me.

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1892619 10/27/16 04:33 PM 10/27/16 04:33 PM
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 6,401 D'Iberville, MS MS_Hunter 12 point
MS_Hunter 12 point Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 6,401 D'Iberville, MS	I posted this before......scratch until your eyes roll back in your head, wait 30 seconds and repeat. In your darkest hour when the demons come, call on me brother and we'll fight them together.

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1892626 10/27/16 04:39 PM 10/27/16 04:39 PM
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 14,630 Tuscaloosa Co. N N2TRKYS Booner
N2TRKYS Booner N Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 14,630 Tuscaloosa Co.	Chiggers aren't so bad. Just don't scratch at them and they'll go away. If you can't do that, then....scratch at them until you break the skin, then get in salt water. I prefer not to scratch them, though. 83% of all statistics are made up.

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1892892 10/28/16 04:13 AM 10/28/16 04:13 AM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 12,918 Old Florida Geno Booner
Geno Booner Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 12,918 Old Florida	Scratch, no scratch, treatment, no treatment - all seems to be the same to me. They drive you nuts for ten days or so. Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1893329 10/28/16 11:22 AM 10/28/16 11:22 AM
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,678 Alabama Honolua I'm Honey Lou Lou and I voted for Obama... Twice!!!
Honolua I'm Honey Lou Lou and I voted for Obama... Twice!!! Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,678 Alabama	VooDoo Try that Chigarid buddy, It is AMAZING

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1893333 10/28/16 11:23 AM 10/28/16 11:23 AM
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,678 Alabama Honolua I'm Honey Lou Lou and I voted for Obama... Twice!!!
Honolua I'm Honey Lou Lou and I voted for Obama... Twice!!! Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,678 Alabama	I may have got in 'em today bad since I found one on me when I got home. I got the atv stuck in a dry creek bed and it took me a damn hhalf hour to winch out. Think I got covered up with them in there.

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: Honolua] #1893401 10/28/16 12:38 PM 10/28/16 12:38 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 10,661 Central, Al Bustinbeards Booner
Bustinbeards Booner Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 10,661 Central, Al	Originally Posted By: Honolua I may have got in 'em today bad since I found one on me when I got home. I got the atv stuck in a dry creek bed and it took me a damn hhalf hour to winch out. Think I got covered up with them in there. how does one get stuck in a dry creek? Originally Posted By: Wiley Coyote Well, the way I see it is there's just too many assholes On a good day there's a bunch of assholes in here. On a bad day there's too many assholes in here.

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: bmc77] #1893431 10/28/16 01:08 PM 10/28/16 01:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,763 Lincoln bmc77 OP 10 point
bmc77 OP 10 point Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,763 Lincoln	The bath with a little Clorox works but you need to do it soon and not wait.A cap full is enough.

Re: Chiggers (red bugs) [Re: Bustinbeards] #1893593 10/28/16 03:58 PM 10/28/16 03:58 PM
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,678 Alabama Honolua I'm Honey Lou Lou and I voted for Obama... Twice!!!
Honolua I'm Honey Lou Lou and I voted for Obama... Twice!!! Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,678 Alabama	Originally Posted By: Bustinbeards Originally Posted By: Honolua I may have got in 'em today bad since I found one on me when I got home. I got the atv stuck in a dry creek bed and it took me a damn hhalf hour to winch out. Think I got covered up with them in there. how does one get stuck in a dry creek? The sides got squared out real bad. I had to do some piddlin' on the neighbors land with the atv to avoid getting stuck again. If I never have to use another winch again it'll be too soon.

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