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30-30 · 09-14-2021, 12:50 PM

Do tick bites bother anyone else for days/weeks afterward?

I can usually feel ticks trying to embed and pull them off before they get too deep, but those bite sites stay red and itchy for a lot longer than mosquito or chigger bites.

Smart · 09-14-2021, 12:53 PM

Hopefully you don't get the Lymes....

AntlerCollector · 09-14-2021, 12:54 PM

I know of one woman that had about 20 heart attacks from a tick bite.

Paycheck · 09-14-2021, 12:55 PM

Just a little bit longer but not weeks for me.

ecallarman · 09-14-2021, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 30-30

Do tick bites bother anyone else for days/weeks afterward?

I can usually feel ticks trying to embed and pull them off before they get too deep, but those bite sites stay red and itchy for a lot longer than mosquito or chigger bites.

A chigger or tick bite will jack with me for several weeks. I guess I have some sort of allergy.

E.TX.BOWHUNTER · 09-14-2021, 01:00 PM

Ticks don't bother me but chiggers will last for weeks.

Hills of Texas · 09-14-2021, 01:01 PM

Ticks suck. If one develops a bullseye redness to it get to the doc. Sounds crazy but a limes disease bite will show a perfect red bullseye ring around it.

Cberry · 09-14-2021, 01:02 PM

I’ve had them itch and fester up for a couple weeks before. I think it depends on the location of the bite. I’ve had them on my ankle where it’s getting rubbed by shoes and socks and it would itch for a couple of weeks and I’ve had them under my arm and forget about them in a couple of days.

Sika · 09-14-2021, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 30-30

Do tick bites bother anyone else for days/weeks afterward?

I can usually feel ticks trying to embed and pull them off before they get too deep, but those bite sites stay red and itchy for a lot longer than mosquito or chigger bites.

Same - I start itching as soon as they scratch the surface. I don't know how anyone could have a tick attached to them long enough to become engorged and not notice. And when I do get a bite it makes a huge scab that lasts for several weeks. Chigger bites do the same. I still have chigger bites on my ankles from July. I think I am more allergic to insect bites and stings than most people.

Artos · 09-14-2021, 01:03 PM

The worst...chig's a close 2nd

SB09 · 09-14-2021, 01:05 PM

Mine last about a week but they well up turn really red and itch like crazy. Chiggers do the same but seem to last even longer.

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RMW · 09-14-2021, 01:17 PM

Ivermectin a few times a year will keep them off

Geezy Rider · 09-14-2021, 01:20 PM

As long as I refrain from scratching them they go away in a few days but if I touch them it’s a couple of weeks for me.

bulltx50 · 09-14-2021, 01:21 PM

working in the field as a biologist the odds were there to contract lyme disease and i did back in 2001. Not fun, flare ups have been limited to joint aches but that first year after contracting took a toll on me. I know some who have had it far worse.

Jcjohnson · 09-14-2021, 01:23 PM

Usually last about a week for me

Mike Fangman · 09-14-2021, 01:54 PM

To answer your question, yes. I pulled one off of me, on my September Kentucky hunt last year, probably within a few hours of it becoming attached. It was on the underside of my wrist, it slightly itched and the bump was there for several months. It never got red or looked weird, so I just rolled with it.

wilded · 09-14-2021, 02:17 PM

If you pull it off and leave the head it will last for weeks. Touch them with something hot, I light a match blow it out touch them and remove.

JhuntsAlot · 09-14-2021, 02:30 PM

Yup, I am in the same boat.

Every time I one latches on to me, whether I knock them off quick or notice them the next day, the bite spot gets worse and worse for a couple weeks. And the whole area surrounding changes colors.

I got tested for Lyme one time because it was so gnarly and I felt tired all the time. Came back neg luckily.

Dont know why they get me so bad.

J

bugleboy · 09-14-2021, 03:26 PM

When I was younger, they didn't last long at all. I haven't had one in a while, but the last ones have been irritating for close to two months I'd guess. Don't know whether it's due to me getting older, or if other "things" are going on with ticks these days. Knee high rubber boots, with tucked in pants legs, seem to help a lot in deterring bites.

3whunt · 09-14-2021, 03:47 PM

Why even question this. Go to TSC or the feed store and buy permethrin and be done with tick bits. Tick bites don’t bother me at all, but chiggers are a biatch for a week.

3whunt · 09-14-2021, 03:49 PM

Didn’t mean to sound like an ***. One bottle of 10% permethrin will last you 10 years at least. It’s a no brained for ticks. For me it’s only ok on chiggers. Permethrin is supposed to be scent free once dried and it is hell on mosquitoes too

twosixteens · 09-14-2021, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AntlerCollector

I know of one woman that had about 20 heart attacks from a tick bite.

She is gonna be hard to forget

3ChordTruth · 09-14-2021, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SB09

Mine last about a week but they well up turn really red and itch like crazy. Chiggers do the same but seem to last even longer.

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X2, this describes ticks and chiggers for me too. The Good Lord was having a bad day when He invented these two devil bugs.

JackRyan · 09-14-2021, 11:57 PM

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X2, this describes ticks and chiggers for me too. The Good Lord was having a bad day when He invented these two devil bugs.

X3, same here.

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IowaHunter · 09-15-2021, 05:19 AM

I still look like a shotgun victim from the chiggers back in July.

CabezaBlanca · 09-15-2021, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ecallarman

A chigger or tick bite will jack with me for several weeks. I guess I have some sort of allergy.

Same with me. If I get poked by a hardhead it’s the same thing. 3-4 weeks to get over that.

cva34 · 09-15-2021, 06:11 AM

They itchy red lump red on me a week or so...Skeeters/ants not much..thats a daily occurrence....Chiggers madning itch..

09-14-2021, 12:50 PM	#1
30-30 Pope & Young Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tomball Hunt In: Hopkins County	Tick bites Do tick bites bother anyone else for days/weeks afterward? I can usually feel ticks trying to embed and pull them off before they get too deep, but those bite sites stay red and itchy for a lot longer than mosquito or chigger bites.

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09-14-2021, 12:53 PM	#2
Smart Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Denton, TX Hunt In: Tom Green County	Hopefully you don't get the Lymes....

09-14-2021, 12:54 PM	#3
AntlerCollector Pope & Young Join Date: Apr 2014 Hunt In: Votaw, Del Rio, Eldorado, Bon Wier	I know of one woman that had about 20 heart attacks from a tick bite.

09-14-2021, 12:55 PM	#4
Paycheck Ten Point Join Date: May 2015 Location: Waco	Just a little bit longer but not weeks for me.

09-14-2021, 01:00 PM	#6
E.TX.BOWHUNTER Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: East Texas Hunt In: Texas Public Lands	Ticks don't bother me but chiggers will last for weeks.

09-14-2021, 01:01 PM	#7
Hills of Texas Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Llano Hunt In: Llano	Ticks suck. If one develops a bullseye redness to it get to the doc. Sounds crazy but a limes disease bite will show a perfect red bullseye ring around it.

09-14-2021, 01:02 PM	#8
Cberry Four Point Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Tomball Hunt In: East Texas	I’ve had them itch and fester up for a couple weeks before. I think it depends on the location of the bite. I’ve had them on my ankle where it’s getting rubbed by shoes and socks and it would itch for a couple of weeks and I’ve had them under my arm and forget about them in a couple of days.

09-14-2021, 01:03 PM	#10
Artos Pope & Young Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Deep South TX Hunt In: Deep South TX	The worst...chig's a close 2nd

09-14-2021, 01:05 PM	#11
SB09 Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2011	Mine last about a week but they well up turn really red and itch like crazy. Chiggers do the same but seem to last even longer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

09-14-2021, 01:17 PM	#12
RMW Pope & Young Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Burr Hunt In: Down South	Ivermectin a few times a year will keep them off

09-14-2021, 01:20 PM	#13
Geezy Rider Pope & Young Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Weatherford, Tx. Hunt In: Wise Co.	As long as I refrain from scratching them they go away in a few days but if I touch them it’s a couple of weeks for me.

09-14-2021, 01:21 PM	#14
bulltx50 Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: houston,tx Hunt In: baylor,knox, McCulloch counties	working in the field as a biologist the odds were there to contract lyme disease and i did back in 2001. Not fun, flare ups have been limited to joint aches but that first year after contracting took a toll on me. I know some who have had it far worse.

09-14-2021, 01:23 PM	#15
Jcjohnson Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Evans, GA Hunt In: Burke, Thompson, Lincolnton	Usually last about a week for me

09-14-2021, 01:54 PM	#16
Mike Fangman Ten Point Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Hunt In: Ranger & Kerrville	To answer your question, yes. I pulled one off of me, on my September Kentucky hunt last year, probably within a few hours of it becoming attached. It was on the underside of my wrist, it slightly itched and the bump was there for several months. It never got red or looked weird, so I just rolled with it.

09-14-2021, 02:17 PM	#17
wilded Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lampasas,Texas	If you pull it off and leave the head it will last for weeks. Touch them with something hot, I light a match blow it out touch them and remove.

09-14-2021, 02:30 PM	#18
JhuntsAlot Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Between Conroe and The Woodlands Hunt In: Houston County, Madison County, Kendall County, where friends are.	Yup, I am in the same boat. Every time I one latches on to me, whether I knock them off quick or notice them the next day, the bite spot gets worse and worse for a couple weeks. And the whole area surrounding changes colors. I got tested for Lyme one time because it was so gnarly and I felt tired all the time. Came back neg luckily. Dont know why they get me so bad. J

09-14-2021, 03:26 PM	#19
bugleboy Eight Point Join Date: Aug 2009 Hunt In: Young county	When I was younger, they didn't last long at all. I haven't had one in a while, but the last ones have been irritating for close to two months I'd guess. Don't know whether it's due to me getting older, or if other "things" are going on with ticks these days. Knee high rubber boots, with tucked in pants legs, seem to help a lot in deterring bites.

09-14-2021, 03:47 PM	#20
3whunt Six Point Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Tioga Hunt In: SE Oklahoma	Why even question this. Go to TSC or the feed store and buy permethrin and be done with tick bits. Tick bites don’t bother me at all, but chiggers are a biatch for a week.

09-14-2021, 03:49 PM	#21
3whunt Six Point Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Tioga Hunt In: SE Oklahoma	Didn’t mean to sound like an ***. One bottle of 10% permethrin will last you 10 years at least. It’s a no brained for ticks. For me it’s only ok on chiggers. Permethrin is supposed to be scent free once dried and it is hell on mosquitoes too

09-15-2021, 05:19 AM	#25
IowaHunter Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Harris County Hunt In: IA + MA	I still look like a shotgun victim from the chiggers back in July.

09-15-2021, 06:11 AM	#27
cva34 Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: van vleck Hunt In: LOOKING	They itchy red lump red on me a week or so...Skeeters/ants not much..thats a daily occurrence....Chiggers madning itch..