SILVER WOLVES PROTECT YOURSELF

SPRING TIME MEANS BUGS AND TICKS ARE BACKOUT . WE NEED TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM WHAT THEY CARRY LIKE LIME. I GIVE YOU A FEW POINTS TO THINK ON OF WAYS TO HELP PROTECT YOURSELF IN YOUR WOODS ADVENTURES

[@kenbarrett6466]

Sound advice on the permethrin and the Vicks .. the camphor helps with healing the bite location too .

[@ktownc936]

Great video Blackie ! For others who do not know. A compass with a mirror can be used to detect ticks in regions unavailable to the eye!

[@jtr109]

The rumor is, while smothering the tick as you describe will cause it to release, it may regurgitate a large dose of its infectious saliva into the bite as a going away present. Same theory applies to burning the tick off. Thus the advice to remove the tick whole. I’ve found a tick twister works very well to remove a tick intact.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i agree as long as i can reach it i can get vapor rub on a stick and coat one between my shoulder blades

[@maxchan179]

@@BLACKIETHOMAS that comment is advising you not to use that method as it could be dangerous

[@jtr109]

Well, I would say the Vicks/petroleum jelly smothering method might have risks that aren’t immediately apparent. Maybe best to wait until you’re out of the woods and/or have your intimate partner twist the tick out of a hard to reach place. And personally, after any tick bite, I’d talk to my doctor about getting on a course of antibiotics, just to be safe.

[@blackbear9326]

Thank you for a brilliant piece of advice re tics… Although I live in. Bonnie Scotland, we do get loads of tics… so I’m always looking for good advice… I recently bought Uncle Bills silver tic tweezers … and after watching your video regarding Vicks, I’ll buy that too…. I’ve been following you for ages and I love every video you put on KZbin.. especially knots& toggles… please keep up the good work… stay safe, fit & healthy.. cheers from Bonnie Scotland… 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@MrBearbait75]

Didn't know about the Vicks. Could be a life saver, literally! Thank you!!!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Happy to help!

[@229dave46]

Thank You Blackie!! That was something that has really been on my mind.

[@kadven6447]

Good ole plain cayenne is a natural blood stopper and antibiotic. Thanks for the video partner 😊

[@mrkultra1655]

Thanks Blackie

[@martyransford9650]

Another video with great advice. Vick's Vapor Rub is also a great first aid product for bee stings. I am not sure about wasps, but it would be worth a try, When I was a kid I got a bee sting on the arch of my foot. Our baby sitter suggested using Vick's along with a bandage overnight, so, Mom decided to give it a try. When the Vick's and bandage went on the foot was swollen and pretty painful. By bedtime I could tell the swelling had gone down and the pain was dropping off. The next morning there was no pain and the swelling was totally gone. I bet there are even more uses for this product. Cheers!

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

😊Thanks Blackie😊

[@the_dark_defender]

I wasn't aware of the vaseline or vitamin tricks, thank you!

[@adkmtns5726]

Don't spray your Blackbird haversack with Permethrin! Spray your pants from the knees down 360 degrees. Spray your hat all around the outside and underneath the brim. I also spray my front floor mats. Often times, you will get back in your vehicle and a tick will fall on your floor mats. They can be there days later and crawl up your leg. Also, make sure you spray your footwear. Lastly, when you pull an embedded tick out of you, pull SLOW and STEADY. Is you tug quick and the tick's head comes off it "vomits" in you, and you're chance of getting sick goes up!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

good advice

[@Stoney_AKA_James]

I can attest to the use of vick's vapor rub, it works great to get the ticks off! Permetherin should be used by everyone going outdoors, just be careful with some of the hi-tech nylon materials, it may damage it! I wear gaiters sprayed down with permetherin and it helps alot.

[@dthomas5281]

Permethrin is awesome. I’ve watched ticks almost trying to jump off my clothes with that on them.

[@dennislindenpellinge]

Important video topic! Listen and learn !🙏I have been accompanied when a young woman, a true "buschcrafter", was, again, bitten by a tic. The consequences this time were dramatic, facial paralysis, meningitis. 😨 She is relatively well today, but now also has heart problems, all because of this little creep's poison. So, protect yourselves! 👍

[@outbackowl3040]

Hi Blackie, greeting from Australia 🇦🇺, thankyou for your time to make these videos available. Thankyou

[@ourtechwriter]

Took me back to my wandering days in my Missouri Bootheel! Deer ticks, chiggers, hornets, blue racers, copperhead, water moccasins, egg sucking blacksnakes, and hillbillies like me! In many ways, it was the good life fir sure. We depended on Vicks VaporRub, Musterole, flaxseed tea, salves and poultice. A little dandelion wine never hurt either! Nice to hear you mention it. BTW, Luke of Outdoor Gear Review also recommended Permethrin for tents, groundcloths, etc. Claims it would kill spiders as soon as they touch it.

[@davidneal6920]

Hey Blackie, I am lucky. Hunting in the New Zealand bush we don’t have ticks, spiders, snakes or malaria. We do have nasty little sand flies and mossies in some places though. When I was in the army serving in the tropics we had to be real careful with malaria. Mosquitoes can be killers! We had to be careful for centerpedes and scorpions too. The snakes got out of our way. But Mosquitoes were the big killers. Good advice on the Vicks. Like your video Brother. 🇺🇸 🇳🇿

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

them mosquitoes kill more every year than people realize

[@comfortablynumb9342]

No spiders?

[@davidneal6920]

@@comfortablynumb9342 our spiders are mostly harmless. We have two species of poison spiders. White tails (which live in urban, not bush) and Katipō (live on the beach). So we get off very lightly

[@wbsims2996]

I used Permethrian (spelling?) In Africa to avoid Mosquito bites, etc. I treated my clothing at home and it lasts through several washings. Not one bug bite in Burkino Fasso or South Africa. That Vicks salve also helps to stop itching from chiggers and mosquitos.

[@davidneal6920]

@@wbsims2996 yeah we used that too. And used Doxycyclone tablets daily. Lucky I never got it (malaria)

[@peterslabinger6221]

Hi Blackie, I got Lyme disease at a Boy Scout summer camp. The symptoms don’t usually appear till about 1 months after the tick bite. You get flue like symptoms and very fatigued. My jaw bone was killing me. I couldn’t even chew a hotdog. After a couple weeks of this I went to my doctor and told him that I thought I had Lyme disease. At first he didn’t believe me, I live in near Chicago and they must not get many case. The only way to convince the the doctor that I might have got Lyme disease was to stress that the area that I had camp was known to have disease. I don’t he he really took me serious until after the blood test . Lucky I caught the disease early. Lyme disease get misdiagnosed a lot. It took about 2 years to get back to normal. The flue like symptoms were gone but the the fatigue linger down for a while

[@gunterbecker8528]

I feel for u mate,unfortunately doctors this days aren't up to speed like the used to. Glad u got over it😊 !

[@kippdog536]

Love the silver wolves series. Things are simple and inexpensive for people who may be challenged in one way or another. They (we) are still able to enjoy the outdoors. Thanks.

[@woodrowbrimm2805]

Good tip on the Vick's for Ticks in the Army they had use put Sulphur around our neck waist ,ankles etc. to prevent bites.

[@jeffrichards5106]

Thanks, b. Great advice, appreciate it. Didn't know Vick's Vaporub worked on ticks, very good to know, I'll have to get me some. 👍

[@6BlackWings]

Putting Vicks or fire on a tick causes it to vomit into the wound. Only safe way to remove a tick is to pull it straight out, grabbing it close to the surface. Get a tick key.

[@kennethwilson8633]

Ticks come down out of pine trees a lot so treat your hat and a scarf or bandanna around your neck. I have to just to mow my lawn in Michigan.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

very true

[@smoothvern165]

Awesome advice! I’ve never heard of using Vicks to get a tick to back out. It’ll be in my kit for spring turkey hunting, for sure! Thank you!!

[@jeffalexander4409]

I really appreciate the silver wolves series!!!! As an "older" guy and disabled, this series means alot to me!!! Thank you sir!

[@forestgnome55]

Hey Blackie! Good stuff thanks!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Any time!

[@markfletcher5457]

Cool info as always.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks

[@jasonbrock5688]

something else that has popped up recently with tick bites is it may cause you to become allergic to red meat.

[@jenniferbauman4802]

Good video. How many people started itching when they see or hear of a tick . Crazy right. God bless. From Glenn CATT in Massachusetts.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

lol yep i see that with classes

[@brianburge3349]

THANKS BLACKIE.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

my pleasure

[@tomritter493]

I've got lymes 20 yrs and I'm off my feet cause of it .and it was slow came walker now wheel chair it's nothing to play with the tick can kill you

[@rblood8076]

10 4 will do.

[@michaelhayes7471]

When I used to drink beer they wouldn't touch me when I quit I'm an all you can eat buffet

[@russelrogers2540]

Permethrin does not repel ticks and spiders. It kills them. It does provide some repulsion of flying insects. Contact with permethrin treated clothes and gear causes an attack on the insects nervous system. I have been fortunate not to have been bitten by any ticks since I was in my early teens, I am now in my 70's. I have found them crawling on me and clothes, if I failed to treat them beforehand. I once picked eight or ten off a fishing vest I had just removed.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

good to know

[@BushmansAdventures]

Tiger Balm red / regular works great too Downside is, here in bear / grizzly country in BC Canada , they LOVE the smell, it attracts the beads/grizzly big time 😂

[@TexasSheepdawg21]

I wonder if I started taking vitamin B1 and B 12 if it would ward off parasitic women? Just a thought.

[@jelkel25]

There's Lymes disease in the UK, I can't use Vicks but the mozzys aren't the biggest here (I've been to the Yukon) and I've gotten rid of them with peppermint oil. I wonder if that will work with ticks? Wouldn't recommend peppermint oil for folks in bear country, maybe too close to a food like smell. Another thing I've heard with the mozzys, ticks ect besides taking Vit B is they prefer folks who eat lots of sugar. Might be an urban myth but might be true too.

[@SmithMediaOutdoors]

Great Stuff Blackie! thanks!

[@johnwyman5939]

Dam good info!! I always spray my boots and clothing when I'm gonna be out in the environment with them dam insects!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🔪👍👍

[@bobmatuzak2263]

Didn’t know about the B vitamins changing your PH. I’m gonna try that. Thank you very much.

[@trynsurviven2440]

Sound advice those dang skeeters are gonna be hungry and I don’t want to be on their menu.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

very true

[@williamwood6795]

Great video. As kids my mom would put nail polish on Chiggers which we had every summer.. But the Vicks Vapor Rub idea is gold! thanks.

[@AdamSmallq]

Then, your sweat re-wets the chemicals locked in your clothing, leeching back onto your skin, which is then absorbed. I love this dudes common sense. As smart as a silver wolf perhaps.

[@SoilmanSoilman]

Blackie, permethrin is NOT a repellant. It is an insecticide that binds with cloth fibers and will kill any tick that comes in contact with it. I mix a gallon sprayer with about 7 oz. of 10% permethrin every spring and spray down all my outdoor clothes front and back and let them dry out in the yard. I've maybe had 1 tick on me in the past 3 years, and that's with a job that has me in the woods several times a week as well as all my outdoor hobbies.

[@joshgrimes9554]

I use permethtin on my clothes, works great for ticks. But not so much for a bad area of mosquitoes. I use vanilla extract and slop it all over my skin for skeeters...it just attracts bees...lol

[@jeffconley6366]

Thanks for the Vicks VapoRub idea. Do you thick a piece of Gorilla tape might stop the bleeding? If you can wipe away enough blood for the tape to stick.

[@williamdroom5789]

Old timers taught me a long time ago to carry a bottle of campho- phenique with a rubber band wrapped around it so it won't fall out of your shirt pocket.

[@Mntnere]

Ive used vicks under my nose for 53 years, just like my grandfather did when i spent the nights with him as a child , I copied him then and never stopped

[@markcollins2455]

Thanks for the excellent information. All good to know.

[@edwardbirdsall6580]

Carry a styptic pencil or alum block to stop small bleedings.

[@garyprice9015]

Thank u Blackie some every good info that I can use

[@markrick911]

If you put a little Vicks in your horses or your mules ears, it’ll it’ll keep the mites out of their ears

[@jimhale3879]

Thank you for great advise! I will take it!

[@paulotoole4950]

I wonder if you could use tiger balm in the same way?

[@Mayhemcountryliving]

Good stuff buddy I have had Lyme disease

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i have a good friend that had it and to quote him it sucks

[@Mayhemcountryliving]

@@BLACKIETHOMAS I had it in my 30s back when I was hobo and all around the smoky mountains. It felt like I was 70 years old my joints ache so bad

[@nickbarry7039]

Most defiantly going to add this to my kit. Thanks always for the good info and stay safe.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad to help

[@sandyallsopp6778]

Superb info. Thanks.

[@TinyTitan50]

Thank goodness I’ve only had 1 tick in my lifetime and that was 20 years ago. Living in the PNW we have quite a lot of them. The mosquitoes can get pretty bad especially at higher elevations. In that case I carry plenty of deet spray but I can sure use the stuff you suggested so I have less exposure to the deet.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

stay safe

[@davegoodridge8352]

That stuff works great on mosquito bites to stop the itch.

[@MarcMallary]

B vitamins are good for a lot of things.

[@hagman1077]

Hey Blackie- thanks for the information. I never knew that about the vapo rub stuff so I guess I'll be packing a small container of that too. Thanks for another vid- Be safe out there-

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

glad to help

[@karolynrice6267]

It really doesn't work.

[@bigtrev761]

🇦🇺😎👍

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks for watching

[@pemekd6369]

Please be safe and try using 'Kick The Tick' - it freezes and kills the tick before removal, it's much safer and if you put vicks or some vaseline/butter there is always risk that the tick will puke before backing out

[@pemekd6369]

my tick story - I've had a tick on my back - shoulder blade, it must've been there for some time as it was very big, luckily had a friend with me but he didn't know how to take it out nor had tweezers so he cut out a piece of my skin with that insect with his knife, next morning my whole arm swollen and the wound was suppurating until treated with boiling water

[@WolfeHD-c8y]

Sir, would you be willing to discuss or video anything/everything about DEET? TY, TU, etc.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i will think about it

[@FrankMuchnok]

All good advice Blackie !

[@micheletremonti2434]

Also can be found on Amazon

[@benterwellen]

Blackie, I use Vicks before going in the woods, on the neck, wrists, and ankles, seems to keep the bugs off…

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

it will help i have used it at night to make the skeeters stop buzzing my ears

[@suecharnock9369]

sat here with an absolute stinker of a cold - and plastered in Vicks! very timely Blackie.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

hope you get better

[@jayj8256]

Blackie, You're the man! ...we are fortunate at 4100 feet above sea level - we have no ticks or mosquitos here or up higher in the elevations of the Black Hills of South Dakota - too cold, and too dry. ...but just north in Belle Fourche? Yes - irrigation everywhere. We had 60 degrees in January, but also saw -10. It's a crap shoot what to wear - I just wear a light jacket in the winter. Temperatures change rapidly. thanks again for your informative video!

[@debluetailfly]

Avon Skin-So-Soft will keep ticks and chiggers off. I have picked blackberries and not gotten chigger bites. I had to COMPLETEly cover ALL skin, especially where chiggers like to bite. The bad thing is blackberry picking season in really hot and humid where I live, causing me to sweat heavily. So I have to reapply occasionally, Also, you have to wash it off your hands, or it will transfer to the berries. It tastes awful; don't ask me how I know.

[@gunterbecker8528]

Sound advice!

[@timlacy2284]

Blackie, Great Information and Tip and Trick .Thanks For Sharing. I did have one crawling on me last weekend. Tim L.

[@misolgit69]

Hello Blackie, admittedly I have no explicit knowledge or experience of Permithrin, but I was thinking outside the box, with regard to your haversack etc do you think it would help without causing damage if you were to turn the bag inside out and spray the inside surface ? so the insect repellant is undet the waterproofing ?

[@robertrobinson3599]

Thanks

[@RAYANDERS-w4t]

thanks

[@duckrivermama66]

👁👁

[@oldminer5387]

Thank you Blackie, good ideas.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks

[@kenlang6672]

Timely advice...tick,tick,tick.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

lol you are correct

[@MichaelR58]

Good video Blackie , thanks for sharing , God bless brother !

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thank you

[@tomlubas1512]

Good info Blackie

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

glad to help

[@rossrossier935]

Thanx Blackie! Never heard of the Vicks trick before but will be trying it this summer, always used light coating of kerosene , yes it does work and it stinks!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad to help

[@neitzsche5150]

Very useful information, Blackie. Thank you.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

glad to do it

[@johnpalmer6822]

Good tip

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad you liked it

[@itllkeal]

Thenks👍

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

glad to help

[@hiramhaji7813]

Great information

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks

[@earlshaner4441]

Outstanding idea my friend

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks

[@earlshaner4441]

You are welcome my friend

[@finn1728]

👍🏼👌🦟

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks for watching