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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
We really don't have threatening animals here
We do have ticks
I've been considering treating all my gear with permethrin. Any tips?
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.