If 2023 was any indication, 2024 very well may be the worst tick season ever. Ticks are moving. They’re showing up in places never seen before. One researcher reported finding free-ranging black-legged ticks in Saskatchewan in 2023, something never before observed. Time to prepare. SickTick can help
Ticks and Rising Disease
You may have noticed the increase in media articles this summer about ticks and tick-borne diseases. Take them seriously! The health risks are real. Protect yourself today with SickTick waist, leg and ankle bands. The more you know, the better you’ll be able to protect yourself and your family, and most importantly, the better you’ll be able to respond if you feel you have been exposed.
Why Hunting is Needed for our Future
Alpha-gal tick-borne allergies and symptoms - What you need to know and how SickTick can help
Chigger Expansion, Chigger Bites and Protecting Yourself
Chiggers hop onto shoes or clothing and typically explore a host for several hours before choosing a place to feed. Chigger bites are most common in areas where clothing is tight or where skin is thinnest, which is why you most often find bites around sock lines on the ankles where socks fit tightly, around the waist and near the groin.
Why We all Need to be Aware of Tick Expansion
If you have never pulled a tick from your skin, or that of your child, consider yourself lucky! Eastern blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) and western blacklegged ticks (Ixodes pacificus) can carry spirochete bacteria that cause Lyme disease—Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia mayonii. Both can unfortunately be transmitted to humans through tick bites, leading to a cascade of serious health issues. But these ticks are just the tip of the iceberg!
Center for Biological Diversity is doing it again...
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) is doing it again. They are attacking our rights to the outdoors as solidified in our Constitution as well as the National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act passed in 1997, ensuring that hunting, fishing and trapping would occur on every refuge where it is compatible.
Late Season Deer Still in the Cards
The Early Bird gets the Worm, or Buck
Hunting for the future
The history of Lyme Disease
Testing Talarik InsectShield SickTick waist and ankle bands
Guest SickTick Band Review: I stumbled on SickTick bands this spring, thinking they might be a good addition to my outdoor gear line-up as I spend a significant amount of time working and recreating in tick country from Kansas to Tennessee to Alabama. Like most people, I’m generally skeptical of new products like this. I figured I would give them a whirl and I’m glad I did.
Ticks, Lyme disease, meat allergies and the rest of the story
Ticks are present during 3 of 4 seasons, and we must always be on the lookout. Starting in the spring, nymphs can be found in piles of decomposing leaves under trees as well as in fields, picnic areas, and residential areas including your own backyard... Ticks do not jump, fly, or drop from trees, they only crawl and climb… Seven out of the 18 reportable tick-borne diseases in the U.S. are attributable to Ixodes ticks per the CDC… SickTick Leg, Ankle and Waist Bands keep them down and out.
Sportsmen Social Distancing in light of COVID-19
The Lucky Muzzle Covers
Have you ever had that hunt where you deemed some little piece of gear “lucky” for no other reason than you were just hoping it will bring you luck?
Well, we had that experience up north Dall sheep hunting this fall and lucky we were!
I have the unique pleasure of working for Alaska Outfitters Unlimited…