Bears are babies. My little dog chases them away. My son-in-law walked between a mother bear and her cubs while hiking. She woofed at him and charged up to 15 yards away from him. He stood very still and the mama bear stopped and woofed some more then ambled off.
I spend a lot of time in the woods wandering around, and cutting wood. Deer ticks are everywhere. All my clothes, and shoes are sprayed with permethrin. I give my dogs Bravecto. No problems with ticks. There are no cottonmouths in my area, north of the Mason-Dixon line - yet. In fact, I have never seen a poisonous snake in my area.
We talk up our snakes, but they want mice not us, they flee if they notice us, and only attack if cornered. Most people are noisy, and are only out in summer when the snakes have plenty of energy, so they don't see snakes. When you go bushwalking in cool weather you sometimes see a black snake soaking up sunlight on a path (because there's no tree cover there). You just wait a few metres back and it'll move off soon
I buy a large can of no odor permethrin at Walmart for about $10. You can also buy low odor permethrin. I have also used the standard livestock permethrin but it has a strong smell until it dries, then it is odorless. After the clothes are washed, hang them out and spray them. Take extra care to spray around all openings. After they are dry I place a small piece of blue masking tape inside the clothes on the size tag so I know they were treated. I spray my gloves, shoes and boots monthly. They say the clothes treatment is good for 3 washing but I re-treat them after every wash to be extra careful. Permethrin is very toxic to cats but harmless to them when it is dry. I also drag the dog beds outside and treat them, then bring them back in when they are dry - we haven't seen a flea in years.
I take a bath in tick repellant every time I go hiking
I wish they made repellant for herding dogs too. Those assholes are always out to get me. I never even see their herd, that's how far they go out of their way...
Oregon coast, best of both worlds. Or New Zealand. Or south East Asia but then you have different snakes and mosquitoes. King Cobras are super chill snakes though, way way moreso than cottonmouths.
18 Comments
desiccated_event@piefed.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 98d
What about bears? Don't you ever think about the bears?
youcantreadthis@quokk.au · 9 pts · 98d
No but they show up on a lot of community events
rayyy@piefed.social · 3 pts · 97d
Bears are babies. My little dog chases them away. My son-in-law walked between a mother bear and her cubs while hiking. She woofed at him and charged up to 15 yards away from him. He stood very still and the mama bear stopped and woofed some more then ambled off.
devfuuu@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 97d
Bears are only a problem in certain regions of the world.
Watermark710@piefed.social · 2 pts · 97d
Only when hunting season is open. One bear gets me 80-100lbs of meat. Bear is great for stew, chili, or burgers. Not so good for steaks or roasts.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 97d
Nowhere near as deadly or annoying as mosquitoes though. They really make me second guess my love of camping.
OpenStars@piefed.social · 1 pts · 97d
I do... NOW!?!
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 97d
I solve this problem by going to coastal paths, still great scenery and not many ticks.
Tiresia@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 97d
carrotfox@piefed.social · 8 pts · 97d
I have the same taste in scenery as rats and pidgeons, if that serves as consolation
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 97d
Rebecca Pidgeon?
rayyy@piefed.social · 6 pts · 97d
I spend a lot of time in the woods wandering around, and cutting wood. Deer ticks are everywhere. All my clothes, and shoes are sprayed with permethrin. I give my dogs Bravecto. No problems with ticks. There are no cottonmouths in my area, north of the Mason-Dixon line - yet. In fact, I have never seen a poisonous snake in my area.
psud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 94d
We talk up our snakes, but they want mice not us, they flee if they notice us, and only attack if cornered. Most people are noisy, and are only out in summer when the snakes have plenty of energy, so they don't see snakes. When you go bushwalking in cool weather you sometimes see a black snake soaking up sunlight on a path (because there's no tree cover there). You just wait a few metres back and it'll move off soon
We really don't have threatening animals here
We do have ticks
TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 97d
I've been considering treating all my gear with permethrin. Any tips?
rayyy@piefed.social · 2 pts · 96d
I buy a large can of no odor permethrin at Walmart for about $10. You can also buy low odor permethrin. I have also used the standard livestock permethrin but it has a strong smell until it dries, then it is odorless. After the clothes are washed, hang them out and spray them. Take extra care to spray around all openings. After they are dry I place a small piece of blue masking tape inside the clothes on the size tag so I know they were treated. I spray my gloves, shoes and boots monthly. They say the clothes treatment is good for 3 washing but I re-treat them after every wash to be extra careful. Permethrin is very toxic to cats but harmless to them when it is dry. I also drag the dog beds outside and treat them, then bring them back in when they are dry - we haven't seen a flea in years.
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 97d
I take a bath in tick repellant every time I go hiking
I wish they made repellant for herding dogs too. Those assholes are always out to get me. I never even see their herd, that's how far they go out of their way...
Mothra@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 97d
Yeah same taste as leeches and ticks unfortunately
shiv@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 97d
Oregon coast, best of both worlds. Or New Zealand. Or south East Asia but then you have different snakes and mosquitoes. King Cobras are super chill snakes though, way way moreso than cottonmouths.