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Re: Tricks for Ticks?



29% deet works pretty well...the only ticks i've seen so far this season
were on the one day i didn't use any.
happily, no "redbugs" were about that day.

;-)

Gary Phillips
Conway, SC
Sunset Zone 31
walela@sccoast.net
"...where is the person, I ask, who, on observing this glittering fragment
of the rainbow, would not pause, admire, and turn his mind with
reverence..." (J. J. Audubon)

-----Original Message-----
From: Kristine Cox <kriscox@islc.net>
To: Carolina Birds <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:03 PM
Subject: Tricks for Ticks?


>Anyone have any tricks for avoiding ticks while birding in the woods?  I
>am getting seed ticks every time I step out of the house.  The down home
>remedy say some in these parts is to consume a couple drops of
>turpentine on sugar.  I'm tempted to give it a try. Kris Cox, Beaufort
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