Best way to keep off ticks?

Got a question for all you hunters. I recently puchased several acres in Chatham county, NC. Its mostly woods, mountain laurel, etc. I've been stomping around in the woods in the SE USA off and on all my life and I'm 45, but I have never seen anything like the tick infestation I get when I visit my new property. Its pretty much out in the sticks and a lot of hunting goes on out there, so I wonder what the hunters do to keep the ticks off. They look like typical brown dog ticks, but they bite you in multiple places and the bites itch like crazy!.

I've been treating my shoes, and ankles, waist and neck with deet but they get in anyway. I'll flick 3-5 off of me while I'm there and always find several more later. How do you guys deal with this? Its a shame because the land is beautiful and borders a large creek, but I'm paying a high price to try to enjoy it.

to this NG get out, my ISP rarely shows them, but I seem to see everyone else's and have no problems with the other NGs.

Thanks for any advice,

Alan C.

Plant paths with clover...ticks hate clover.

After the mild winter we had this past season it is to be expected that the bug population will swell during the spring, summer, and even into the fall. You say you're using deet. Are you spraying your clothing just before you go? Or, are you hanging it and spraying it the day/evening before? I'd suggest you hang and spray all your clothes beforehand, including the 'unmentionables'. Give 'em a good dose! When scouting or participating in a club work party during warm weather I always tie up my pants legs with a couple of dog flea collars as well. This 'seals' my pants to my boots and thus far has eliminated any from creeping up my legs. During the hottest part of the year I tend to stay out of the woods, particularly the brushy areas. But if you have to or want to go, then I say hang and spray and seal the pants and boots with fresh flea collars.

ankles ain't near high enough. i spray my boots, socks above the boots, skin above the socks, and outside pantlegs to above the knee. i put it on real heavy. very seldom do i get a tick, and i'm out in the woods and in the field pretty much daily since i live out in the boonies on 60 acres of mixed forest and field. i use the stronger version of 'repel'. also, in areas of high travel such as my shooting range or camping area, i put out diazinon (sp?).

Are you sure they are ticks and not keds (Lipoptena cervi)?

I haven't had Keds on since my last pair of P.F. Flyers wore out!

Good advice, thanks.

Biting in multiple places?? Sounds more like chiggers to me.